Hello,
I am a former shopper and I am grateful for all of the information that I was able to read on this site, even though I never posted. I stopped mystery shopping last year when I decided to trade cryptocurrency. (My professional background is in traditional investment management.)
For those not familiar with cryptocurrency, you may have heard of Bitcoin. Surprisingly, there are over 1000 "alt coins/tokens" that trade on exchanges. If you are familiar with Bitcoin, you have also likely heard of Ethereum. Ethereum uses technology similar to Bitcoin (blockchain,) but instead of being a transfer of the asset itself, the Ethereum blockchain allows apps, called dApps (decentralized apps), to be built on the platform. Companies that build on the Ethereum blockchain create their own crypto tokens.
One of the exchanges that I trade on just listed a new token called STORM. I decided to do some research and found the website, [
stormtoken.com] . This is from the website, "Storm Market creates more earning opportunities for people all around the world by utilizing technology. We make it easier for members to find new ways to earn, engage, and advance with our gamified micro-task platform for STORM tokens."
It looks like they will be offering opportunities through their dApp similar to Gigwalk, Field Agent, etc. The company is going to be offer opportunities through Storm Play that has an existing market of over 250,000 players. The details are in the whitepaper:
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Anyway, I thought that I would share with the community. I want to mention that I am no way affiliated with STORM. I have yet to decide about investing in the tokens. Blockchain technology is the future. This could be very important for mystery shopping in the future because it is fast, highly secure, immutable (the ledger can't be changed,) and cost saving.