One of the biggest complaints mystery shoppers have about the job is that the money just isn’t worth the effort and time involved. Oftentimes, assignments seem to pay close to minimum wage, making it more lucrative to work at another typical part-time job. If you’re stuck in the rut of working [...]
How To Keep Your Shopper Rating Up
Many mystery shopping providers use a number rating system as a way to rate your services as a mystery shopper. While the rating system is not used uniformly by all mystery shopping providers, the majority of mystery shopping providers do use the number rating system. Your rating as a mystery shopper [...]
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 [...]
What You Need To Know About House and Apartment Assignments
If you are looking for a change of pace from the many restaurant and retail store assignments that flood the job boards at most mystery shopping providers’ websites, shake things up a bit and try to house or apartment mystery shopping assignment. This type of assignment involves visiting a real estate [...]
How To Spot A Mystery Shopping Scam
As a mystery shopper, you can go weeks and even months without verbally speaking with someone about your assignments. You request your assignments online, you complete your assignment, and then file your report online. A check comes in the mail or funds are sent via PayPal, and the assignment cycle is [...]