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 [...]
What To Do When You Don’t Get Paid
One of the most common complaints mystery shoppers have about their providers is that they don’t pay fast enough. For some providers, this complaint has turned into a full dilemma when the paycheck doesn’t arrive after weeks of waiting. Before you go into panic mode about your missing paycheck, take a [...]
When To Confront Your Scheduler
Schedulers hold a lot of power over a mystery shopper’s paycheck. Schedulers can determine how many assignments you work by doling out assignments as well as by raising your lowering your shopper rating. They can reduce or eliminate your pay on an assignment you’ve already completed. They can also through [...]