If you're looking for an unconventional job, then mystery shopping might be for you. The concept of mystery shopping or secret shopping is simple. You get assignments to visit a business place, make a purchase and then fill out a form to evaluate the customer service, quality of your purchase and other things about your experience.

Secret shopping is done by ordinary people who provide a company with feedback about their service. Companies hire mystery shopping for a wide variety of reasons. Some want to investigate the quality of their team. Others may want to find out how their locations do with stocking items. There are many different reasons that a company looks to hire mystery shoppers.

Although companies can hire mystery shoppers directly, most of your mystery shopping jobs will come through a secret shopping company. As a mystery shopper, you'll be asked to visit a wide variety of stores and businesses in your area. Sometimes you'll be assigned to purchase clothing from a store in your local mall. Other times you'll have to visit a coffee shop and rate the friendliness of the wait staff. After you gain experience with mystery shopping, you can receive assignments to eat at restaurants and stay at hotels.

As a secret shopper, you will not only get the chance to try out products and services for free, but you’ll also get paid. You can get paid in several different ways depending on the mystery shopping company. You can get paid at flat fee for completing the job, or sometimes you are just paid with the free product or service. Obviously the jobs that are paid a flat fee are more desirable. But when you are first starting out, you may need to take some of the other type of job just for experience.

Most mystery shopping companies pay by paypal on a monthly basis. You'll get paid for a shopping assignment when you complete the necessary paperwork on your shopping experience. Your paperwork can normally be filed electronically, although some companies require you to mail in your reviews. This can make the payment process slower.

When you start doing assignments, you’ill be asked to pay for the services or products that you’ll be trying. Although this may sound like a bad deal, the mystery shopping company will reimburse you for your purchase. The reason they require you to pay upfront for your purchase is because the mystery shopping company doesn't want to take the chance of your getting a product for free and then not turning in a review.

Here at mystery customer evaluations, we have over 10k mystery shoppers all over Scotland, England, Ireland and Wales. Email us now to find out how we can help grow your business.