@DareWright wrote:
Fee has been reduced from $27 to $25, but report has been streamlined.
@AustinMom wrote:
I was told the fee for a shop with the new client is $21. Reimbursement is separate. Training for the new client is $12/hour.
@KathyG wrote:
Although I'm not a fan of any MSC reducing a shopper's pay it sounds like they're getting rid of the two paragraph evaluation at the end. That might just make the lower fee worth it.
@CaliGirl925 wrote:
Hmm.. you guys are making me jealous... I am currently signed up with them and have been performing shops with the old client, but haven't received an email about the streamlined report, or any information about a new client. I wonder if they've decided I'm not coming with them in the expansion.
@CaliGirl925 wrote:
Hmm.. you guys are making me jealous... I am currently signed up with them and have been performing shops with the old client, but haven't received an email about the streamlined report, or any information about a new client. I wonder if they've decided I'm not coming with them in the expansion.
@Misanthrope wrote:
Can't say I'm happy about it, but I understand. Since they only have one big client who's taken such a big financial hit, should've seen the writing on the wall. I like working with them and hope they can diversify. As it stands now I usually only make about a $5 profit on their shops when factoring in the costs of travel and how food is marked up within New York city.
That's usually what I do these days. I always do the one in my neighborhood that's within walking distance, so there's no distance pay there, and the rest I shop are in Manhattan so I try to combine them with other shops. It's fine when they have only a handful assigned this month but before they cut down on shops I was at a point where I was assigned to do seven different (restaurants) in one month.@kenasch wrote:
@Misanthrope wrote:
Can't say I'm happy about it, but I understand. Since they only have one big client who's taken such a big financial hit, should've seen the writing on the wall. I like working with them and hope they can diversify. As it stands now I usually only make about a $5 profit on their shops when factoring in the costs of travel and how food is marked up within New York city.
One of the great things about these shops is that we are given such a wide date range to complete them. So I am always able to complete them while doing other mystery shops in the same area or I'm going to be in that part of town anyway. In my experience there are very few mystery shops that are worth it if they are completed alone. The key to successful mystery shopping is make routes, even if it's just two shops.
@Misanthrope wrote:
It's fine when they have only a handful assigned this month but before they cut down on shops I was at a point where I was assigned to do seven different (restaurants) in one month.
To be fair, these seven shops were between their bigger, national client, and the local burger chain others have referred to (and unlike the national client, which was shopped twice a month, the burger joint needed to be shopped once a week). Still, up until they slowed down, I would do about four or five mexican food places and two to four burger joints in a given month.@KathyG wrote:
SEVEN shops! There must be a lot of shoppers in my area. I'd be assigned two each month, which got cut down to one this month.
@Misanthrope wrote:
It's fine when they have only a handful assigned this month but before they cut down on shops I was at a point where I was assigned to do seven different (restaurants) in one month.
@DareWright wrote:
All I have in my area are the burrito shops. No burger shops or asian ones in my town. I live near a pretty large city, so I'm thinking it's only a matter of time before these restaurants start to pop up.