@myst4au wrote:

I just tried the URL that I have on file, and it did not work. About 2 weeks ago, it did work. It might be a temporary problem at the SASSIE site.

@Arch Stanton wrote:

BZZ Agent login does not function. Did they change their name again or go out of business???

Many Thanks

I believe on another thread someone said they were having trouble getting into the IPSOS SASSIE website, so it may be a SASSIE issure.

Preliminary N, O, P, Q and R Lists

Thank you all for your contributions and a special thanks to myst4au and joanna81 and shopnyc! ❤❤❤
Please message me with your comments and corrections.

Bold = Changes and additions

N
National Shopping Service Network / NSSN
Nationwide Services Group
New Image Marketing
North Fork Research
Northwest Loss Prevention Consultants
Norton Norris
nsite Market Research

O
Oculus Training
Onion Insights

P
Palm Scheduling Services
Patron Edge Mystery Shopping
Perception Strategies
Perfectly Frank, Inc
PerformaLogics (maintains website, although part of InTouch Insight)
Person To Person Quality Mystery Shopping
Phantom Shoppers (now The Jack Network)
Pinnacle Financial Strategies
Premier Service Inc
Private Eyes Online
Private Eyes Scheduling
Promotion Network, Inc
Provantage Corporate Analytics

Q
Quality Assessments Mystery Shoppers
Quality Assurance Consulting Inc
Quality Scheduling
Quality Service Control / QSC
Quality Shopper
Quest for Best Mystery Shopping

R
RDAssociates, Inc
Reality Based Group (includes Gamefilm Consultants)
Reality Check Mystery Shopping
Red Brick Scheduling
Reflections MS
Regal Hospitality Group
Remington Evaluations
Rentrak Mystery Shopping
Research Intelligence Group
Research Services Group (RSG)
Restaurant Cops
Retail Maxim
Retail Rapport Ltd
Retail Track (merged into InTouch Insight)
Richey International
Ritter & Associates (now Alta 360)

I intend to live forever. So far, so good.

Step 1: Please, review the complete list of MSC Names, beginning with the Letters S, T, U, V, W, and XYZ.

Step 2: Extract the names of the active MSCs only. (If you're not certain, add a question mark after their name.)

Step 3: PM your redacted list to me.

S
Sales Quality Research Group
Satisfaction Services
Second to None
Secret Shopper
Sentry Marketing Group
Service Check
Service Connections Inc.
Service Evaluation Concepts
Service Excellence Group
Service Impressions
Service Metrics, Inc.
Service Performance Group
Service Research Corporation
Service Savvy
Service Scouts Mystery Shopping
Service Sleuth
Service Trac
Service With Style
ServiceSense
Servimer
Shadow Shopper
Shared Insight Mystery Shopping
Shop Angels
Shoppers Confidential Inc
Shoppers Critique International
Shoppers View
Shoppers, Inc
Shoptalk Service Evaluations
Sinclair Customer Metrics
Six Star Solutions
Skilchek Services, Inc
Sneak PeakMS
Sparks Research
Spies In Disguise
Spot Check Services
SQM Mystery Shopping - Sensors Quality Management Inc
Staceys Strategic Solutions
Statopex Field Marketing
Staying Connected
SteriCycle Mystery Shopping
Strategic Reflections
Summit Scheduling and Editing
Superior Customer Solutions
Sutter Marketing

T
Taylor and Associates
Technology Store Shopper
Test Track Research
Texas Shoppers Network
The 420 Intel Agency
The Brandt Group
The Hotel Shopping Network
The Performance Edge
The Shadow Agency
The Training Factor
TNS Global Mystery Shopping
TrendSource / MSI Mystery Shopping

V
Verify International
VeriTES

W
We Check
White Clay
Wireless Store Shopper

Question: I'm wondering if there is a real benefit in maintaining an updated tally of the # of discussions associated with each MSC? If so, what?

There are valid reasons as to why some MSCs garner more conversation than others. It could be beneficial to distinguish targeted/niche MSCs from those offering more widespread assignments, by virtue of published number counts.

I think there is value in knowing which companies are most active in terms of messages. They might have more shops or more complaints. However, the current #2 company is Maritz and they no longer do mystery shopping. the number of discussions about them is so high that they are unlikely to ever drop off the top 15 list. I do not think that keeping companies that are no longer in business in the Top 15 list has any real value.

