Regardless of how long you have been a mystery shopper or how many assignments you take on, there may come a time when you notice yourself losing interest in mystery shopping. The shop assignments may be entering your inbox, and you delete them before looking at them. Or you may look at the new shop assignments but none of them seem to be worth your time and effort. You may…
Save Time And Money By Knowing Your Shop Requirements
As a mystery shopper, you know you have to follow your shop requirements to the “T” to get paid for your time and efforts. It is incredibly frustrating for a shopper to complete a shop and be working on the questionnaire only to see a question about something you had no idea you needed to pay attention to. So you think back through your visit to the store and try…
When to Keep Your Mystery Shopping a Secret
There may never be a time when you absolutely “have” to tell a friend or family member that you are a mystery shopper. After all, if there comes a time when you have to do a shop while someone else is around, you can always make up an excuse about needing to pick something up at that store. Yet there may be times when you want to share the details…
The Karma of Mystery Shopping
We have all heard the saying, “What goes around, comes around.” This saying applies to mystery shopping as well. What you do as a shopper directly affects other shoppers. It is hard to believe you have the power to make another shopper’s life easier or more difficult, but it is very true. Here are some top ways you can help other shoppers out: It’s All About Follow Through. Once you…
Become A Better Shopper By Joining A Mystery Shopping Community
While you go about your business as a mystery shopper, you likely feel a sense of seclusion and isolation in your job. You don’t have co-workers to interact with around the water cooler, and you have very little contact with your supervisor. There isn’t any after-work gossip at the local bar or the camaraderie of a regular lunch bunch at the noon hour. Somewhere within the regular gossip and chatter…
What You Need To Know About Completing Shops While You Travel
Smart mystery shoppers know how to use tax write-offs for business expenses in their favor while they are traveling. When you can write off a portion of your travel expenses for a trip you were planning to take anyway simply by completing a shop while you are there, why wouldn’t you? Of course there are limitations to this. You certainly can’t write off a $2,500 weekend in Daytona Beach simply…
Learn About The Newest Type of Shop Assignment – Gravesite Visits
You may have seen a strange shop assignment enter your email inbox recently. Likely you did a double-take as you read the shop details. Yes, this “shop” requires you to actually visit a specific gravesite and perform maintenance. While this may sound like a strange way to make a few extra bucks, you can rest assured that you have accomplished a good deed for the day. In addition to padding…
4 Ways You Can Be A Better Mystery Shopper
On the surface, mystery shopping may seem like a fairly cut and dry job. You read the requirements, do the shop, fill out the report, and you’re done. There may not seem like much room to find ways to be a better shopper. However, there are some things every mystery shopper can do to make the most of their job as a mystery shopper. Double Check The Requirements. Most shoppers…
3 Reasons Why You Should Branch Out And Try A New Kind Of Shop
As with many things in life, mystery shoppers often get into a comfortable groove with their shop assignments. They find a few providers they like to work with, that typically have generally the same type of shop assignments for usually the same group of retailers, restaurants, and so forth. When you walk through the same type of shop time after time, you may start to skim over some of the…
What The New IRS Tax Change Means To Your Pocketbook
With the sky high price of gas that seems to be venturing to new heights by the week, mystery shoppers have been struggling with their own travel costs for doing a mystery shop assignment. The low shop pay on most assignments often barely covers the cost of gas to get to the shop, leaving little in the way of a profit for a shopper’s time and efforts. To overcome this,…