The credit crunch and liquidity crisis are hitting home for everyone. Retirement accounts are hit with the stock market sell-offs, and many folks are worried about layoffs, home prices, and rising credit card rates. You may be wondering how your income as a mystery shopper could be affected. Here’s a [...]
Top Reasons You Should Boycott $5 Shops
There is a growing movement to boycott $5 shops. After all, to travel to the shop site, perform the shop, travel back home, and then complete the paperwork, you are talking about an hour and a half of your time, more or less. This equates to just a couple of dollars an hour for your [...]
Rejuvenate Your Interest In Mystery Shopping By Taking A Break
Regardless of how long you have been a mystery shopper or how many assignments you take on, there may come a time when you notice yourself losing interest in mystery shopping. The shop assignments may be entering your inbox, and you delete them before looking at them. Or you may look [...]
The Karma of Mystery Shopping
We have all heard the saying, “What goes around, comes around.” This saying applies to mystery shopping as well. What you do as a shopper directly affects other shoppers. It is hard to believe you have the power to make another shopper’s life easier or more difficult, but it is very [...]