@stilllearning wrote:

Question: I'm wondering if there is a real benefit in maintaining an updated tally of the # of discussions associated with each MSC? If so, what?

Preliminary S, TU, V, W, XY Lists[/b}

A special thanks to myst4au and and shopnyc for their contributions! ❤❤❤

Please message me with your comments and corrections.

Bold = Changes and additions

S
Sales Quality Research Group (part of SeeLevelHX)
Satisfaction Services
Second to None
Secret Shopper
SeeLevel HX (Includes Beyond Hello and Sales Quality Research Group)
Sentry Marketing Group (now Sentry Insights) (bought Feedback Plus)
Service Check
Service Connections Inc.
Service Evaluation Concepts
Service Excellence Group (part of IntelliShop)
Service Impressions
Service Metrics, Inc.
Service Performance Group
Service Research Corporation
Service Savvy
Service Scouts Mystery Shopping
Service Sleuth (merged with HS Brands)
Service Trac
Service With Style
ServiceSense
Servimer
Shadow Shopper
Shared Insight Mystery Shopping
Shop Angels
Shoppers Confidential Inc
Shoppers Critique International
Shoppers View
Shoppers, Inc
Shoptalk Service Evaluations
Sinclair Customer Metrics
Six Star Solutions
Skilchek Services, Inc
Sneak PeakMS
Sparks Research
Spies In Disguise
Spot Check Services
SQM Mystery Shopping - Sensors Quality Management Inc
Staceys Strategic Solutions
Statopex Field Marketing (merged with Intouch Insights)
Staying Connected
SteriCycle Mystery Shopping
Strategic Reflections
Summit Scheduling and Editing
Superior Customer Solutions
Sutter Marketing

T
Taylor and Associates
Technology Store Shopper
Test Track Research
Texas Shoppers Network
The 420 Intel Agency
The Brandt Group
The Hotel Shopping Network
The Performance Edge
The Shadow Agency
The Source (name changed; was TrendSource)
The Training Factor
TNS Global Mystery Shopping
TrendSource (name changed to The Source)
TrueGuest (was Five Diamond Hospitality)

V
Verify International
VeriTES

W
We Check (acquired by Canadian Division of Ipsos; no name change yet)
White Clay
Wireless Store Shopper

I intend to live forever. So far, so good.

Trendsource is still in business, I believe.

It's time to put finishing touches on hurricane preparation in case Ian pays the Tampa area a visit, so I'm asking the rest of the forum members to review each of the updated lists, for accuracy.

If you don't uncover any errors, please PM myst4au with your appreciation.
If you do find any discrepancies, please PM them to me, and then PM myst4au with your appreciation.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/25/2022 10:53PM by stilllearning.

@andrew475
thanks for finding and verifying all of the MSC URL's!
(even though I don't have them in yet, for N thru Z -- they will be )

@stilllearning
thanks for spearheading this whole effort!

@myst4au
thanks for all of your research efforts on current MSC status and various things!

and at everyone else, thanks for any and all input on making the new MSC list.

For now, it is residing in this Google Sheet. This is "Read (View) Only", so, if you see anything that needs correcting, updating, adding, removing, etc.; please post here or PM me with the details.

[docs.google.com]

Ya'll know the saying about too many cooks. So that's why that is "read-only", hahaha!

Eventually I want a better way to do this. I still am working on getting a development environment set up so that I can help @JacobJ with some forum improvements & updates he's been wanting, and in so doing I can figure out the best, better way to do this.

Trendsource seems to have an identity crisis. They want to be called The Source", but emails often still say TrendSource. The website I go to is [www.thesourceagents.com]

@Insight wrote:

Trendsource is still in business, I believe.

We Check was aquired by the Canadian Divison of Ipsos earlier this year. Not sure how long We Check will Continue to operate as We Check.

Add:
MarketApproach
www.market-approach.com
[MarketApproach.ClientSmart.com]
We’ve been in the industry since 2002.
Specialize in time share service/sales audits

Thank you everyone that contributed to this effort! The spreadsheet is cool!

