As a mystery shopper today, you may mention to other people casually that you are a mystery shopper from time to time. On certain occasions, if you are like so many other mystery shoppers, you come across friends, family, and even mere acquaintances who say that they there were once a mystery shopper, too. You may have also noticed on mystery shopping forums that many mystery shoppers seem to become…
The Many Benefits of Mystery Shopping
Many people today had heard stories and rumors about the ability to earn money while shopping over the years, and most had written the job off as nothing more than idle talk or perhaps an urban myth. Yet over time, you may have learned that this actually is a legitimate job. Some people learned about mystery shopping as a money-making opportunity through a friend or family member. Others learned about…
How Often Should You Visit a Mystery Shopping Forum?
Mystery shoppers today can enjoy many benefits from visiting a mystery shopping online forum regularly. This is a career option that often creates a feeling of isolation for mystery shoppers. While workers in other industries may hear industry-related news, or gain tips, advice, or even warnings from time to time from their co-workers and colleagues around the water cooler or at business social events, this is simply not possible for…
Time Management Tips for Mystery Shoppers
Time is one of those things in life that you just never seem to have enough of. If you are a mystery shopper, the ability to find more time in your day may help you to complete an extra assignment or two regularly. While a single assignment may not be worth much money, being able to complete extra assignments on a regular basis can really increase your earning power as…
Enjoy Spring Weather With Fun Outdoor Mystery Shopping Assignments
Mystery shopping is a great job any time of year. It provides workers with the ability to work as much or as little as you want, and to adjust your workload as needed based on your availability and income needs at any time. Further, you can pick and choose which assignments you want to work on, so you have complete control over how you spend your time. While there are…
When Mystery Shoppers Take on Too Many Assignments
Many mystery shoppers have heard about others in this line of work who have turned mystery shopping into a full-time job. These are professionals who have found a way to make enough money over the course of a full-time work week to generate what equates to a living wage. In some areas of the country, it seems almost impossible to find enough assignments to complete to support yourself fully on….
When Are Low Paying Mystery Shopping Assignments Worth Your Time?
If you are like most mystery shoppers, you initially scan over the job boards and click on those assignments with the highest level of compensation first. This does seem like a great strategy at first, as you don’t want to spend your time working on lower paying assignments when higher paying assignments are available. Yet the fact is that compensation on assignments is not always what it may seem at…
Top Ways to Get a Fast and Easy Paycheck With Mystery Shopping
One of the biggest complaints many mystery shoppers share is how long it takes to get paid on their assignments. With some providers, you can complete an assignment today and not see your compensation for several weeks or even for a month or two. This not only makes it difficult for busy mystery shoppers to keep track of money that is owed to them, but it also can create a…
Are You Making Your Mystery Shopping Reports Too Complicated?
Many mystery shoppers today have the desire to do their best work on their assignments from start to finish. Often, the level of work a mystery shopper does is reflected in their “shopper rating.” This rating may affect your ability to get assignments in the future, including the number of assignments, the quality of assignments, and higher paying assignments, too. If your rating is too low, you may not be…
Is This a Scam?: What to Look For
Most mystery shoppers become aware of just a few of the scams targeting the mystery shopping industry before they even do their first assignment. There are numerous websites online that offer you mystery shopping training for a fee, a mystery shopping license, and a list of mystery shopping providers for a fee as well. Of course, you don’t a license or special training to be a mystery shopper, and the…