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Read This Before Signing Up With Any Mystery Shopping Program!
I know, you want to have a great summer, you picture yourself making $100-$1,000 a week doing this wonderful thing called "Mystery Shopping"! Let's get to the truth about this so called "job" once and for all!
A Mystery Shopper is someone who goes out shopping , literally. You may go to a clothes store one day, a diner the next. When you return home from your shopping experience you send in your review of the retail establishment to the online company you happen to be working for. After submitting your report which can be simple. But more times than not, you'll have to go through a training program on how to fill out the reports.
And guess what, if they're not filled out right, you don't get paid. The pay for mystery shopping varies. It can be anywhere from $10 to $35 per assignment to a a gift certificate. The problem with these jobs are many.
For starters, you have to be willing to go wherever they send you unless you specifically state in your application that you will only travel so many miles. If you do that, then you're limiting yourself to the jobs you will get.
Then of course there is the cost of travel. You are NOT reimbursed for this. You are responsible for all expenses. In the case of restaurants, the company will usually pay for your meal and that basically becomes your payment. Be prepared though, you will have to pay for it up front and wait to get reimbursed. This can take anywhere from 15 to 45 days. Depending on the company you shopped for.
The other problems with these so called jobs is, it seems to take forever before you get sent anywhere, especially if you put travel restrictions on yourself.
It isn't unheard of to go a month without getting sent on an assignment. The chances of you making even $100 a month is slim to none and that is BEFORE you take out your travel expenses.
Also, be prepared to spend a Lot and I mean A LOT of time registering at Each and Every Company you are interested in Shopping for. That's what most of these paid to take survey sites put in their fine print. When you register at their site, you will then have access to a list of companies that pay shoppers.
You have to weed through each company and sometimes the lists can be massive! Then you have to follow a bunch of links just to get to their application. Then you have to fill out an application for EVERY Company that you want to apply to. Be prepared for this, sometimes, you won't qualify to even shop for them.
Many of these companies are getting more and more sophisticated about their shops. Therfor, they require a more professional shopper with credentials. After spending 7 days and registering for 98 companies, I only ever heard from about 14 of them and I have a college degree!
If you're still interested in doing something like this, please try to do it the FREE Way!
Do a Google search for Mystery Shoppers you will find quite a large number of listings.
Go to the site where you intend to apply to be a mystery shopper and follow the instrucitons on how to do this. Each site will be different! Many will have yo fill out a form which will usually include what kind of shopping you are interested in doing and how far your are willing to travel.
They will then get back to you if you qualify and if they have any assignments in your area. If you live in a large metro area you have a better chance of getting an assignment than if you life in a small town, unless you are located near a large city. There are very few mystery shoper assignments in Smallville, Kansas.
In closing, on this subject, don't count on it to be a main source of income. If you make $50 a month consider yourself lucky. The up side to this job is that it can be fun. I've done it but when gas prices started getting out of control, I decided that it just wasn't fun or worth doing anymore.
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