The time prepare kids to head back to school in the fall is fast approaching. Many mystery shopping parents have been struggling through the summer months working on their mystery shopping assignments with kids in tow. They may eagerly be anticipating the fall months when they can once again work on their assignments with greater ease on their own. However, while often anticipated by many mystery shopping parents, this time…
Coping With Rejection: How Mystery Shoppers Can Overcome Provider Challenges
Your friends and family may think that your job as a mystery shopper is cushy and exciting, but even if you have only been mystery shopping for a few months, you know that there are plenty of challenges associated with your job. Some mystery shoppers will work in their career for years without facing a rejected report, but others seem to experience rejection after reject. When your reports are rejected,…
Hot Note-Taking Tips for Mystery Shoppers
Many people had an excellent memory in their younger years. They may have enjoyed instant recall on everything from names and telephone numbers to historical events and more. However, the combined effects of age, stress and other factors all can take a toll on a person’s memory. If you are like many other adults, you may struggle to remember things that you just read or details that you just took…
Should Mystery Shoppers Bring Friends and Family on Site Visits?
There are many benefits that you can enjoy as a mystery shopper. The job offers reasonable income and a flexible work schedule. There is no commitment to work a certain number of hours, nor are your work hours limited. If you need to work more one month and less the following month, you can do so by simply requesting more or fewer assignments. Along with these and a host of…
Top Skills Every Mystery Shopper Needs to Have
If you have heard that just about anyone can be a mystery shopper, you are not alone. Many people who consider working in this field decide to get their feet wet and try it out because of the lure and appeal of a job that seemingly requires no special skills and no experience. The fact is that everyone from a recent high school graduate to a retiree can successfully work…
Are Your Mystery Shopping Providers Costing You Money?
When you first started mystery shopping, you may have viewed mystery shopping providers as your ally. Mystery shopping providers are your only source for finding mystery shopping assignments to work on. They act as a conduit between clients and mystery shoppers like you, so working with them is a “must.” However, as time has passed and you have worked more with some of your providers, the thought may have crossed…
Mystery Shopping Secrets: What You Need to Know
Mystery shopping in itself is often a big secret. In fact, if you are like most people, you had only casually heard about mystery shopping before you started working in this line of work yourself. For many people, mystery shopping is almost an urban legend. Many people have heard that you can get paid for “shopping,” but they just didn’t believe it was really possible. However, as a…
Spice Up Mystery Shopping With Hot Seasonal Assignments
There are so many benefits associated with adding the spice of variety to your mystery shopping work day. When you take on different types of mystery shopping assignments on a regular basis, you will benefit from gaining new work experiences, making more money in your job, decreasing the risk of being identified as a mystery shopper and so much more. However, while there are many benefits associate with adding variety…
Why Mystery Shoppers Need to Expand Their Horizons
Mystery shopping is an exciting job that can be provide you with a wide range of new experiences each and every day. New assignments can take you into unique and different locations, and you may constantly be meeting new people while out and about working on different assignments. That is what mystery shopping could be like, and that type of work environment may have been one of the key reasons…
Mystery Shopper Identity Revealed!: How You Can Prevent It From Happening
Most people have a fear of something. For example, you may be afraid of heights, spiders or tight spaces. If you are a mystery shopper, common fears like these are often combined with one other fear that is related to your job. This fear is related to having your undercover identity as a mystery shopper revealed on the job. What Happens When Your Identity is Revealed As a mystery shopper,…