@lady_di2010 wrote:
Hi, I am a new shopper also. Shadow Shopper at least lists jobs in my area, BUT.....when I email the listed jobs......I get told those were obsolete posts. .....several times from different companies.....So just go to the other companies directly,...........not much luck there either. THey seem to already have regular shoppers they give best assignments to. I have done lots of fast food shops , but the pay doesn't cover my gasoline !! And the FF puts on more pounds. HOW DO US NEW SHOPPERS FIND SOME PAYING JOBS????
Shadow Shopper is only good for identifying MSCs who have jobs in your area. Sign up with those MSCs so you can check their job board, but do not expect to get an assignment from the obsolete stuff that is posted on Shadow Shopper.
Once you are signed up with companies, check their job boards regularly. Jobs go fast when they are posted and they go to - guess who! - the shoppers who repeatedly check their job boards looking for assignments.
New shoppers start slow and work up to better jobs and a higher volume of jobs. Take some of the hard-to-fill jobs. Do a great job and write a super report. Impress the editors and the schedulers. Yes, schedulers give their better jobs to shoppers with good track records who have performed excellent work for them in the past. That's a good thing. It means by doing good work, you can be recognized and rewarded. It means once you establish yourself as a good shopper, you can expect schedulers to recognize your ability as higher than a new shopper who signs up after you have been shopping a year, two years, or ten years.
When you are a mystery shopper, you are actually running your own small business. Building a business is hard work. Nobody gets huge contracts the day they start their business. And competition with a track record and more experience is hard to beat. Sign up with companies. Check the job boards more often. Work hard. Try not to get discouraged because it will be hard.