The Truth About Becoming a Mystery Shopper
By Tonya Sorensan
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Would you like to become a Mystery Shopper and Get Paid to Shop?
Over the years, we've had hundreds of people ask us about whether becoming a mystery shopper was a real way to earn money -- or was it just a scam?
Today, we have the answer for you -- and you may well be surprised. Yes, people get paid as a mystery shopper. It's True!...
Imagine getting paid to shop for new clothes, dine at popular restaurants, watch movies, play golf, or take your family to an amusement park. Become a mystery shopper and you can earn money and have fun while getting free products and services for yourself and your loved ones. Though the name itself may seem a bit mysterious, the concept of mystery shopping is actually straightforward.
Also referred to as secret shopping, performance evaluations, service checks and frontline evaluations to name a few, mystery shopping allows companies to obtain a “snapshot in time” by trained researchers who know in advance what they are to evaluate. It provides management a method to quickly yet efficiently evaluate their business practices, deliverables, and employees from the perspective of a non-biased consumer.
Mystery Shopping Services
Mystery shoppers visit or call businesses posing as ordinary customers and provide detailed evaluations of their experience using written reports or questionnaires. When you become a mystery shopper, also known as a secret shopper, you will pose as a typical shopper so you can give companies feedback about their employees' customer service, sales ability, product knowledge, procedures, and professionalism.
Have you ever received poor customer service and wished you could have done something about it? When you become a mystery shopper you will actually get paid to tell companies what you think about the service you received!
Mystery shoppers get paid for providing valuable customer service feedback to businesses. We visit stores, restaurants, banks, salons, movie theaters, hotels and other businesses as “undercover customers.” Our job is to act like regular customers while gathering information about the location’s cleanliness, the service provided by the staff and other issues for the business owner.
Mystery shopping lets you get paid to do the things you love.
Mystery shoppers are hired to do all of the following. Which ones can you imagine yourself getting paid to do?
* Shopping for new clothes at stores like The Gap, Macy's, Old Navy, Banana Republic and other top retailers
* Dining with your family or friends at restaurants like Olive Garden, Cheesecake Factory, McDonalds, Black Angus, Outback, Burger King and other popular restaurants
* Going golfing, or enjoying a fun-filled trip with your family at a Disney resort, Six Flags, or other family attraction
* Shopping online and getting paid to give your opinion about web sites
** Watching the latest movies (and even getting free popcorn)
Shopping at a variety of other businesses, such as:
- book stores
- car dealers
- department stores
- electronics stores
- grocery stores
- health clubs
- home decorating stores
- ice cream shops
- jewelry stores
- toy stores
As a mystery shopper you often get to pick the time and day you want to do your shopping. Mystery shoppers can earn a good part-time income of $10 to $40 per hour, or you can work full-time and potentially earn up to $50,000 or more per year.
The more you want to shop, the more money you can make. Find out how to get started today.