For mystery shoppers, the age-old question of, “Which companies are the best to work for?” continues on today. If you’ve found yourself on the quest to answer this question, you may not be surprised to find out that the answer to this question varies for every mystery shopper. For some mystery shoppers, their “best” company may be the one that offers the highest paying assignments, while for other mystery shoppers, the…
When Should You Call It Quits With A Provider
Most of the relationships we have over the course of our lives will not last the length of our lifetimes. As with some friendships, business relationships also sometimes come to an end. Sometimes the end of the relationship is a slow, gradual event, and sometimes it is tumultuous and forced. There will be times in your career as a mystery shopper when your business relationships with your providers will or…
Save Time By Signing Up For The “Right” Mystery Shopping Providers
Many mystery shoppers wonder if there is a magic number of providers to work for. Whether you are in this line of work to make a few extra bucks of spending cash each month or you have high hopes of turning mystery shopping into a full-time gig that pays all of your monthly expenses, the truth is that there is not a magic number. The number of providers you need…
How To Build Trust With Your Mystery Shopping Provider (And Get Paid More)
Every relationship is based on trust, and this includes a mystery shopper’s relationship with his or her providers. Trust is a two-way street, and in mystery shopping, both the provider and the mystery shopper have to trust each other to have a truly prosperous relationship. When you take the time to develop a trusting relationship with each of the providers you work with, you will find mystery shopping to be…
Why You Should Build Your Own Database of Mystery Shopping Providers
If you have spent any time on the on-line mystery shopping forums, you know that a popular question mystery shoppers ask is if anyone knows which provider handles a certain retailer, restaurant, or so forth. Typically, the first response to those types of questions will remind fellow mystery shoppers that our agreements with the providers forbid us from revealing which clients a provider works with. Yet some mystery shoppers will…
How To Tell If A Mystery Shopping Provider Is Legit
There are literally hundreds of mystery shopping providers all offering legitimate work opportunities for mystery shoppers in need for additional assignments. However, mixed in with some of these legitimate mystery shopping providers are a few duds. Often these duds turn out to be scam artists in search of easy prey to turn a quick profit. If you’re looking at adding a few new mystery shopping providers to your work list,…