@sestrahelena wrote:
I am seeing peanut-pay shops disappear quickly in my area. Hopefully the newbies or whoever is doing them will quickly realize their operational loss and quit.
For a long time I didn't see anything but Market Force shops (which I would take if the pay got high enough, just for something to do). Recently I've done an apartment shop, retail is starting to creep back in, and I just got back from a regional car wash chain shop. However, with the exception of the apartment nothing pays well; like Tarantado said the shops I counted on to boost my monthly bottom line aren't around.@Tarantado wrote:
Most of my big money makers are now gone or on just suspended for the foreseeable future.
Interesting. I'm in Virginia and have been constantly seeing lots of shops. Not sure I'd call them the "big bucks" earners, but still a lot out there (if just for volume's sake). Our unemployment rate is one of the better ones across the country, so maybe the local economy is strong and people are all working and don't need to ms more having lost their job(s). *Just a guess.* Virginia/D.C. has a heavy government and military jobs industry, which is quite recession-proof, so I wouldn't expect other places to have these dynamics.@KathyG wrote:
For a long time I didn't see anything but Market Force shops@Tarantado wrote:
Most of my big money makers are now gone or on just suspended for the foreseeable future.
Some platforms (Prophet) let you see who took what shop and at what rate, although it's possible there is some invisible bonus or rate negotiated that doesn't show up on it.@Shop-et-al wrote:
How do you calculate someone else's IC numbers? Do you have some secret access to their private information?
@sestrahelena wrote:
I am seeing peanut-pay shops disappear quickly in my area. Hopefully the newbies or whoever is doing them will quickly realize their operational loss and quit.
@shoptastic wrote:
Some platforms (Prophet) let you see who took what shop and at what rate, although it's possible there is some invisible bonus or rate negotiated that doesn't show up on it.@Shop-et-al wrote:
How do you calculate someone else's IC numbers? Do you have some secret access to their private information?
@sestrahelena wrote:
I am seeing peanut-pay shops disappear quickly in my area. Hopefully the newbies or whoever is doing them will quickly realize their operational loss and quit.
Interesting.@SoCalMama wrote:
MSC industry people say up to 70% of shoppers are no longer actively shopping. (Demographics - more than 50% are over 50 years old, probably higher than that actually.)
speaking of which...@shoptastic wrote:
^^^Sorry, it doesn't show "who" took the shop (as in the shopper name/person), but rather that the shop was taken and what the listed rate was (sometimes a bonus will show).
@SoCalMama wrote:
MSC industry people say up to 70% of shoppers are no longer actively shopping. (Demographics - more than 50% are over 50 years old, probably higher than that actually.)
No article. Just a phone call with an MSC owner.@ceasesmith wrote:
If that was in an article, would you be kind enough to point us to where? I'd love to read it, and it probably has other relevant info.
@SoCalMama wrote:
MSC industry people say up to 70% of shoppers are no longer actively shopping. (Demographics - more than 50% are over 50 years old, probably higher than that actually.)
@shopaholic1 wrote:
I just started MSCing after the pandemic. I prefer to do mystery food shops. I am tired of the same burger place and drive in restaurant. Were there alot more restaurants pre-pandemic? Or was it only these 2 to 3 chains.
@SoCalMama wrote:
MSC industry people say up to 70% of shoppers are no longer actively shopping. (Demographics - more than 50% are over 50 years old, probably higher than that actually.)
I see more bonuses, not necessarily higher fees. But the bottom line is more money for the shopper - supply and demand.@KathyG wrote:
If that is the case I would think that eventually fees would go up.
@SoCalMama wrote:
MSC industry people say up to 70% of shoppers are no longer actively shopping. (Demographics - more than 50% are over 50 years old, probably higher than that actually.)
I think this theory could hold if the economy remains stable or continues to recover. If we contract again (which I tend to think is more likely, given no stimulus extension and COVID rising into the winter), then increased/continuing layoffs and bankruptcies could possibly affect ms-ing through their ripple effects. Maybe we see less shops and entirely closed programs and/or more people taking shops at base.@KathyG wrote:
If that is the case I would think that eventually fees would go up.
@SoCalMama wrote:
MSC industry people say up to 70% of shoppers are no longer actively shopping. (Demographics - more than 50% are over 50 years old, probably higher than that actually.)
High national unemployment still + running out of stimulus support could change the supply/demand equation.@ wrote:
Nearly one in 10 U.S. businesses plan to lay off workers during the final three months of the year as a result of the outbreak, according to a survey of human resource executives at 330 companies conducted by the Conference Board last month.
@SoCalMama wrote:
I see more bonuses, not necessarily higher fees. But the bottom line is more money for the shopper - supply and demand.@KathyG wrote:
If that is the case I would think that eventually fees would go up.
@SoCalMama wrote:
MSC industry people say up to 70% of shoppers are no longer actively shopping. (Demographics - more than 50% are over 50 years old, probably higher than that actually.)