Are they are really genuine?

Well, if you are in need of some part time work, becoming a mystery shopper may well be the answer! With flexible short hours and good pay, a mystery shopping job offers a fun and an interesting working environment.

Companies are willing to pay you to shop, visit their place of business, and act like a normal patron. These companies will pay you just to spend a couple of hours browsing, because they need an honest opinion from an everyday consumer on how well their facilities are doing. ie., whether their stores and surrounding areas are clean, if their staff is helpful etc. Several companies will send assignments right to your email inbox. You can read and decide whether you would like to accept it or not. You may be asked to go to a restaurant, hotel or watch a movie to evaluate the food, cleanliness and overall attitude of the staff. All of which helps businesses improve their customer service and product quality to increase sales to stay ahead of their competitors.

Once the task is completed and a full report is submitted, the mystery shopper receives their well earned pay...... Easy Work! Jennifer Voitle, the notable mystery shopper was featured in a Wall Street Journal article which stated the she earns over $7000 a month in mystery shopping fees - along with shopping freebies! She went dress shopping, stopped into a bank to cash a check and visited a Saturn dealership to look at new cars. After golf, she was headed to Manhattan for dinner at a nice Italian restaurant. All these activities were paid shopping jobs. Her total earnings for the day: about $300. "Can you believe they call this work ?" she said.

Shopping Jobs
You can work full time or part time and decide on what assignments you want to take. Many shoppers earn between $10 and $40 per hour just for having fun. This is perfect for stay at home moms! Besides, you get paid to shop, eat in restaurants, play golf, take cruises and more….

On an average most mystery shopping jobs pay up to $50 per hour, but don't last more than 2 hours and you have the option to accept or reject each offer. Therefore, typical earnings would be around $20 to $100 per job including some free goodies or a free family meal at a restaurant. This may not make you rich, but if you can line up more than 1 job per day, it is an interesting and fun source of income. Unfortunately if you want to participate, you are likely to find hundreds of websites claiming to help you get daily work for a mere $20 to $30 fee. However, many of these websites have one intent - raking in your hard-earned cash without providing very useful information or resources to help you get work as a mystery shopper

The Mystery Shopping Providers Association (MSPA), is an international professional association dedicated to mystery shopping. The MSPA is the largest professional trade association dedicated to improving service quality using anonymous resources. With over 150 member companies worldwide, it has a diverse membership that includes companies, that specialize in providing mystery shopping services. The (MSPA) provides solid information and a step-by-step guide to becoming a successful shopper. The MSPA recognizes that Mystery Shopping is a profession, not just a hobby. Accordingly, they have developed on-line certification programs. As companies are always looking to hire the best and brightest, this certification is one method of setting you apart from the crowd.

Although, membership in MSPA is ONLY for those companies involved in the mystery shopping industry and not for mystery shoppers, it provides the most comprehensive resource available to you to help you find the right mystery shopping engagements that are fit for you.

Surveys, paid surveys are another area to make some quick cash. There are many such sites out there, and it is difficult to single out a few. There are also some very good Free Online Survey Companies. No Membership fee. There are also sites that rewards its members with CASH or sweepstake opportunities, once they complete a survey, free of course.

Shankar Pandiath is a part-time affiliate marketer. Feel free to reprint this article online, as long as you do not make any changes in its content. For more details on this article, CLICK HERE.

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