Saturday, June 27, 2009

Day Five: A day of rest.....A little bit more about mystery shops!

Today, I decided to take a breather from looking for a job. I had a couple of shops that I am doing for the rest of the weekend, and I got another check from my temp job today. I think with this break this weekend, I can really be rested to look for a job hardcore Mon, Tuesday and Wednesday. I also going to do some side projects to bring in some extra cash.

I receive a couple of questions about mystery shopping, and how to get started on it, so I decided to mentioned it here. Mystery shopping has been around for over 20 years. Basically you get paid for eating out, and going to various stores and writing a report about your experience. This provide great information for owners and managers to see if the employees are doing their job. I been a mystery shopper for over 6 years now and I see it as a great way to make a second income. There are some people out there and they are hard core mystery shoppers and they actually make a living off it.

The one thing to remember is you do NOT have to PAY to become a mystery shopper. Many people assume from various ads that you have to pay which it is NOT true. Out of the six years of me doing this I never pay to be a mystery shopper. I would suggest for someone who want to get started is to check out this site www.volition.com were you can see various forums about mystery shopping from other shoppers.

I will be back on Tuesday for a update :)
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12 comments:

  1. web knight18June 27, 2009 at 10:28 AM

    I will be waiting to see how the mystery shopping thing works out for you.

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  2. BillJune 27, 2009 at 10:45 AM

    Thanks for the detailed info on mystery shopping. There are so many scams out there you just have to be careful.

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  3. UnknownJune 27, 2009 at 2:24 PM

    Good luck on your job search. I remember my days of unemployment before I started at my current job almost five years ago. I did my time with a temp agency and they are a great way to make some cash, and sometimes you even can find a permanent job through them.

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  4. hi-techJune 27, 2009 at 9:49 PM

    Interesting blog with interesting articles posted in it.........

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  5. scribeJune 28, 2009 at 2:47 AM

    Thanks for the info on mystery shopping. I have looked into it, but was wary in case I would have to lay out any money. It's good to know there are companies who are doing it fairly.

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  6. Marie AnneJune 28, 2009 at 4:38 AM

    I've done a few mystery shops years ago. Don't know why I haven't thought of doing it again. Thanks for the push!

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  7. Random WAHM ThoughtsJune 28, 2009 at 12:53 PM

    unfortunately, i can't seem to find firms who hire mystery shoppers in our area. my dream job, really.

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  8. no2knowmeJune 28, 2009 at 4:14 PM

    Nice work !! I ll be reading more of your blogs in future as well.

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  9. Glorious HoneyJune 28, 2009 at 10:04 PM

    Its an interesting blog, thanks for providing information about mystery shopping.

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  10. MELIMIJune 28, 2009 at 10:51 PM

    Its very nice blog,thanks for providing a lot of information about antonya job search blog.

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  11. AssailantJune 29, 2009 at 2:27 PM

    Hey buddy... Nice blog.... your presentation is gud....

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  12. Info seekerJune 30, 2009 at 9:31 AM

    Great blog post..I was wondering how few people make use of the mystery shopping..Sure I will visit the site given by you and have more fun too.

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