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I love second to none and do about 10-15 highly bonused (100-300 %) compliance shops every month for them. The schedulers are awesome, however their scheduler just changed for the shops I usually do so well see how he is. This is my second biggest money maker after Marketforce every month. Keep watching the boards, bonuses generally get pretty high at the end of the month.

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We rarely see bonuses out my way. Most bonuses are $1 to $2 and that is not enough to get me to do something I am not otherwise inclined to do.

The largest bonus I've seen on their board was $10. That's happened only once since I have been shopping them.

ddeblois, I don't understand entirely. I had an assignment for which I received a confirmation email, yet it was not on my list of scheduled shops. Prior to going to the location, I emailed the scheduler, who told me to do the shop, and later, the shop was added to my assignments. All was well.

Where did double scheduling come into play? You have a paper trail, and did the shop.

BayLee Wrote:
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> LisaSTL,
>
> Yes I do, I am planning to change that once I have
> received the filing of a Fictitious Business name
> back, applied for an EIN and opened a business
> account.
>
>

BayLee -

Recently I got an EIN to shop for another MSC. So I thought I would convert all the MSC's to my EIN. But it turns out that STN won't take an EIN.

I love STN, so I still work for them and just use my SSN and my own name for their direct deposit. And I really like the new company, so I use the EIN with them.

stilllearning Wrote:
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> Okay, I am going to go on record and say two
> things: First of all, NO more "marry" the pieces
> shops for me and secondly, I'm trusting you on
> this, BBird.

>
> (heart)

Are you the reason I got a bonus'ed pizza shop? If it is...errr...thanks. :-)

Not my circus - Not my monkeys @(*.*)@

~Polish Proverb~

So, way late on this, but while I have only one complaint about STN, it's a huge one that caused me to drop them. My first and last evaluations for them were rejected with zero communication, and in the case of the latter was highly salvageable. It really seemed that they were overly willing to shut things down on me for no good reason, and that was a major turn-off. The worst part is that the second time, the reason for rejection was really very vague. For the bulk of work that they accepted in the middle, they paid in a timely manner and never communicated with me one way or the other. The one time I had a payment question they answered promptly.

Just make sure you do everything flawlessly. My own opinion, they reject shops for the slightest reason with no communication or attempt to work with you to fix things.

They have always communicated with me. The problem is the way they communicate errors. Shoppers no longer receive emails or phone calls, instead it is posted on the website. Before the format change there was a tab for "Shops" and under that would be a link for something like "Needing Clarification." Now it is referred to as "Attention" or something along those lines. It's not the easiest since shops can sit in process for days leaving us having to check back until they are finally approved. It is also my only complaint with the company.

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I find it much easier to see the status of my shops on their new hub. The Dashboard page has a status box, with separate boxes for Scheduled; In Process; Attention; Requested; and Rejected. Each box has space for the number of each. At a glance, I see status and progression.

I have never known them to email a shopper when an assignment is rejected. They maintain it is the shopper's responsibility to watch the status of their shops.

Fastjack, they will communicate, via email, when clarification is needed, in addition to updating the Dashboard. That's an opportunity to fix things. For rejected shops, just because they don't contact us, doesn't mean we cannot contact them. I have gotten rejected shops accepted, and STN has been approachable.

STN is an excellent company to work with, for one pay is 2nd Friday of every month. However, if you do Paypal it cost you $1, no fee for direct deposit. They have lots of shop, certainly keeps me busy. The schedulers are very nice, and helpful. I a have gotten a few bonus shops with them, i always do them because the bonus is always good. I have always turned in my reports on time and never, asked for an extension. I often get email to do some really good shop. I enjoy working for this company.

@LisaSTL wrote:

They have always communicated with me. The problem is the way they communicate errors. Shoppers no longer receive emails or phone calls, instead it is posted on the website. Before the format change there was a tab for "Shops" and under that would be a link for something like "Needing Clarification." Now it is referred to as "Attention" or something along those lines. It's not the easiest since shops can sit in process for days leaving us having to check back until they are finally approved. It is also my only complaint with the company.

That, and the fact that they pay peanuts.

But hey--at least you get those peanuts quickly.

I wasn't aware they were no longer emailing requests for clarification. Good to know.

If you wait it out they can pay lots of peanuts

Disclaimer regarding emails. It was a year or so ago they stopped sending them. Things could have changed again since I don't work for them monthly. I still monitor my shops until they've been approved.

Last time I received an email for clarification was in November 2014. So, maybe they are still emailing.

Sometimes they do; sometimes they don't.

(heart)

I intend to live forever. So far, so good.

@Mert wrote:

I wasn't aware they were no longer emailing requests for clarification. Good to know.

They tried to reject a shop based on the scenario that I was given (and I saved every email). I never got an email, but logged on and noticed it one day. I had to get pushy, but I got paid. They have always paid me.

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