Maximising income - Mystery Shopping? Surveys?

smoove

I finally understand lol! How much are you guys earning roughly doing this? Just wana get a feel to see if its worth my time.

Rachie_B

smoove wrote:

I finally understand lol! How much are you guys earning roughly doing this? Just wana get a feel to see if its worth my time.

how long is a piece of string ? lol

it depends how many jobs you do ,which will of course depend on whether you work another job ???

obviously if you are only able to take weekend assignments you wont earn as much as someone who can do daytime / evening assignments also

also it depends what area you are in ,as some places have lots of shoppers already and so may get turned down by some companies when they apply or just may not get offered much work

other areas,if there arent many shoppers,will get inundated with assignments offers

you never can tell TBH

Some assignments dont pay very much (if at all ) in a fee but you get a meal paid for etc

others pay a bigger fee

it all depends what companies you sign up with and what assignments you take on

my advice would be to register with as many companies as poss and see what you are offered / if you are taken on

This forum has a very long list of all the MS companies you can sign up with :
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!?act=idx under "company list & company talk"

HTH

Annie_Fanny

I am self-employed as a mystery shopper do I need to complete a tax return before the end of January?

Becles

smoove wrote:

I finally understand lol! How much are you guys earning roughly doing this? Just wana get a feel to see if its worth my time.

It depends on how much time you have and how much work you can put in.

Some just do a couple of assignments a week as "pin money" for treats, or to clear debts quicker etc. At the other extreme, some make a full time living from this type of work.

I would start off as a "pin money" shopper to see if you like it first, then take on more and more work as your time and interest allow.

Becles

Annie_Fanny wrote:

I am self-employed as a mystery shopper do I need to complete a tax return before the end of January?

When did you start self employment? The forms that need to be in by January are for earnings in the tax year 05/06 that have not been reported yet.

If you only started this year (after April 06), you don't need to do anything until after April 07.

Have you already registered as self employed? If so you'll get either a paper form through the post in April, or a letter to remind you to submit online if you prefer to do it that way.

Annie_Fanny

Becles wrote:

When did you start self employment? The forms that need to be in by January are for earnings in the tax year 05/06 that have not been reported yet.

If you only started this year (after April 06), you don't need to do anything until after April 07.

Have you already registered as self employed? If so you'll get either a paper form through the post in April, or a letter to remind you to submit online if you prefer to do it that way.

Thanks Becles.

I have registered as self employed and only began doing msing in september.

I'll look out in April for the letter.

vickitoria6232

I am a member of grass roots, GFK Nop, Retail eyes, Retail-maxim and Gap buster.
I have completed work for all excpet GAP as they don't really cover my area at the moment but have been assured they are doing soon.

Grass Roots send emails with full details of work available; if you're interested you phone a freephone number to accept, if not just delete the email. They're good in that they will generally ask you to do the same shop the following month etc - I always complete the Halifax ones (monthly) near where I live; easy £10 a go for going the bank.
The only down side is the reply form, quite time consuming and asks very similar questions. Worth saving a few stock phrases for future form filling with them, especially if you do the same shop frequently. E.g. for the Halifax ones the staff are nearly aways very good so I copy and paste from stock phrases such as "The colleague was friendly and polite throughout, and made good eye contact duting the transaction."

GfK send you an email saying "work available" an dyou have to login to see what it is. They make you complete a training test before each assignment, sometimes a bit of a pian, but the reply form is then much quicker and easier to complete. They are very regular payers and you get a very thorough pay slip detailing each job and you're expses etc.

Retail eyes pay 15th every month. They're allocation is through you checking the website regularly. They nearly always have you make a purchase but you are allowed to keep the product (usually about £5). Reply form is relatively straightforward too.

Completed first retail-maxim job today, very straightforward. Allocation is through a phonecall to landline only, so not very useful whilst you're at work! Paperwork sent through email and reply can be a web form or they may ring you for results. Questionnaire is not very long at all.

I'm a student so this is definietly agood way to earn extra money when I can fit it in.

hornetgirl

vickitoria6232 wrote:

I am a member of grass roots, GFK Nop, Retail eyes, Retail-maxim and Gap buster.
I have completed work for all excpet GAP as they don't really cover my area at the moment but have been assured they are doing soon.

Grass Roots send emails with full details of work available; if you're interested you phone a freephone number to accept, if not just delete the email. They're good in that they will generally ask you to do the same shop the following month etc - I always complete the xxx ones (monthly) near where I live; easy £10 a go for going the bank.
The only down side is the reply form, quite time consuming and asks very similar questions. Worth saving a few stock phrases for future form filling with them, especially if you do the same shop frequently. E.g. for the xxx ones the staff are nearly aways very good so I copy and paste from stock phrases such as "The colleague was friendly and polite throughout, and made good eye contact duting the transaction."

GfK send you an email saying "work available" an dyou have to login to see what it is. They make you complete a training test before each assignment, sometimes a bit of a pian, but the reply form is then much quicker and easier to complete. They are very regular payers and you get a very thorough pay slip detailing each job and you're expses etc.

Retail eyes pay 15th every month. They're allocation is through you checking the website regularly. They nearly always have you make a purchase but you are allowed to keep the product (usually about £5). Reply form is relatively straightforward too.

Completed first retail-maxim job today, very straightforward. Allocation is through a phonecall to landline only, so not very useful whilst you're at work! Paperwork sent through email and reply can be a web form or they may ring you for results. Questionnaire is not very long at all.

I'm a student so this is definietly agood way to earn extra money when I can fit it in.

You might want to edit your post as you have mentioned a client name, which will not go down well with the mystery shopping company concerned.

chocaholic110

Just done my first reveal and didn't like it greatly. The assistant wasn't the slightest bit interested in serving me which made it really hard work, then she abandoned me at the till with a girl who was a bit dim. When it came to paying and I said I didn't want it delivered and gave her the letter she glanced at the letter, tapped some things in the till then said, "So you want to take it away with you now?"
No! I don't want it at all - did you read the letter?? I replied that I didn't want it and for her to look at the letter, so she glanced at it again, looked at bit puzzled, smiled, tapped some more in the till and said "OK, bye!" at which point i left, wishing I'd been bright enough to give fake details for delivery etc - still slightly concerned someone may turn up with the item in a week or so demanding £800!!
Someone reassure me please!

System

That is awful Chocaholic110 :eek: Never done a reveal one before but surely they can't do anything if you didn't pay for the item?