If you are new to mystery shopping, or if you are an established mystery shopping trying to get your hands on some of the elusive higher paying assignments, you may be wondering if you have what it takes to really succeed at mystery shopping. There are a couple of key characteristics the truly great mystery shoppers have in common. If you see that you are lacking in any of these…
Increase Your Income with Self-Assign Shops
There are two ways to get assignments as a mystery shopper. You can click on a “self-assign” job and instantly know the job is yours, or you can “request a job” and wait for a scheduler to assign the job to you. While many of the (often) higher paying and more complicated assignments have to be scheduled through the scheduler, there are some definite pros to seeking out and selecting…
How To Find Your Mystery Shopping Groove
Many new mystery shoppers will take right to the job. To them, mystery shopping may immediately be an easy way to generate some much-needed extra money. For other new shoppers, however, their first experience or two with mystery shopping may be extremely frustrating. The process of finding an assignment, completing the assignment, and waiting weeks for the money to arrive may seem like a supreme waste of time. Before you…
3 Money-Making Reasons Mystery Shoppers Need A Paypal Account
Many mystery shopping providers are more than happy to send you a check for the payment of your services. And you may be happy driving to the bank and depositing them into your account. However, there are numerous reasons why you should put some serious thought into setting up a PayPal account to receive payments for your mystery shopping services. And in fact, there are a growing number of providers…
Easy Ways to Find Mystery Shop Assignments in Your Area
A common question asked by both new and experienced mystery shoppers alike is how to find shops in their own little part of the world. With mystery shoppers’ travel costs going up as the cost of gas rises, many mystery shoppers want to remain fairly close to home when doing mystery shop assignments. Rural mystery shoppers often have difficulty locating shops in their own small town or nearby towns. Likewise,…
Save Time And Money By Knowing Your Shop Requirements
As a mystery shopper, you know you have to follow your shop requirements to the “T” to get paid for your time and efforts. It is incredibly frustrating for a shopper to complete a shop and be working on the questionnaire only to see a question about something you had no idea you needed to pay attention to. So you think back through your visit to the store and try…
When to Keep Your Mystery Shopping a Secret
There may never be a time when you absolutely “have” to tell a friend or family member that you are a mystery shopper. After all, if there comes a time when you have to do a shop while someone else is around, you can always make up an excuse about needing to pick something up at that store. Yet there may be times when you want to share the details…