This morning, I noticed an MSC for whom I complete either one or two casual dining assignments on a monthly basis, is not on the list; it is Full Scope. To my recollect, they have been in business at least 10 yrs.

It's great to see this list getting updated through the efforts of the community! A minor update - we are Shoppers' View. Most folks forget the apostrophe.

A lot of hard work went into this update. Thanks everyone!

[bzz.bzzagent.com]

BzzAgent changed their site a little while ago. This is the old address.

Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 10/26/2022 02:47AM by pjd123.

It's officially veriTES Analytics

Have you heard from them recently? I contacted them through email and they never responded.

Skilcheck still exists. I did a shop for them in September and saw them advertising a shop last month as well.

Sales Quality Research Group is not part of See Level. A previous poster commented that a former scheduler of Sales Quality is currently scheduling for See Level -- nothing more.

"Have you heard from them recently? I contacted them through email and they never responded."

You talkin' to me?

VeriTES Analytics had a job a year ago several members here did. There was a job within the last two months I was sent an e-mail to do but wasn't available so I never responded.

Nice job, thanks!
What does the PD stand for in the "Notes" section?

@Boutique: It identifies "PJD123" as the one who personally checked and verified that the information for a given MSC is valid.

@ShoppersViewChristine wrote:

A minor update - we are Shoppers' View. Most folks forget the apostrophe.

And now a bigger update - Reality Based Group has acquired Shoppers' View!

From the email sent out about it from RBG, apparently realitybasedreports.com will be the place to login for shops from both MSCs.

.

Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 12/01/2022 12:27AM by shopnyc.

@shopnyc wrote:

@ShoppersViewChristine wrote:

A minor update - we are Shoppers' View. Most folks forget the apostrophe.

And now a bigger update - Reality Based Group has acquired Shoppers' View!

From the email sent out about it from RBG, apparently realitybasedreports.com will be the place to login for shops from both MSCs.

.

I did not receive the e-mail from RBG about them acquiring Shoppers View.. I also did not see it mention on their web site.

Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/03/2022 03:01AM by Isaiah4031a.

It was the other way around. I received an email from Shoppers' Viewpoint on Thursday morning. This is an excerpt: "We are pleased to announce our merger with Reality Based Group (RBG) to expand our network and offerings. We're confident that with RBG we will continue our tradition of working closely with and supporting our shoppers. ... The Shoppers' View Team"

@Isaiah4031a wrote:

@shopnyc wrote:

@ShoppersViewChristine wrote:

A minor update - we are Shoppers' View. Most folks forget the apostrophe.

And now a bigger update - Reality Based Group has acquired Shoppers' View!

From the email sent out about it from RBG, apparently realitybasedreports.com will be the place to login for shops from both MSCs.

.

I did not receive the e-mail from RBG about them acquiring Shoppers View.. I also did not see it mention on their web site.

@myst4au wrote:

It was the other way around. I received an email from Shoppers' Viewpoint on Thursday morning. This is an excerpt: "We are pleased to announce our merger with Reality Based Group (RBG) to expand our network and offerings. We're confident that with RBG we will continue our tradition of working closely with and supporting our shoppers. ... The Shoppers' View Team"

@Isaiah4031a wrote:

@shopnyc wrote:

@ShoppersViewChristine wrote:

.

I did not receive the e-mail from Shoppers View.. I am signed up with them.

The only information that I saw was here on the forums

Hi, all. It is correct that Shoppers' View is now part of RBG (yey!). However, we are still operating as Shoppers' View. Most of the team is the same, and our shops are the same. We still have the same website and SASSIE address, and our shops are still on a separate job board on our SASSIE. Payment terms are being updated!

Shoppers are paid via PayPal. Shops submitted between the first and last day of the month 11:59pm EST will be paid on the 20th of the following month. Payments will be coming from RBG.

During our transition period, the payment schedule will be as follows:
• Shops submitted between 11-16-22 and 11-30-22 will be paid on 12-15-22.
• Shops submitted between 12-01-22 and 12-31-22 will be paid on 01-20-23, which will be the new normal schedule.

If you didn't receive an email from us even though you're registered, it may be because SASSIE automatically turned off your email setting. I'm happy to check on your account! Send me an email at christinew@shoppersview.com, and I'll take a look.