How I Earned $145 In 3 Days Last
Week As A Mystery Shopper...

This is weird, I admit it.

I read an article in the newspaper last TUESDAY afternoon (it's now Thursday as I write this).  The article was about an unemployed woman who had discovered the wonderful world of "mystery shopping". Last month she made nearly $7000.  She started doing this last summer.

Mystery shoppers get paid to sample a company's service or products and write a report on their experience. For companies, mystery shopping is a popular way of checking on quality.

I've always been aware of mystery shopping but figured most of it was just a scam.  I recalled recently seeing a lot of "jobs" for mystery shoppers in the help wanted classifieds.  

I dug one of papers out and called.  Sure enough, they wanted $40 to sell me a book of large companies that may or may not use mystery shoppers. (I thought to myself "yeah I already have one of those...it's called a phone book!)"

Back to the Internet...

After several hours I found a resource that included a directory of available "mystery shopping jobs" across the country and it was updated daily.  

I'm glad I did.  I found 6 "jobs" in my area.

One was a job for counting heads at one of those "make tons of money in real estate with no money down" type seminars.  Surprisingly, I hadn't heard this seminar was happening but I can certainly count!

I fired off an e-mail to this company and on Wednesday afternoon I was counting up to the number 47. True, I had to sit in the seminar for 90 minutes but for $25 it wasn't a bad deal since I was interested in real estate anyway.   Interesting side note...an area meteorologist (TV weatherman) was in the audience at this seminar. (interesting to me anyway)

At the same time I found this "shop", as those of us in the industry call it :>),  I found a company that shopped a local bank chain, once per month.  I contacted them because they needed a shopper at a bank near where my grandmother is in a nursing home.  The handler wrote me back and asked me to go to the web site and fill out the application.

When I completed that I gave her a call.  

When she found out where I lived, she assigned me 4 other banks on the spot.  

Those four shops paid $15 each and the one near gram paid $30 since it was a bit far out in the boonies.

In the meantime I picked up two other banks that were sort of on my way home from the boonies....another $15 each.

These bank shops required me to go in and ask for information related to one of the banks products (checking, savings etc.) and report back on my experience.

Here is a sample of what they wanted to know...

YES     NO     1.  Were you acknowledged within 20 seconds?  (Verbal or non-verbal; look up, smile, nod)
YES     NO     2.  Did the representative stand up to greet you and greet you warmly? (Must do both for Yes)
YES     NO     3.  Were you offered introductions and a handshake? (Must do both to receive YES Answer)   
YES     NO     4.  Were you offered a seat?
YES     NO     5.  Was the representative friendly, show enthusiasm and seem eager to assist you?
YES     NO     6.  Was your name used anytime during your visit?   
YES     NO     7.   Did they ask questions to understand your current needs?
YES     NO     8.   Did they ask questions to uncover your future needs? (education, home loan, retirement)
YES     NO     9.  Were the products and services explained to you in an easy to understand manner?
YES     NO   10.  Did the representative make it easy for you to do business with them? (if NO explain)
YES     NO   11.  Were you offered a business card?  (No = Shopper had to ask for it)
YES     NO   12.  Were any additional products or services mentioned? If so, what? _________ (i.e., Online Banking, Investments, Overdraft)
YES     NO   13.   Did the representative ask for your business or attempt to close the sale?                                                                                                                                                                                                          YES     NO   14.  Did the representative sincerely express appreciation or thank you for your business?
YES     NO   15.  Did the representative attempt to build a banking relationship with you, personalize the                                service and make you feel like a valued client?
YES    NO    16.  Was your product inquiry completed promptly? 
YES    NO   17.   Did the representative offer further assistance? (Ex: Is there anything else I can help you with today? )   
YES    NO   18.   Did the representative ask if they could call you to follow up?

Pretty simple huh?  10 minutes was the most I spent in any branch.

I then had to write at least 5 sentences on my overall impressions of the encounter and submit it at the web site.

After the first of next month I'll be eligible to go to the other banks in the area and "shop" them.  Then I'll grow a beard and shave my head and I can go back to all of them again!  Well, maybe not. :>)

So that was $145 from Tuesday to Friday starting from a dead stop.  Will next week be the same?  Don't know yet but it sure has been fun.

I knew immediately that this is something YOU would be interested in doing at least on a part-time basis. I don't think many people could make $7000 per month but $200-$400 per month would make a difference in your life right?

Most mystery shopping is stuff that can be done on your lunch hour or on the weekends.  If you can get just two mystery shops per day paying you $15 each, at the end of the workweek, you'll have earned $150.  Load up on jobs for the weekend and who knows what you can make.

Now don't get me wrong.  This isn't magic.  I have some work to do to get to a point where I get called for jobs consistently.  You will too.

Some jobs won't allow you to bring your kids with you, although some will.  Like anything worthwhile, it's a process.  I haven't gotten my $145 yet but it's now in the pipeline speeding toward me.  

After I string together a few weeks of mystery shopping then the money will be coming in consistently.  I know one company, for example pays you the last week of the month after your shop was completed.

Assuming you are reliable, observant and can compose some intelligent sentences describing your experience then it's likely you can make some good extra money as a mystery shopper.

There are over 140 different companies that offer mystery shopping services to companies of all sizes. You can register with as many of those as you wish.  Obviously the more you register with the more likely you are to get jobs.

If you like what you've read so far then I'd recommend that you get access to the info  at MoneyAndShopping.com by clicking HERE

You'll really be amazed at the type of stuff you could get to do.  I notice a mini-golf place is looking for shoppers during the week and on the weekend.  They'll reimburse you for your play and the play of a partner and pay you $12 for each round of mini-golf.

UPDATE:  I got this assignment and went mini-golfing last night.  I'll be up that way again in three days and will golf it again.  I get reimbursed for two people playing twice +$24 ($12 each time).  Not too bad for a couple hours work.


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