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Personally Recommended

Website: https://www.personallyrecommended.com.au/ This was my first mystery shopping place, which I joined about 6 or 7 months back. While I did help my wife with some mystery shopping a few years ago, and basically had to do the whole thing, this was my first place I did by myself. At the time,... Continue Reading

Stranger Danger /driving alone

Just a heads up about vigilance. I guess I have gotten sloppy, over confident, etc. Yesterday I was driving across the state I live in, involved in moving some items. It wasn't a shopping related trip, although I did 2 shops along the way. Eventually, I started feeling stiff, etc. lack of sleep... Continue Reading

Realise Online (also known as The Realise Group and TRG)

Website: https://therealisegroup.com.au/ This place is a horror show. Do not join. Pay is horrid. You typically get $12 for jobs with no compensation and a measly $8 if there is a compensation component - and then they don't compensate the whole lot. They often say it's a $10 minimum purchase but the... Continue Reading

Comparing different mystery shopping companies

Hi. I'm in Australia and I've been doing mystery shopping for 6 months now. I have now done mystery shopping for 5 companies, with 28 jobs at 20 different companies in that time. I am about to do work for a 6th company for the first time on Monday. I... Continue Reading

Was I right to quit?

Hi. I started doing mystery shopping about 6 months ago because I couldn't do my normal job due to breaking my leg, which has never really healed. The first place I joined was okay, but their pay was only $17 to $19, their website to do the reviews kept messing up,... Continue Reading

Been doing it for 6 months in Australia

Hi. I broke my leg a while ago and it has never really healed, which meant that I can't get the kind of work I used to, so started doing some mystery shopping about 6 months ago. I signed up to 12 different companies, with 9 approving me, though 1 corrupted... Continue Reading

Is this appropriate feedback from an evaluator?

I've been doing mystery shopping for about 6 months now. I've done 28 jobs with 5 different mystery shopping companies and about 20 different companies. They have varied quite a lot from really good customer service to really hopeless ones. Most of my work has been approved without amendments and... Continue Reading

Note to self:Check your receipts, keep your pictures on a hard drive

I took a bonused gas staion audit that was about 200 miles from where I live. I managed to grab a bunch of them so the pay out was more than enough to motivate me. It went well, one audit got kicked back to me but I was able to... Continue Reading

Is an Iohone 6 Enough

I may be getting an I phone 6 for doing some mystery shops because they require you to use anIOS. Or do i need to get a higher model. If i need a higher model what is the minimum requirement?... Continue Reading

Frustrating cell phone shop employees.

I recently did 2 cell phone shops. One today, I asked the employee for the promotion on a phone. I was told, "I have to go into your account to find the best deal" I said I don't have an account here. The employee said, deals change week to week,... Continue Reading

Called out for Photo Taking - Story for Why?

I was doing a shop today and a customer called me out for taking a photo of another customer (she thought). I needed to take the photo quickly due to time and the other customer was in the way. I wondered if you all have some canned stories... Continue Reading

$5 recorded phone shops

Just saw recorded phone shops posted. Pay is $5. May require up to 6/ calls. I think pay too low and work too much. Anyone agree?... Continue Reading

Cancelling my Easter shops

I had 3 cell phone shops planned for today. I looked online and many cell phone stores are closed for Easter Sunday. I was surprised by that. All Best Buy stores are closed today.... Continue Reading

scheduler Phone call for Haggar merchandising

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scheduler Phone call for Haggar merchandising

What does this phone call from the scheduler produce? Why is it necessary?... Continue Reading

Market Force Shopper Login

Is anyone having issues logging into Market Force today? 03/24/2026. I cleared my cache and turned off my phone, but I am still getting an error. Any suggestions please? I have a shop later this week. Thanks.... Continue Reading

2 questions about Presto

1. Does Ipsos own Presto? 2. The GeoVerify app on my phone works correctly for every site and everywhere I am EXCEPT Presto, where I am told that my geo locator must be turned off or is malfunctioning, on my iphone. It is "on", and certainly not malfunctioning. I submitted... Continue Reading

New Presto app got me

I've been transistioned.. And I found a Shell station to do on my way home yesterday. It took me and my son 2 hours to get the shop completed. NONE of the submenus would open, not on my phone, or my tablet. We ended up opening up... Continue Reading

Smartglasses - Follow up

This is a follow up discussion to the thread from below link https://www.mysteryshopforum.com/read/2/969740/969909 So I have decided to bait the bullet and got myself a pair of smart glasses, the exact model being the Even Realities G2. It does not have cameras and function more like a productivity type instead of entertainment... Continue Reading

Multi-brand/model cell phone photo shop

Does anyone have experience with these? Small store, 4 brands, and COVERTLY taking pics of multiple models of each brand. I can’t imagine getting through this without being spotted/discovered. Tia!... Continue Reading

Recent Mentions of Phone Shops

Sure, maybe you could call and convince someone to take an order by phone but if that isn't the assignment, you won't get paid. (Source). April 20, 2026

On my phone app, the picture will not upload. (Source). April 19, 2026

I found that it wasn't worth even starting it unless I was on my home computer, as it's basically impossible to do it on your phone. (Source). April 19, 2026

For a hot second, I thought it might be someone asking for some area info, then quickly realized, no, we all have phones. (Source). April 18, 2026

If you are using HEIC photo format (which my iPhone uses) you will have to change them to JPG or PDF. (Source). April 18, 2026

They have some special jobs, such as a 2-part job where I had to do a phone query and then, separately, and completely unrelated, a visit about something else on a separate day, for just $16 combined. (Source). April 18, 2026

He doesn't keep them all on his phone. (Source). April 18, 2026

Well, another place had me do a 2-part shop with a phone call and visit (to a gym) and paid $70, and that mystery shopping company were really nice to me. (Source). April 18, 2026

For some, it is probably the same reason the don't have a dedicated app (no, Sassie on the phone is not an app). (Source). April 18, 2026

The evaluator then picked on one job where I was told to be an angry customer complaining that I didn't get my bonuses when I'd switched my phone plan over (they didn't clarify what that meant, but apparently you were meant to get $1,200 in store credit for switching the phone over on a 12-month plan). (Source). April 18, 2026