Mystery Shopping

Love to shop? Wouldn’t it be nice to make some money giving feedback about your experiences when shopping? You can with mystery shopping!

What is Mystery Shopping?

Mystery shopping is a tool used by a wide variety of businesses to gain feedback on their business, customer service, and employees. It can be used to gather specific information or just a general quality rating. Mystery shoppers are freelancers that can work for a variety of mystery shopping companies performing these services. Types of tasks may include “shopping” a grocery store, retail store, bank, gas station, restaurant, spa, beauty salon, move theater, concert, or sporting event. Generally mystery shoppers are expected to answer specific questions, report which employees they deal with during their shop and the type of service they received. A form, questionaire, or written explanation is completed by the mystery shopper within a certain amount of time after they complete their shop.

How much money can I make as a mystery shopper?

Pay varies based on what is required, the amount of time it will take, and what, if anything, you will be receiving free from completing the task. Some assignments may not even include payment but instead consider the assignment itself payment such as free concert tickets, etc. Make sure you are clear ahead of time on what is expected of you and what the payment is before agreeing to the assignment. Also make sure that once you accept an assignment that you complete it on time and with high quality. This will guarantee you more assignments with that company.

What companies hire mystery shoppers?

A Closer Look, Inc.
A Step Above Service Evaluations
A Top Shop
Ann Michaels & Associates, Ltd.
Associate Consumer Evaluations
Amusement Advantage
Anonymous Insights
Anonymous Shoppers & Assessments of Pittsburgh
Apartment Shoppe
Ardent Services
At Your Service Marketing
Bare Associates International
Barry Leeds & Associates
Best Mark
BMA Mystery Shopping Services
Business Insights Group
Campus Consulting
Check-Up Marketing
CKA Group, Inc.
Consumer Impressions
Consumer Research Group
Corporate Research International
Count on Us
Customer Perspectives
Customer Service Experts, Inc.
CV Marketing Research Inc.
Data Quest, Ltd.
Datatron
David Sparks & Associates
DSG Associates
Green & Associates
Imaginus
imyst
Infinity Assurance Group
Infotel
IntelliShop
J M Ridgway Company
Jancyn Evaluation Shops
JC & Associates
KSS International
LeBlanc & Associates
Mar’s Surveys
Market Viewpoint
Melinda Brody and Company
Mercantile Systems and Surveys
Merchandise Concepts
Mystery Shoppers
National Shopping Service Network, LLC
Nationwide Services Group, Inc
Northwest Loss Prevention Consultants
Pacific Research Group
The Pat Henry Group
The Performance Edge
Person to Person Quality 
Pinkerton
Premier Service Consulting
Promotion Network, Inc.
PROS Professional Review & Operational Shoppes, Inc.
Quality Assessments Mystery Shoppers, Inc.
Quality Assurance Consulting
Quality Insurance Inspection Specialists
Quest for Best
Reality Check Mystery Shoppers
Restaurant Cops LLC
Restaurant Evaluators
Rocky Mountain Merchandising
Reality Quality Assurance
Satisfaction Services
Second to None
Secret Shopping Services
Sensors Quality Managements
Service Advantage International
Service Alliance
Service Check
Service Evaluation Concepts
Service Impressions
Service Intelligence Secret Shop Net
Service Performance Group
ServiceProbe
The Service Quality Department
Service Research Corporation
ServiceTRAC
Shoppers, Inc.
Sights on Service
Sinclair Customer Metrics
Spies in Disguise
Texas Shoppers Network