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MDavisnowell Wrote:
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> Ishop, you have to start shopping to be a shopper.
> You can research forever but that won't get you
> started. Pick a major company and do a shop for
> them. Analyze that shop and figure out how to do
> it more thoroughly and better. Refine your system
> until you have what works best for you. Reading
> your many detailed posts here, I believe you are
> much more interested in exploring, thinking, and
> writing than you are shopping. Fortunately, you
> can use those interests to become a fine shopper.
> You've done enough basic research on the depth of
> the water - time to jump in there and best of luck
> to you.
Thanks for the advice. I guess why I'm doing the research is this. I read it takes 3-6 months of solid shops of proving you will not flake and that you're an asset. Since I'm looking to travel and where go anywhere I was looking to see if anyone had any suggestions. As in I'd rather get that 3-6 month time card starting ASAP. While I think I would like to take jobs from every company or at least keep my options open. I was looking for the companies that are more route friendly and would seek out a shopper with my intentions.
I may sign up for example Market Force. In 6 months I've built my rep up and then I can't get routes nationally because they serve mostly only 1 region. I know they are one of the biggest but if I'm going to do routes consistently. I'll need more than just one company feeding me jobs. I know I'll have to search. I was more or less looking for route runners to tell me their favorite sites and the ones most willing to work with you.
While some may take the perspective of "Telling you this info only hurts me". It really doesn't because if you would have told me and next year I've found a company or 2 you may have over looked. I'd return the favor. Which would help you. I'm not going to be taking majority of your jobs. I may plan a route to your area and take some of your jobs once. But then I'll be moving on and unless there's strong reason I most likely won't return. And next if you're doing the job you're suppose to, I doubt they take a regular job from you and assign it to me. They use to tell me this in Poker when I started coaching. That I'm just helping the noobs get better. That boosted my bottom line exponentially. It's a strange concept, but when you help others usually that results in them wanting to help you.
So I know I'm ready to go and do shops. I'm looking into phone/cell phone shops at first. I've been in touch with a lady from the IMSC who called me and has been amazingly helpful. Has truly went out of her way. Did she owe me? No. She wanted to help me and I'm forever greatful.
So while I'm an entrepreneur and have other business's. I'm in the planning and research stage of starting this business. I'm looking to do this on a mass level. I'm sure I could go complete a shop. I just like to know my options and with mystery shopping there seems to be an overwhelming number of options.
A lot of people are complaining about what shops they prefer etc.. etc.. I just care about the money. It's all about the money. Pay me 5 million I'll go sleep in a pitch black room for 72 hours. No food water drink or anything. Will I like it? No I'll be miserable the entire time. But when I get out it'll be worth it. I guess I don't look at the shops and money I make by the hour. I look at it by the year.
Once you make this money and spend that time. That allows you to do things with the money. So if you add the return rates you expect to make off the profit of the first shops that don't pay well. Then at the end of the year add your total profit and divide the hours you'll be looking much better. I guarantee that.
If I were to go on and say how I see these same misconceptions in different forms of business everywhere. Which is true, which would help out almost any shopper tremendously. I would get a "You don't know what you're talking about" "This isn't any of the other business's you've been apart of"
So moral of the story. I wasn't planning on having the time to actually shop foolish time for 2-3 months. I'm trying to think of a viable business plan. And if you treat this like a business I can't stress how important it is to have one. Necessary ? Not at all.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/23/2014 03:55PM by Ishop4you904.