Hello All, I have been busy shopping!
See Jacobs first post on this forum, it lists 250 companies, plus all the Sassie companies. If you read all the forum, you will find answers, I did. I signed with one Sassie, that afternoon I had a mailbox full of 'sign up with me,' due to being previously signed with the Sassie earlier. It was a simple Subway shop. I wish I could remember which one it was to help you out.
You just have to sign up, check your email, and I visit the sites and sign in at least once a week or more for the ones I get more offers from. A year ago I had one or two under my belt, today I have 100s.
If I see that there are several shops in the same area, nothing says you can't accept 5,6 or more in the same area, same day for different companies. You save on gas that way. Keep your paperwork separate, read your guidelines, I personally read mine over just before I go into a store.
I did 5 in a town 40 miles from me, took all of 2 hrs, with travel time, I made $8. per shop. Not bad for a Sunday afternoon.
No one person can tell anyone the best high paying shops, the areas are all different, the companies try to keep the fees low, there are new companies and old ones. They keep their costs low because of competition. Line up several jobs in the same area the same day. It keeps YOUR costs lower. The larger towns have more jobs than the small ones. I live in a small one, so to make any money I have to travel a ways, do several jobs while I am there. That's just how it is.
I have read all the posts on this forum, mystery shopping is not for everyone. I started out, there is alot of work to it, you can't just sign up, and wait for it. If you enjoy shopping, and you want to mystery shop, you have to get into the sites everyday, see how they work, learn. I entered many reports, just to have to edit, all the time I thought "I am not going to do this anymore!" I am still doing it, with my week starting today.
Good luck, happy shopping!
Alice
Happiness is a butterfly, which, when pursued, is always just beyond your gasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you."
(Nathaniel Hawthorne)