I guess the state you're in makes a huge difference.@clinen11 wrote:
I lost one of my favorite schedulers recently. I think it was because of over use of bonus because they kept going over budget each period. Of course, when you're scheduling 240 locations every 3-4 days I can only imagine it could take some bonuses to get shoppers out on $5 shops. I usually pick up a route of them and try to ask for $10-$35 per shop myself due to distance and lack of shoppers. One week, I did 22 of his shops. I did about 9% of all his shops for that week. Nutty and a lot of miles logged. 22x5 isn't much but 22x18 is. Anyway, I digress.
I'd work for $14 an hour. Many of these states still have a $7.25 minimum wage law... plus those laws don't apply to us 1099'ers. (: It's all in what you're after.
@MScat wrote:
I know this is been discussed many times, But I just can't believe I just saw a motorcycle shop for $25 email to me. I just did that shop a couple weeks ago and got paid $50. If shoppers would work together we would be getting bonuses all the time and higher pay. I make so much more with the bonuses, and our time is worth more than some of these $14 shops. I wish some shoppers would stop grabbing shops at such little pay so we would start making more money With added Bonuses. Isn't your time worth more than $14 an hour.
@bgriffin wrote:
No. No we wouldn't.
That company makes maybe $50 on that shop. Once they pay you $50 they are paying scheduling, editing, infrastructure, and management out of their pocket.
They can do this because half of them get taken at $25. If everyone demands $50 the company loses money and goes out of business. Then there is one less company to work for and prices go down because they have less competition.
I'm not saying the shop is worth $25. I'm just saying the reason you got $50 is because someone else took one at $25.
@shoptastic wrote:
But, wouldn't the demands of the workers also force the mystery shopping companies to demand more from the clients?
@shoptastic wrote:
I suppose the clients might just say: "Oh well..." Yet, I could also imagine a wealthy client (hypothetically, let's say McDonald's***) willingly paying more to have people do mystery shops, since their value their brand and customer service quality (presumably or hypothetically).
***I picked McD's, bc it's the first thing that popped into my head, but I have no idea if they hire mystery shoppers or not.
@7star wrote:
I agree that there should be some coordination among us shoppers to have the rates be higher. I also understand why some have to take the lower paying shops, so they can pay bills.
But I think over the long run it's better to get the rates up. It isn't going to happen overnight but to see and do a shop where you have to spend 15-45 minutes in a computer store and pretend to be a buyer and then fill out a lengthy report, all for $12 isn't worth it.
I like what Shoptastic said, which is to force the clients to pay more to get more quality feedback.
@ShopSouthTexas wrote:
I've always been so curious what companies pay for a shop. Especially those which involve high reimbursements that aren't just reversed on your credit card. If they pay $50 for a shop, what would an editor, scheduler, company owner, and shopper make to not go over the $50? I have only worked as a shopper so I have no clue what a scheduler makes every time I pick up a shop, and how much an editor makes to read over my shop. I see $50 as a bargain when you have three people to pay per shop plus a profit to make.
@catgrannyof5 wrote:
Remember, the newbies that took that shop for $7 is probably learning the ropes too. We all started from somewhere. There was one MSC Clark's shoe shop that paid $18. They offered to pay me since the location was closed and asked me to redo the shop when the location reopened. The shoe store was being remodeled. It was cool because I got paid $36. That MSC sadly had merged with another MSC. That company now offered the same shoe shop, same requirements for $10.