If you are a new mystery shopper, you are likely struggling to learn the ropes and find your way through your first few mystery shopping assignments. This is a unique type of job that does not require experience, but it also does not provide any training. You are generally required to learn the ropes as you go. Much of what you need to know to complete your first few mystery…
What It Takes to Get Started Mystery Shopping
You may have heard about mystery shopping as a possible job option for many years. The fact is that mystery shopping is not a secret job that nobody knows about, but rather mystery shopping is a job that few people believe is a legitimate way to earn money. However, now that you have learned that you can indeed earn income by completing mystery shopping assignments, you may be wondering how…
How to Find the Best Mystery Shopping Providers
When you first started mystery shopping, you may have signed up to work with the first provider that you could find. You may have been so thrilled to stumble upon a mystery shopping provider and to walk through the easy application process that most have that you jumped head-first into working with the provider. However, not every provider will provide you with the amazing work experience that you may have…
Should You Drive a Long Distance for Mystery Shopping Assignments?
As you have searched through the mystery shopping job boards in recent weeks and months, you may have seen numerous assignments in locations a bit outside your normal work radius. You may have also received emails from providers asking you to travel to rural locations to work on assignments. Perhaps you have checked out job board listings for nearby cities and towns to see if better assignments were available elsewhere….
Are You Spending Too Much Time on Your Mystery Shopping Reports?
For most mystery shoppers, the fun part of their job is getting out of the house and doing mystery shopping site visits. Site visits may take you to clothing stores to try on some of the hottest fashions, restaurants to enjoy tasty treats, movies to watch a blockbuster and more. After the fun of the site visits is over, however, there is still work to do. With each mystery shopping…
How to Complete Your First Mystery Shopping Assignment
After signing up to work with your first mystery shopping provider, you may be on cloud nine. You haven’t even worked on your first assignment yet, but the thrill of being an official mystery shopper can make you feel like you are ready to take on the world. After that moment of excitement passes, however, comes your first big challenge as a real mystery shopper. That challenge is completing your…
3 Ways Mystery Shoppers Can Unwind After a Bad Day at Work
Most mystery shoppers absolutely love their job. After all, with a flexible work schedule, the ability to work from home and the ability to get money while visiting stores, restaurants and more, what’s not to love? However, as is the case with almost any type of job, every mystery shopper will have a bad day at work from time to time. Perhaps you had it out with a problematic scheduler,…
Top Signs That Mystery Shopping Just Isn’t Right for You
If you ask mystery shoppers if they love their job, most will tell you with a great deal of positivity and emphasis that they LOVE their job. Mystery shopper is a unique job that allows you to work from home, set your own hours, work with friends or family most of the time and more. As great as mystery shopping is for some people, it isn’t right for everyone. The…
Is Your Mystery Shopping Provider Making You Miserable?
As with most types of jobs, mystery shopping is one of those jobs where you either love it or hate it. For some people who need flexibility in their work schedule, want to work out of their house or need to be able to take their kids or another family member with them while they work, this is the perfect solution. Other jobs simply do not offer such benefits. However,…
Spice Up Your Home This Fall with Seasonal Mystery Shopping Assignments
The fall months mark the end of the long “dog days” of summer. After months of hot and often humid weather that much of the country experiences during the summer months, many mystery shoppers eagerly anticipate the improved weather conditions that come with fall months. As soon as that first fall cold front arrives and crisp, cool air filters into your area, you may wholeheartedly embrace the changes that fall…