Mystery Shopping

I'm always amazed to find out how little the general public knows about the secret shopping industry. As many companies as I have worked with, I have only had the pleasure of meeting with one of the companies in person. Here's a tidbit about this one company that I find interesting.

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I personally feel this is one of the most important blogs regarding secret shopping I can write. After all, getting started and making money is what it’s all about.
How much does secret shopping pay? Because I want to spend more time in this blog about “in the beginning of secret shopping,” I’ll be detailing more about income in another blog later. But, very quickly, new shoppers should expect to average around $25.00 per hour. As for me, currently, I am taking time off from shopping to focus on blogging the industry and my site. This is one of the beauties of this industry…I don’t have to ask for time off, just take it and come back when I’m ready. But, over the last year, I was working more specialized assignments, and I was averaging around $40.00 an hour. Additionally, I received thousands in free stuff. There are shoppers that make six figures, but I could consider this the exception. Simply put, the money is not bad.

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If you’re looking for an unconventional Work At Home job, then mystery shopping might be for you. The concept of mystery shopping or secret shopping is simple. You get assignments to visit a business place, make a purchase and then fill out a form to evaluate the customer service, quality of your purchase and other things about your experience.

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A mystery shopping site I work for has posted some jobs. Click on the link to register, and then go to their "Job Board". The shops sound extremely easy, and pay $15 each. These are reveal shops, so you tell them upfront that you are the mystery shopper.

There are special conditions if you live in Nevada, so be aware of this before you apply.

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This is to update you on my experiment with mystery shopping. This has turned into almost a full-time job. It is a lot more involved than I expected.

First of all, there is a LOT of paperwork, a LOT of reading, and a LOT of writing. Most of the time, when you sign up for a company, they want a writing sample. They all demand perfect writing. They will accept no spelling errors or grammatical errors. The reports that you submit must make sense and each part must be in perfect agreement with all other sections of the report.

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Get Rich Quick – Real sites V.S. SCAMS

For a project in college I decide to research many of those “Get Rich Quick" sites as well as the “Mystery Shoppers Needed - $75/hr", “Paid Surveys" and so on.

My research led me to discover a few things:
1. If it sounds to good to be true, it might be.
2. There really ARE place that are legit.
3. If you have a lot of time, you may be successful at this. I stress the word A LOT of time.

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