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The Secret List of SassieShop Companies

Sassie is a web-based reporting software that mystery shopping companies use to schedule assignments, and receive reports from their shoppers. There are a lot of companies that use the SassieShop system…and this works to your advantage because almost all of the applications for these companies are nearly identical. Unfortunately, SassieShop isn’t allowed to say who those companies are. Lucky for you, I am allowed. So, without further ado, here is a list of over 40 mystery shopping company’s hard-to-find urls that take you directly to sites waiting for you to sign up for to be a mystery shopper. Continue reading ‘The Secret List of SassieShop Companies’

Two EASY Rules for Better Writing

One of the most important skills you can always improve as a mystery shopper is your ability to write.

High quality writing is almost guaranteed instantly put you at the top of the list for any mystery shopping company. Which means they will fall all over themselves to give you more assignments.
Here’s why: Top quality writing is worth a lot of money to mystery shopping companies. They need to impress their clients with the quality of their mystery shoppers, and they often do that by highlighting one or two outstanding reports.

On the other hand, if the writing in a report is poor or sloppy, then it is costing the mystery shopping company money because they have to spend valuable time fixing the report.

The writing in your report is the product both you and the mystery shopping company are selling. Continue reading ‘Two EASY Rules for Better Writing’

The Worst Mistake Any New Mystery Shopper Could Possibly Make

I receive a lot of emails from people getting started with mystery shopping.

A lot of the time they thank me for the help I’ve given them.

But just as often, they ask how they can get more assignments, or get better paying assignments, or get assignments at a particular store.

All of those problems are fixed by just ONE simple solution.

And that is applying to a lot of mystery shopping companies.

Here’s why: Continue reading ‘The Worst Mistake Any New Mystery Shopper Could Possibly Make’

Is the ShadowShopper Controversy Over?

ShadowShopper used to be the most controversial company in the mystery shopping world. Just one mention of them would threaten to ignite a huge discussion, with many people calling ShadowShopper a “scam,” and just as many people singing its praises.

First of all — ShadowShopper is a scheduling company. That means they find assignments for the people registered with them. They work with hundreds of companies, and have jobs available in nearly every nook and cranny of the United States.

But they charge for their service. And that makes some people downright upset.

If you believe that you shouldn’t pay for a service such as ShadowShopper, then it just isn’t for you.

For many people though, their investment in ShadowShopper has been worth the cost. Read this post from MysteryShopForum.com by a woman named Connie: Continue reading ‘Is the ShadowShopper Controversy Over?’