Has anybody earned from being a mystery shopper?

@rina312 (296)
September 10, 2008 3:04am CST
Hey mylotters. I just registered myself under retaileyes.co.uk to be a mystery shopper and I'm wondering if any one of you have earned any from this kind of "job"? If so, how much did you get paid for one assignment given? Thank you in advance :)
3 responses
• United States
10 Sep 08
Well, there are some great programs here in the US where you can do some real, legitimate mystery shopping and earn. I probably earned somewhere around $500 total in the few months I was doing it a lot; I stopped doing it so much, but I still occasionally partake in it here. I was making anywhere from $5 to $30 an assignment depending on the actual tasks. You should check out volition.com; there is a whole list of them, many are from the US because it's an American site, but you can find some decent international sites, too, that work very well. Good luck to you!
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@rina312 (296)
10 Sep 08
wow $500 is not bad. I'll check that site out hopefully they have tasks for where I am. Thanks for sharing and keep it up :)
@mykmari_08 (2464)
• Philippines
10 Sep 08
Foremost, I've got to admit that this isn't the first time I've heard of earning through this 'mystery shopper' scheme. And yes, I also became interested in it about a year ago. In fact, when I read about this unique job opportunity, I'd really wanted to participate in it; if not only for my 'skeptical' side which prevented me from doing so. Honestly, I haven't learned of any testimonials of persons being able to earn from this type of endeavor. And I was thinking that if it was a genuine thing, I assumed that locally, there will only be a few establishments or companies which are available to me personally, since we are not a state of America or even a place in Europe. If my memory still serves me right, Walmart is one of the stores included here, right? If it is, I guess it's quite unfortunate for me because there are only a few branches or centers of Walmart in our country. So, I had to just let the opportunity pass me by. But I'm not entirely closing my doors to it, when the time comes that this scheme will include more of the shops which are generally known and accessible to me. Anyway, I do hope you succeed in this particular endeavor. Good luck and God bless.
@rina312 (296)
10 Sep 08
To be honest I'm not sure what stores they are including, but i think it depends on which companies want them to do their research, which is entirely up to the mystery shoppers to finish the tasks. So I'm saying do try not to close your doors to it because now that they have more choices of shops to do the secret shopping at, you might never know an opportunity might come to you to earn extra income. Good luck to you too. Cheers :)
@sam1987b (64)
10 Sep 08
yes grassroots, but its only £10 a time and they come up in your area very often say once a month if your lucky.
@rina312 (296)
10 Sep 08
Oh ok. I guess that's alright. I'll give it try for a first then, if turns out ok then i'll give it another go. See how it goes. Thanks for sharing :)