Maximising income - Mystery Shopping? Surveys? (Part Two)

rachelandgromit

When someone says on here they can make £40-£100 per week mystery shopping, do they mean profit, ie, what they have been paid for doing it?

I just find it impossible to see how someone can earn this each week as alot of MS sites don't pay alot but you are getting a free spend or meal, etc. The actual payment for doing it is quite low.

Am I missing something? That said, I steer clear of the ones which have nightmare reports and have to sit in a bank for an hour and do over 50 questions! Perhaps I am being picky!



Rachel

ilean

Looking for shoppers under 30 with Excel in the following areas for bar visits:


DURHAM
IPSWICH
MIDDLESBROUGH
NEWQUAY
SALISBURY
OXFORD
BRIGHTON
SWINDON

As well as a shopper any age in Brent Knoll, Somerset and the Ballymena area of Northern Ireland for store visits.

If interested please drop me a line on the email below with your area and age (please do not pm me)

Thanks
E x


Eflaherty1@yahoo.co.uk

(As it is a bank holiday here in Ireland on June 4th please excuse any delay in replying)

Rachie_B

oooh a new MS thread

Havent been on for ages,not doing much MSing at the mo,as busy with work

like to do supermarket / clothes shop / restaurant ones still though

how is everyone ?

Tracey04

how do I get into doing mystery shopping, what does it involve. Thanks

Becles

rachelandgromit wrote: »

When someone says on here they can make £40-£100 per week mystery shopping, do they mean profit, ie, what they have been paid for doing it?

Yes it is possible to make this. It takes time though to build up a good reputation with well paying companies. I rarely do work where there is no fee, and do little for small fee paying companies such as Gap and Retail Eyes.

jobbingmusician

tracey04 wrote: »

how do I get into doing mystery shopping, what does it involve. Thanks

Read this thread from the beginning - the first few posts tell you all you need to know!

moneymaker2

Hi all,

I have got a job with gap buster for next week and I can't seem to find the assignment notes or the questionaire on there.
Can anyone help?

Thanks L

rachelandgromit

Becles wrote: »

Yes it is possible to make this. It takes time though to build up a good reputation with well paying companies. I rarely do work where there is no fee, and do little for small fee paying companies such as Gap and Retail Eyes.

I've been mystery shopping for over 12 months but rarely see a fee of more than £10, unless a company is desperate for someone to complete the visit, in which case I have been offered anything from £30-£180, but this is a one off.

I am registered with every site mentioned on here and a few that are not. Yes, you are right, GAP and Retail Eyes pay minimal amounts and unless I'm getting something for free and it's not out of my way I don't mind, but I still can't see how someone can make that sort of money! That said, I just made £70 in one week doing certain clothing stores, it was a pain taking everything back after and they pay in vouchers, oh well, Xmas and Birthdays sorted!

Just exactly who are the well paying companies? Can you PM me if you can't post here, I think I am registered with them, just nothing in my areas.

Thanks Becles

wensie

moneymaker2 wrote: »

Hi all,

I have got a job with gap buster for next week and I can't seem to find the assignment notes or the questionaire on there.
Can anyone help?

Thanks L

You need to get the assignment number from "My Assignments" and then go to "WebExpress". Once you've entered the assignment number you will see two links - "Show Assignment Paper" and "Express Assignment".

Use the first link and you can print the paperwork from there. However, Gap don't like Firefox so for printing you need to use Internet Explorer or AOL. Don't know about other browsers.

Becles

rachelandgromit wrote: »

Just exactly who are the well paying companies? Can you PM me if you can't post here, I think I am registered with them, just nothing in my areas.

The main companies I work for are not mentioned often on here. They mainly offer jobs personally by phone/email, rather than advertise or have "fastest finger first" systems. I'd rather not say who they are as they would get masses of applications from shoppers on here which would reduce the work available for the existing workers. This has happened with the likes of Gap. I used to get approx £100 a month from them when jobs were allocated personally over the phone and paperwork sent by post, but I rarely get anything since they took on loads of shoppers and put everything on the web first.

I managed to get where I am today by sheer hard work and trying different companies, then settling with the ones that pay well and treat me well. I take time with jobs and reports. I admit I do make occasional mistakes, but usually the jobs are carried out accurately. My reports are written to a good standard of English, with correct spellings, punctuation and grammar. From talking to company employees, the written standard of some reports is shocking. Take time when writing things up, and make sure you have done everything you were supposed to do.

If you research hard enough and try enough companies, you'll find the decent ones