Many mystery shoppers have fallen into the habit of writing off assignments posted on the job boards with a quick look of the assignment pay. If the payment is below a predetermined amount of money in the mystery shopper’s mind, such as $5 or $10, the mystery shopper continues to scroll down the job boards [...]
3 Ways To Spice Up Mystery Shopping In The New Year
If you’re like most mystery shoppers, you have a few providers you enjoy working with. Those providers more or less offer the same round of assignments, and you more or less complete the same assignments every few months or so. There is comfort in your mystery shopping routine, and there is [...]
Should You Give The Store Staff The Chance To Succeed?
Mystery shopping may seem like a black-and-white job. As a mystery shopper, you are given clear and precise instructions from your provider, and you are expected to report back to the provider exactly what you observed during your site visit. Yet for many mystery shoppers, there is a gray area where [...]
Hot Tips For Mystery Shoppers To Stay Safe And Healthy During Flu Season
You can’t turn on the TV or stand in line at the grocery store these days without hearing something about the flu. With the seasonal flu kicking into high gear soon and H1N1 flu making its way at lightning speed throughout communities around the world, you simply cannot hide from these [...]
Top Ways Your Job As A Mystery Shopper Makes A Difference
Mystery shoppers love to complain about the negative aspects of mystery shopping, such as low pay on many assignments and issues they have had with mystery shopping providers and schedulers. But there are also a few things that keep mystery shoppers coming back to the job boards for more assignments time [...]