@Latanyar wrote:
Hello everyone. I'm totally new to mystery shopping. I have experience in merchandising and demoing. I signed up for 2 mystery shopping companies so far and I see a ton of assignments in the ispos portal. Could anyone give me recommendation on where to start? I see a re occurring assignment that indicates $15 plus reimbursement that is due today. I'm not going to take that one of course. I'm curious to know, what is the typical timeframe to complete shop for $15? 1hr, 30 mins, 20 mins? I'm also aware that I need to sign up for a lot of mystery shop companies in order to get a lot of assignments. This will be part time for me since I already have an online business that I make the bulk of my income. However, if I like what I'm doing, would it be possible to make $1k a month mystery shopping? If so, how many companies would you all recommend that I apply for?
@foodluvr wrote:
@Latanyar wrote:
Hello everyone. I'm totally new to mystery shopping. I have experience in merchandising and demoing. I signed up for 2 mystery shopping companies so far and I see a ton of assignments in the ispos portal. Could anyone give me recommendation on where to start? I see a re occurring assignment that indicates $15 plus reimbursement that is due today. I'm not going to take that one of course. I'm curious to know, what is the typical timeframe to complete shop for $15? 1hr, 30 mins, 20 mins? I'm also aware that I need to sign up for a lot of mystery shop companies in order to get a lot of assignments. This will be part time for me since I already have an online business that I make the bulk of my income. However, if I like what I'm doing, would it be possible to make $1k a month mystery shopping? If so, how many companies would you all recommend that I apply for?
IPSOS has a lot of different shops. Not knowing which type of project it is, it would be hard to give you a time frame. Please don't give the client name but if you can tell us what type of assignment it is can help us give you a better idea. I find their appliance shops to not be worth it and it takes about 90 min.
I recommend signing up with as many companies you can find.
As far as how much you can make, it depends. Where do you live? I am strictly part time and make about 500-800 a month but I've been doing this for 10+ years and live in a large metropolitan area.
@ceasesmith wrote:
Welcome to the forum!
If the "recurring" shop with reimbursement is what I think it is, it's a fast and easy shop (for me).
Check out the "certifications" available to you (on the left side of the home page), and go through the list and see if any interest you.
I love IPSOS. Clear guidelines, great schedulers, fast pay all combine to make them #1 for me!
@LisaSTL wrote:
You will find there is no typical time frame to complete a shop based on the pay. This is true when looking at assignments across multiple MSCs or even with various projects at the same MSC. Since mystery shopping companies don't pay hourly, they don't base their offers on how long it takes their vendors. It is a double edged sword for the mystery shopper. We don't have the guarantee a merchandiser might have, but we have more control over our income in the end.