Mystery shoppers living in areas with relatively low populations and far from major metro areas may seem like they are at a disadvantage as compared to urban mystery shoppers. Their income potential may seem to be less, and they may be more likely to be identified as a mystery shopper if they know most of the people in their small community. The good news is there are steps a rural…
Earn More Money Shopping With Your Spouse
The concept is simple – if your spouse mystery shops, your household will make more money from mystery shopping. While it is possible for your household to actually make more than double what you are currently making when both spouses mystery shop, there are some other factors to consider as well. More Than Double Your Jobs. You as a shopper qualify for a certain type and amount of shops. Let’s…
Eat Your Way To More Money With A Restaurant Shop
Mystery shopping provides you with a fun way to make money doing what you love – whether that’s watching movies, shopping, or the great American past-time of eating out! While many shoppers are more than thrilled to make money shopping at retail stores, others may be delighted to know they can earn extra cash while they eat at their favorite restaurants. But before you set off to do a restaurant…
Top Reasons You Should Boycott $5 Shops
There is a growing movement to boycott $5 shops. After all, to travel to the shop site, perform the shop, travel back home, and then complete the paperwork, you are talking about an hour and a half of your time, more or less. This equates to just a couple of dollars an hour for your time and effort. Is your time with more than that? Shoppers are fed up with…
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…
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,…
Increase Your Income As A Mystery Shopper: How to Get More Money Per Assignment
One of the best things about mystery shopping is that you control your income. While the pay on most shops is not spectacular, there are always new shops coming available every day, and the more you work, the more you can earn. Of course there are hundreds of providers you can sign up to work with, so if you put enough time and effort into this job, you may be…
3 Sure-Fire Ways To Make Your Scheduler Like You…So You Can Make More Money and Get Better Assignments
A mystery shop provider uses schedulers to assign shop assignments to their shoppers as well as to verify the reports a shopper files are fully and accurately completed. So the ease of a scheduler’s job is dependent on how well their mystery shoppers perform. Since one of the functions of a scheduler is to assign shops to you – the mystery shopper, you definitely want them to like you and…
How To Take Your Mystery Shopping Business To The Next Level
If you’ve signed up to be a mystery shopper and have completed a couple of shops, you can probably tell there isn’t much skill or luck involved in getting the best job around – mystery shopping! Shop providers are pretty open about accepting new mystery shoppers into their ranks, provided you’ve shown a general interest in shopping and have basic skills mastered, like reading and writing. It also doesn’t take…
3 Ways to Make More Money Mystery Shopping This Summer
With the doom and gloom in the news headlines becoming a shocking reality for most folks, who doesn’t need some extra cash these days? With everything from the cost of gas to the cost of corn and milk increasing, extra money from mystery shopping can be a lifesaver for many tight household budgets. Here are some tips to help you make more money mystery shopping this summer: Try Something New!…