Reviewed by Shopper S. IntelliShop is a Mystery Shopping company based out of Perrysburg, OH. They cover most of the US and offer a variety of shops. They offer oil change, car dealership, senior housing, comics, watches, big box electronic stores and some wonderful big stadium events including games and concerts. I live in the Tristate area but I noticed that they offer shops all over the US. There website list the different kinds of shops they do. Here is the list of different kinds of shops they do.

• Advertising, marketing, promotions and research  agencies

• Apartment  & multi-unit housing companies

• Automotive

• Banks & financial services firms

• Business-to-business service providers

• Commercial Real Estate management firms

• Computer/electronics

• Concessionaires

• Convenience stores

• Delivery services

• Education

• Entertainment venues, content providers, attractions

• Fitness clubs

• Gift stores

• Governmental agencies

• Grocery stores

• Healthcare

• Home builders

• Home goods & services retailers

• In-store demonstration companies

• In-store experience service providers

• Insurance companies

• Luxury goods manufacturers & retailers

• Market research firms

• Mobile/wireless communications companies

• Mortgage brokers

• Museums

• Parking venues/management companies

• Private Equity firms

• Restaurants

• Research companies

• Retailers

• Seasonal retailers

• Security Companies

• Self-storage facilities

• Shopping Malls & Centers

• Software manufacturers

• Sports teams & venues

• Staffing companies

• Technology manufacturers

• Timeshare owners/management companies

• Travel agencies & service providers

• Web-based retailers

Their payment cycle is 90 days. The pay ranges from $7 – $35 and for the stadium shops it is the cost of the event which can be around $100. They use the INSITE mystery shopping system to sign up. It is easy and painless. You can go to the following link to sign up:

https://www.sassieshop.com/sassie/SassieShopperSignup/Signup.php?EmsID=qESXvlfNf4k%3D

The shops are listed on the job board. Some of them are Self-assign but some you have to apply and they will assign it to you. Everything is done by email so you do need a dedicated email address for this. They pay using PayPal.

The forums are filled with negative comments about the company. It has been ranked as one of the worst companies to work for. The major complaints against them are due to their unreasonably long surveys, low pay and unreasonable edits. There have also been some good comments about the company.

Here is the link to the company page in the MysteryShopForum directory of companies

http://www.mysteryshopforum.com/companies/?Intellishop

This also lists the official website of the company and a lot of feedback from other Mystery shoppers.

On a personal note, I have been doing assignments for Intellishop for a very long time. I have done oil change shops, big box electronic stores, stadium events shops, watch, car dealership shops and also sightseeing shops. I have found them professional and reasonable.

My personal opinion of the shop is extremely positive. They have a ton of shops to offer in my area and for me personally they have been very good with me. The pay is low for some kind of shops like the car dealership shops. The forms are tedious and they will come back with questions. It is annoying but they are just doing their jobs. I have loved their oil change shops as for a number of years I had 3 cars and the oil change was taken care of for all the cars. I have found there other jobs easy and I have always got 9’s and 10’s. Most of the time, I never hear back from them till I get my grading.

My suggestion would be to stay with them because they are one of the major players in the Mystery shopping arena and always have a load of jobs. If you feel the pay is low, wait and if you are lucky it will be bumped up. As with other companies, it is always a demand and supply situation.