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Links And Websites To Mystery Shopping Companies:
Listed below are the companies I've worked for and can wholeheartedly recommend:
Ipsos
Toluna
Lightspeed Research
Valued Opinions
Harris Interactive Panel
Global Test Market
Zoom Panel
HTMail
Email Inform
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with a chance to win great prizes including a £250 cash giveaway, concert tickets, champagne and chocolates:
Another way to earn from shopping is to shop online via a cashback website such as
GreasyPalm. Each
time you make a purchase go through their website and they will give you cashback from every purchase. Once your
account reaches £25 they will send you a cheque payment.
More information and join for free.
Information About Mystery Shopping
Before approaching the various mystery shopping companies for work, it is worth doing your
homework. I'd advise preparing yourself as you would for any other job interview. Unlike the
other sites described on borntoloaf, these companies may refuse to employ you. Therefore you
really need to sell yourself. The companies will initially ask you to fill an on-line application
form. This is your initial chance to sell yourself by outlining your strengths and qualities.
Based on this form the company may telephone interview you or ask you to undergo online training
and then a test. Prepare yourself by reading their website and demonstrating an understanding
of what the specific company is looking for in their employees.
Secret Shopping
By becoming a mystery shopper and going secret shopping you agree to confidentiality clauses, so as such I am unable
to talk specifically about what assignments I have undertaken. Instead I'll list the
companies who I have worked for and who have paid me. The work has been
varied, interesting and fun. The payments have ranged from over £200 to under £10 and the time
taken to undertake assignments has ranged from 1 hour to four days. I usually tie in a few
jobs in the same area and never work for less than £20 each morning/afternoon. Some jobs can
easily be done in a lunch hour. I've been able to do
the work whilst my children are at school, and have also included them in the exciting world of my
"undercover work" - but only when requested to by the company as you should not take children
with you on visits unless specifically requested.
Product Tester Testing
The companies contact me by telephone or e-mail with assignments and you must have access to a printer and be
prepared to store paperwork for up to six months. Reports are generally done on the
internet. You must adhere to the contract as a product tester and mystery shopper and may need to wear smart clothing
for some assignments, take your family on some visits, or go alone. Most of the companies ask you
to be responsible for your own tax and National Insurance declarations. However certain
expenses may be offset from this.
I can't list specific questions regarding specific companies, but most will ask you to note and report on the
following:
The date and times of your visit.
The buildings/shops on the left and the right (to ensure you went to the correct branch - very important if there are several branches in the town).
Make comments on the décor and tidiness.
Number of counters, customers or staff members.
Staff members names, their descriptions and their job descriptions.
You may be asked to find specific products or seek specific information or assess that employees are giving out specific answers to the questions you have to ask.
You may be asked to look for specific posters, leaflets or wall signs.
The companies will also want this information and receipts as soon as possible, so
you'll need to allow time to fill in the forms, usually within 24 hours. Some companies
allow you to do this online, others sent you the forms to fill out by hand and post back.
And remember the companies will get a copy of your report and will know when you visited: so if they've CCTV you can be sure they'll be watching the tape after they've read your report! So, do the job as professionally, competently and as honestly as possible.
I find it useful to carry a notebook pre-filled with the information questions I
need and fill this out as soon as the visit is finished. Just make sure you do this
well away from the visit area in case you are being observed.
Earn Money
On no account should you
own up to being a mystery shopper, nor should you carry the questionnaires on you to the
visit. I've never been identified yet as a mystery shopper and love the work, find it
really varying, interesting and challenging and is a great way to earn money. I hope you do too and do let me know if
there are any other questions I can answer on this page and I'll add it.
If this page has been helpful then
tell a friend about this page.
Also see the borntoloaf guide to:
Getting paid to do surveys
Getting paid for your opinions
Getting paid to read e-mail
Mystery Shopping in Aberdeen.
There are other mystery shopping companies available such as Intelligent Marketing Solutions Limited, Lodge Service/React, Research International,
NOP, Gap Buster, Retail Rapport, Emysteryshopper, Ukims,
Macpherson Mystery shopping, Customer Perceptions, Grass Roots, Retail Eyes or Performance In People.
WINKI DIRECTORY
If you would like your website listed here for free then please add a link to borntoloaf.co.uk first then
contact me with your website url and description.
The webmaster of Borntoloaf (Christopher Buswell) is always happy to give interviews or help with articles for newspapers or magazines about mystery shopping. For example in October 2007 Chris Buswell helped Sunday Post reporter and journalist Mr Steven Bowron with a feature about being a mystery shopper for the DC Thomson publication. This involved initial contact by e-mail, a telephone interview and a photo shoot at a nearby shopping centre. Contact Chris Buswell by visiting the borntoloaf.co.uk website
contact page.
Borntoloaf has helped many of our users to become a mystery shopper and learn how to get paid to go mystery shopping. Here is an e-mail we received from one of our site visitors:
I found borntoloaf completely by accident a few years ago. I think whilst searching for free stuff. Borntoloaf.co.uk has pointed me in the direction of cashback shopping through Greasypalm through which I have almost earned £1000 in cashback and prize draw winnings. I also started mystery shopping through the recommended sites on www.borntoloaf.co.uk to earn a bit of extra pocket money. I had never even heard of mystery shopping before, but now there's no stopping me!
Not only do I have loads of free money thanks to born to loaf, I've had numerous nights out for free from looking on the free cinema tickets section and loads of free samples eg food, pet stuff, perfume and things I can't even remember.
Thanks for the tips over the years. Keep the offers and free stuff coming.
Dani Cohen
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Get paid to shop and keep the shopping for free by becoming a mystery shopper. Companies
will pay you to go mystery shopping, purchase goods, return goods, take part in advertising or
promotional campaigns, seek information or join mailing lists. You then have to write an evaluation using
specific guidelines, remembering to base your findings on factual information whilst keeping
to your contractual brief. Most mystery shopping companies pay travel expenses too and the
rates of pay are quite good. If your job involves a purchase, you also get to keep this and
have the expense refunded. See below for more information about mystery shopping and links to
mystery shopping companies and websites.
