The thought of being discovered as a mystery shopper at the job site can make a mystery shopper’s heart race. A small percentage of mystery shoppers will have this unfortunate event happen to them. But if you find yourself in the middle of a potential blown-cover fiasco, there are a few [...]
Top Strategies For Getting A Salesperson’s Name
Mystery shoppers everywhere have always struggled with the assignment requirement of obtaining a salesperson’s name. A name may seem like a simple enough piece of information to obtain. After all, most companies require their employees to wear a name tag. Yet often a salesperson will not be wearing a name tag [...]
How To Handle Sticky Mystery Shopping Situations
Often, a mystery shopping site visit will be a fairly “textbook” event. You shop around, casually interact with salespeople, and make your purchases. But occasionally mystery shopping assignments turn into more than a mystery shopper bargained for. Perhaps it is due to complicated assignment requirements, or maybe a salesperson is [...]
How To Get Your Mystery Shopping Report Approved The First Time (And Get Paid Faster!)
Each day that you are caught in a vicious Q&A session with your scheduler about your report is another day you aren’t getting paid for your time and efforts on a mystery shopping assignment. For mystery shoppers who want to get paid faster (and who doesn’t?), the trick lies in getting [...]
The Top 3 Things Every Mystery Shopper Needs To Know About Timed Shops
Perhaps one of the biggest headaches for mystery shoppers everywhere is the timing requirement on mystery shopping assignments. After all, you have a lot of details to keep track of and remember from the time you walk into a shop location until the time you leave, and watching the clock at [...]