I have been shopping for 16 months. My goal is to stop stressing out and spending some all-nighters filling out reports.
Part of the problem is over scheduling and part of the problem is taking on too much variety. It is much saner to concentrate on the same shop form and get really good at it and to limit the number of companies.
My goal is to let my shopping "pay" my grocery bills and my transportation costs.
As for grocery income, I use Trend Source grocery shops. After the first dozen, they became very easy and I could easily do two a day. You don't make much money at all, but you get a nice supply of weekly groceries.
Now, pulling in a monthly $400 to cover my personal and business transportation expenses, well, that requires some discernnent. The shops that pay $25-45 seem to fall into five groups:
1. apartment shops (I hate it because you have to call and call and call to reach a target);
2. Some bar shops (I hate because alcohol isn't good for me at all);
3. Car dealership shops;
4. New Home Sales shops
5. Restaurant shops, but with reservation -- they don't pay well and the reports can be extremely time consuming.
I have reached the point where I can make $700-900 per month, but it is too hard on me physically. Unless I can get better paying assignments, I plan to ratchet back to a $600-700 a month goal.
I am open to ideas. . . .