Become a Mystery Shopper
“Become a Mystery Shopper”. We’ve all seen those advertisements in the backs of weekly newspapers or in the online classifieds but most of us have never followed through on answering them. Being a Mystery Shopper can be an ideal work-at-home job for the right person. It allows you to bring in an income without having to stick to a set working schedule. And it lets you get that income by doing something that you probably love to do – shopping. But being a mystery shopper requires a little more skill than just going out and buying things. And if you’re looking into working as a mystery shopper for a company that doesn’t require more skill than that, you’d better watch out because you might be getting scammed. If being a mystery shopper sounds like a great job to you, you should definitely go for it. Just make sure that you go for it carefully so that the job works for you and doesn’t backfire.
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The main thing that you should look for when applying to become a mystery shopper is the terms of your employment including what is required of you and what kind of compensation you are going to get. You should be getting paid to do this work, not paying a fee to be part of it. Places that scam you are places which require you to purchase shopping goods out of your own pocket without reimbursement. Some places may even request fees for you to work through their agency. These are not genuine places and you shouldn’t be lured in to them by your desire to work as a mystery shopper. There are legitimate secret shopper jobs out there so hold out for a good one. |
To find one of these jobs, you simply need to start registering with legitimate secret shopper sites. You can find them by looking for “secret shopper”, “mystery shopper”, or “quality assurance” in your favorite search engine. You can register for these sites online and begin working as a secret shopper. Just make sure that you understand all of the terms in advance. Always get the contracts of your employment in writing and keep a copy for yourself. Once you’ve registered, you will slowly begin getting jobs as a mystery shopper. To get better and more frequent jobs, you should make sure that you do a superior job on all of your initial assignments. This means that you work hard to meet your deadlines and provide good information to the company employing you.
You should also be aware that there is a new market for doing some mystery shopping on your own, without going through one of these companies. This will require investment on your part but if you want to work entirely for yourself, then it’s something to consider. The way to do this is to learn about how to make revenue from blogging. Then, you can do mystery shopping on your own and set up a blog to report your findings. If you develop this blog into a revenue-earning blog and gain a good following for the consumer information that you’re putting out there, you can effectively be a self-employed mystery shopper.
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2 Responses to “Become a Mystery Shopper”
By Genesis on Oct 21, 2007 | Reply
Excellent article on mystery shopping. This is something that I have always been interested in, but since I don´t live in the US, it is a bit difficult to find jobs like this.
However, your article gives plenty of information . . . I will probably refer people to it in the future from my work at home mom blog.
By Shana Albert on Oct 22, 2007 | Reply
Genisis - I’m glad you enjoyed the post. I would love referrals from your Work At Home Mom Blog. I’m off to check out your Blog now.
Stop by anytime.