Many mystery shoppers learn very quickly in this unique business that if you want to make the most money possible, you need to cut corners where you can and get assignments done as quickly as possible. The problem, however, comes when those corners you cut end up costing you extra time down the road. One [...]
Top 3 Things to Double Check Before You Submit Your Report
So many mystery shoppers will breeze through their site visits without any trouble at all only to hit snags and roadblocks when they sit down to type their reports. After a long day of mystery shopping, the last thing you want to do is be stuck trying to figure out what to say in your [...]
How Lenient Should You Be With Store Staff?
As mystery shoppers, we are paid to observe and offer unbiased reporting of our observations during a site visit. Yet we are all human, and there are times when we feel compassion for the store staff. Compassion sometimes make it difficult to write an unbiased report about our observations on a site visit. Certainly many [...]
Details That Should Be Included On Any Mystery Shopping Report
As a mystery shopper, you likely love the “fun” part of your assignments, which for most mystery shoppers is the on-site visit. Once you get back home and sit down in front of your computer, however, comes the time to really let the work begin. For most mystery shoppers, completing the report for each assignment [...]
Why You Shouldn’t Lie in Your Mystery Shopping Reports
If you have been mystery shopping for even just a few months, you likely have come to the realization that some mystery shopping providers are happier with your work if you provide positive comments in your report. However, ethical mystery shoppers want to report the truthful facts about their site visit, and the fact is [...]