When you scroll down the list of opportunities on mystery shopping job boards, you may do what so many other people do. You may look for the assignments that sound fun to do and skip over boring ones. Clearly, mystery shopping assignments at trendy restaurants, ice cream shops, your favorite clothing stores and movie theatres may rank much higher for you than an assignment at a gas station. After all,…
3 Easy Ways Mystery Shoppers Can Make More Money Next Week
Whether you work on mystery shopping assignments as a way to earn some extra money on the side or you are trying to earn a full-time living through your assignments, you no doubt are wondering what steps you can take to earn more money. The mystery shopping forum online is filled with mystery shoppers who talk about making an enviable amount of money through their assignments every week or month….
How to Get Your Mystery Shopping Paycheck Faster
One of the most frustrating things about mystery shopping is having to wait weeks to get paid on an assignment. It is common for payment processing to take between four and six weeks, but some mystery shoppers may not receive income from an assignment for seven or eight weeks, if not longer. Once you do get paid, you then have to wait for funds to transfer to your account or…
3 Things Mystery Shoppers Do That Decreases Their Income
Mystery shopping can be an entirely lucrative job, but it is not a perfect job by any means. Some mystery shoppers do complain that their income isn’t quite at the level they would like it to be. Others complain that they cannot achieve the level of income that other mystery shoppers seem to earn with ease. The fact is that there are a few things that some mystery shoppers do…
Can Mystery Shopping Forums Help You Make More Money?
Many mystery shoppers understand that this is not a job that they will get rich at, and so there is often a general desire to do just what it takes to get the job done. Going above and beyond in this line of work can be difficult to do, and you may find that additional efforts to please providers go unnoticed and unrewarded. However, that does not mean that you…
3 Easy Ways to Speed Up Mystery Shopping Report Writing
Some mystery shoppers are natural writers, and they fly through their mystery shopping reports quickly and easily. Others, however, seem to find it difficult to find the right words to say, or they struggle with recalling details when writing their reports. Still others are simply not quite sure what information is relevant for the report and what is not. Such struggles can make report writing take up far more time…
Are Short Phone Assignments Worthy of a Mystery Shopper’s Time?
As you browse through the job boards, from time to time you may notice rather low paying assignments that are listed as phone assignments. Many mystery shoppers pass over these because they often pay under $5 and seem like a waste of time. Others may snatch them up on bad weather days when they don’t want to leave the house or for other similar reasons. However, because many mystery shopping…
Mystery Shoppers and Fraud: Some May Be Guilty Without Knowing It
Many mystery shoppers dutifully complete their assignment requirements as written, and they strive to please their providers by following all requests that providers make. Some providers will simply accept a well-written report that is submitted to them. Others, however, may make periodic or even frequent requests of mystery shoppers to make specific revisions to their reports. If you are the type of mystery shopper who aims to please and believe…
What to Do When Your Mystery Shopping Providers Won’t Respond to You
You can go weeks or even months without every needing to reach out and contact your mystery shopping providers. The relationship between mystery shoppers and providers has been established in such a way that that the two parties don’t need to communicate at all in most cases. The mystery shopper selects assignments to work on, completes them on his or her own, submits the report and waits for a paycheck….
Between a Rock and a Hard Place: When Mystery Shopping Providers Ask You to Do Bad Things
In an ideal world, all of your dealings with your mystery shopping providers would be above board and pleasant. For some mystery shoppers, good experiences all that they will have the pleasure of having. However, other mystery shoppers may be confronted with difficult situations that their providers put them in. If you find yourself in one of these situations, you may understandably feel as though you are caught between a…