Mystery Shopping in general

I have done mystery shopping now for the past few years and I enjoy it a lot. The main benefits of mystery shopping are: Extra earnings: Jobs typically pay between £5 to £100 or sometimes more. This is obviously dependant on what the task is. The best paying jobs tend to be in banks when you have to apply for accounts/mortgages/insurance etc but the applications always get cancelled by the company. The best paying job I have seen was a bank job for £90 and I once did a job for £75. When doing mystery shopping, please note that you have to pay tax on your earnings and therefore need to let the tax man know that you are doing ...  Read the complete review

I started mystery shopping about 6 months ago now and have loved every single "mission"! I do assignments for 4 different companies - Retail Eyes, GFK, Gap Busters and Grass Roots. All mystery shop companies work to the same premise. Basically you will be given a set of instructions that you will have to carry out. Maybe purchase something or ask a specific question, then complete a survey reporting you experience. - Retail Eyes - This is my favourite company as they always have a large selection of clients. * Who * With retails eyes I've done shops for Subway, Pumpkin cafes, Republic, Mortimers ...  Read the complete review

An opportunity for making money over the internet made flesh ... usually. The function of mystery shopping is to check out what its actually like to be a consumer of the goods/services that a company sells. You're commissioned by a mystery shopping company that you've applied to, and their client is the company that you then check out. I started doing mystery shopping about 18 months ago, as I realised that I had a bit of a shortfall in my finances. I've kept doing it for several reasons: - the money. Its not much, especially if you have to travel out specially to a place to do a shop - but you can often bunch shops together on one ...  Read the complete review

I am unemployed at the minute and finding it very hard to find a proper job other than my agency work which is rare and hard to get, so any extra money really is a God send to us!! An extra £10 here and £5 there adds to our income and comes in very handy sometimes!! So when I was told about Mystery Shopping I thought I'd give it a go and sign myself up to some websites like Grass Roots, Quality Eye and Retail Eyes. There are more sites than this, and if you go to MoneySavingExpert.com you are likely to find a large list of the sites! But only do it, if you really will enjoy the jobs, and your not only in it for the money...of course the money is a big part of ...  Read the complete review

I have been Mystery Shopping for about 12 months after following the advice on Money Saving Expert to make a bit of extra cash. I also spent a huge portion of my working life in retail so I consider myself to know what I am talkign about. Also this kind of work helps me keep my hand in the industry and use those grey cells to keep my skills fresh. I am signed up to a number of sites of which some are better than others. I will do a quick review of each. GrassRoots My facvourite mystery shopping site with the best rates and the most suitable jobs I think. So far I have mainly done high street banks through Grass Roots and have been paid £10- £40 for ...  Read the complete review