Category: About Mystery Shopping

Mystery shopping jobs normally involves part-time work and allows a person to schedule jobs in a flexible manner.  However, there are many mystery shopping companies that are also looking for individuals who are interested in working in the retail industrial area.  Most of these merchandising jobs begin as part-time work and usually involve performing jobs in various retail stores.

Merchandising jobs usually have set hours and days and involve replacing store products and setting up store displays.  However, many of these merchandising jobs often lead to full-time employment.  Since a merchandiser is usually under the lead of a supervisor who handles a chain of retail stores and ensures that all store products are carefully replaced and stocked, this type of job can lead to full-time employment.

The experience gained as a retail merchandiser can lead to a supervisor or team leader job and that usually involves more hours a week than a regular mystery shopper who does part-time work, and can sometimes lead to full-time employment.  I have done part-time merchandising jobs and most of the supervisors that I worked with stated that they began as part-time merchandisers and slowly worked their way up the ladder.

If your schedule allows you to work on a fixed workweek, and the retail area interests you, than taking a part-time merchandiser job in this area might be the stepping stone needed to obtain experience and possibly lead to a full-time job. These merchandiser jobs tend to service a wide circle of chain stores and are always in need of employees to monitor, restock, and service various company products.  So, if you can’t find a full-time job right now, maybe working as a merchandiser might be a possible way to find a new avenue of full-time employment.

Students and moms probably have one of the worst times finding part-time jobs to obtain extra cash since their daily schedule is usually fixed with classes or taking care of the children and finding a job to work around their schedule can be difficult.Luckily, most mystery shopping jobs are flexible and cater to people who have fixed schedules.

Many mystery shopping jobs can be done almost any day of the week which could include scheduling hours during the early morning, afternoon, evening or even late evening!  Some shopping jobs even allow you to bring your children with you.

Mystery shopping jobs usually only require you to contact a specific target person by telephone, or conduct an on-site visit, and ask him or her some pertinent questions about their specialty.  You then record their answers and fill out a question and answer form.  After completing the form, you only have to submit it on-line to the mystery shopping website for payment.  Most mystery shopping jobs pay in 30 to 60 days and you only have to rate an employee‘s performance on a computer form.

Further, these jobs generally only take a total of two to three hours to complete and you can work any day that works best for you.  All students and stay at home moms visit stores all the times anyways to obtain school, family, or children supplies, so you might as well get paid to make that usual weekly trip.

So, stop complaining about not being able to make extra cash due to student or family responsibilities that restrain your time to find a compatible job to work around your schedule. With mystery shopping jobs, they make the jobs easy and flexible and everyone always needs extra cash each month.

Wouldn’t it be nice to buy yourself an expensive gift or give a nice present to people without paying a cent?  With all those birthdays, weddings, anniversary, and other celebrations that require purchasing a present for our friends and loved ones, those gifts always seems to come during a time when you might be short on cash.  However, there is way to obtain a very nice present for free and that is through mystery shopping.

Believe it not, some mystery shopping jobs allow you to obtain free presents or luxury services without paying for the benefit.  Some mystery shops allow you to pass that free present to someone for their birthday or for some other celebration.  There are mystery shops that give free facials, massages, dental treatments, free make-up advice, pedicures and manicures.

A mystery shopper only needs to complete a simple written evaluation of the employee, and ask several questions.  Some shoppers may have to pay for the services upfront, but the companies reimburse you for the entire cost of facials, massages, pedicures, and may even give you discounts on certain clothes or new products.  Who doesn’t enjoy a free day at the spa day or sample free products?  If you were to pay for these services, a typical facial or massages can cost as much as $80 or more!

If the mystery shopping company allows you to have your friend enjoy the benefit while you evaluate their performance, then it is a win-win situation for everyone!  Your friend will thank you for the free gift or you can enjoy the expensive freebie gift yourself.  A day of pampering and getting free gifts are waiting for you, so sign up for a mystery shopping job today!

As with any job, having a friendly and kind attitude toward your co-workers is always a must to advance your career. With mystery shopping, having a benevolent attitude is no exception to winning customer service representatives to obtain more jobs. In any job, there will always be miscommunication and errors that are committed by you or by customer service representatives.

When these unfortunate errors occur by customer service and causes you to not get paid for a job, this can cause unfriendly feelings to surface and sometimes your communication to your representative can come across as angry emails and that could cause you to lose more potential jobs since you can appear as being difficult or uncooperative. Generally, the customer service representatives often control the issuance of jobs and you want them to remember you as a good and efficient worker.

When unfair situations occur, and they will, remember that is best to just move on and view the loss of a shop as a learning lesson. Remember to always think positively that something better will come along soon. No one wants to deal with an angry or difficult worker, so be the bigger person and be as polite and friendly to your customer service representative as you can.

They really are there to help you complete your job and will help you advance you to a higher level of benevolence and job availability. Now, if some representative seems to be unfair on a shop, remind yourself to take several deep breaths, count to ten, and keep in mind that any negative situation can turned out positive since the representative really just moved you to a higher level of patience.

If are the type who likes to interact and socialize with other people, then demonstrating mystery jobs might be the right match for you!

Demonstration jobs allows some flexibility to set up your own days since most companies offer choices over the course of several days.  A demonstrator shopper usually sets up their station at a busy marketplace or a popular store.  The job usually requires you set up a demonstrating table and ask customers to sample various products for companies.

Most of these samples are in the food related area,  but they also range from the latest technological products or to anything that a company wants to market to the customers as the latest and best product. Most customers enjoy tasting or trying various food samples or gadgets and enjoy conversing with the demonstrator.

The only requirement is that most demonstrating jobs require that you stand for six hours, but some allow breaks so you could sit down for several minutes throughout the day.  The best part of these types of jobs is that you get paid immediately  and often these jobs give bonuses if you can complete them on a short around time.  Most pay either on the spot or within days of performing your job.  Also, these types of jobs normally occur on Fridays to Sundays, but some allow weekday work as well.

If you enjoy talking and socializing with a diverse group of people, then these jobs are a good fit, and the day goes by fast when you enjoy doing what you like.  Most mystery job sites have links that show you where to go to apply for demonstrating type work and once you sign up, you can get steady work if you commit yourself.  Otherwise, these shops allow you to still be flexible with your schedule and set your own days and get paid in an immediate fashion.