Mystery shoppers love getting paid. There’s no denying how great it feels to get emails from PayPal saying you have received funds from a provider, or opening up your mailbox to find several checks waiting for you. Unfortunately, some mystery shopping providers are just plain slow in paying for your hard work and valuable time. [...]
Know When To Approach Your Scheduler About An Issue (And How To Do It)
In most cases, your schedulers at the various mystery shopping providers you have signed up to work with will be your main business contact as a mystery shopper. In the mystery shopping world, a scheduler is very much like your manager would be at a regular job. A scheduler, will analyze your job performance, and [...]
How To Make Your Scheduler Like You (…And Why It Matters)
In the mystery shopping world, a scheduler holds a lot of power. A scheduler has the ability to dole out cushy, high-paying assignments, to raise or lower your shopper rating, and to eliminate your ability to work for that particular company in the future, to name just a few things. [...]
When Editing Turns Into Re-Writing: What To Do When Your Report Is Drastically Altered
Most mystery shoppers appreciate that mystery shopping companies take the time to make small changes to their reports. It’s difficult to complete a “perfect” report without devoting a lot of time to editing and revisions yourself before you submit the report. Imagine the nightmare of going back and forth with all of your providers on small [...]
The Headache Of Slow-To-Respond Schedulers
One of the top aspects of mystery shopping for many people is the flexibility mystery shopping allows us. With our busy work schedules, our busy personal lives, and other aspects of our lives that could interfere with a “normal” job, mystery shopping allows us to still earn an income while working [...]