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 [...]

Tactful Approaches For Schedulers Who Don’t Respond To You

Many mystery shoppers enjoy their profession because they don’t have a boss or manager constantly peering over their shoulder to make things get done right or to keep tabs on their progress. While this lack of daily contact with those you work for is a blessing much of the time, it [...]

How To Keep Your Shopper Rating Up

Many mystery shopping providers use a number rating system as a way to rate your services as a mystery shopper. While the rating system is not used uniformly by all mystery shopping providers, the majority of mystery shopping providers do use the number rating system. Your rating as a mystery shopper [...]

When To Contact Your Scheduler

In the course of day to day events as a mystery shopper, you will have no reason to contact your scheduler for the majority of the time. With a typical day on the job as a mystery shopper, you will simply interact with a scheduler in the non-interactive method of requesting [...]