Get Paid to Shop, Eat Out, Watch Movies, and more!
June 1st, 2008 by admin
Interested in Becoming A Secret Shopper?
Hundreds of retail stores, restaurants, hotels, fast food franchises, and many other businesses around the world rely on mystery shoppers to tell them how their business is operating and how customers are being treated when they aren’t around. They get impartial opinions on what is really happening, and they can use this input to make changes to better their business.
Your job as a secret shopper would be to go undercover and pose as a customer, perform a relevant action such as make a purchase or eat a meal, and then report on your experience. This job is great for anyone who requires a flexible schedule. You work as much or as little as you want, and choose only the job assignments you want to accept.
There has been a sharp growth in the secret shopper industry over the past decade, and it continues to grow at about 11 – 12 percent each year. Recent estimates place the US mystery shopping industry at approximately $800 Million. Secret shoppers are beginning to find jobs in a wider range of venues, from spas and ski resorts to zoos and theme parks.
For more information on becoming a secret shopper, you may want to check out some of the articles listed on the right. When you’re ready, be sure to check out some of our top rated secret shopper networks.
A “Secret Shopper Network” is a database of companies who regularly seek and recruit secret shoppers. As a member of a network, you’ll have access to hundreds of companies who are willing to pay you to shop, eat out, watch movies, etc. Although you don’t have to join a network to become a secret shopper, it’s a fast and easy way to start receiving secret shopper jobs from hundreds of companies.
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June 1st, 2008 at 12:32 pm
To the uninformed, secret shopping sounds like a perfect job. Eating out and shopping for free while making extra money; what could be difficult about that? But it’s not all that simple. Secret shoppers provide valuable market research through first hand accounts of products or services.
Once a secret shop task is completed, the shopper must report on his or her findings. Often there is a script of questions to be asked during the experience. A specific item or items may be required to be ordered from the menu. The job or the secret shopper is grading customer and patron service as well as product quality or taste. Secret shopping is a job unlike any other, but it is still a job with work to be done and a level of quality to be maintained.
An occasional product tester and market researcher could respect the important nature of the secret shopping job while reaping the benefits. A professional writer could prepare reports on products with accuracy and depth. A level of professionalism is necessary when working as a secret shopper and a reputable firm like Shop Until You Drop should expect and receive nothing less from a new agent.
September 12th, 2008 at 7:36 am
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