https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 08 Jul 2026 03:05:16 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/secret-shopper-jobs#post-496743 Thu, 10 Jan 2013 23:24:42 +0000 Mrs. Sunglasses 496743@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@belleoftheballe: thanks for the heads up ill look into it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/secret-shopper-jobs#post-496728 Thu, 10 Jan 2013 23:21:18 +0000 Mrs. Pen 496728@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@eeh: some of the shops are like that and some aren't. Each shop is different! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/secret-shopper-jobs#post-496720 Thu, 10 Jan 2013 23:18:18 +0000 holdonforonemoreday 496720@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Sunglasses: I just signed up for Shoppers Confidential. It's Canadian. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/secret-shopper-jobs#post-496521 Thu, 10 Jan 2013 22:22:53 +0000 eeh 496521@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My sister does this and gets free dry cleaning, oil changes, meals, etc. She has to be very, very detailed with her reports though and it gives requirements like must be two people, it at the bar for 20 minutes and order 3 drinks, go to table and order an appetizer, 1 steak meal, 1 chicken meal, and so on. I don't think I would be good at it because I would forget something on the list. She usually types notes in her phone to reference later. The more jobs she does the more she qualifies for and gets the better/higher paying gigs. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/secret-shopper-jobs#post-496499 Thu, 10 Jan 2013 22:17:36 +0000 Mrs. Sunglasses 496499@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No! where can i sign up! haha. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/secret-shopper-jobs#post-496430 Thu, 10 Jan 2013 22:06:40 +0000 T-Mom 496430@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrs. bird: you are probably right! Here is an interesting article about it (haven't read it all yet) in case anyone is curious. <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2012/07/23/travel/confessions-hotel-mystery-shopper/index.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.cnn.com/2012/07/23/travel/confessions-hotel-mystery-shopper/index.html</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/secret-shopper-jobs#post-496406 Thu, 10 Jan 2013 22:01:22 +0000 mrs. bird 496406@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@T-Mom: i dunno, the ones i've done you aren't allowed to do the eatery ones if you've worked in food service in the recent past. maybe hotel ones just want the average joe traveler too! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/secret-shopper-jobs#post-496397 Thu, 10 Jan 2013 21:58:31 +0000 T-Mom 496397@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Pen: I know right? I think the hotels hire people from a special agency who may have hotel backgrounds already. They have to pretend to be very difficult questions and ask for outrageous things :-). I don't think I could keep my cover. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/secret-shopper-jobs#post-496394 Thu, 10 Jan 2013 21:57:36 +0000 immabeetoo 496394@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Pen: I did the Buffalo Wild Wings one! I love best mark and have been getting paid to eat papa johns pizza for over three years working for national shopping service </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/secret-shopper-jobs#post-496375 Thu, 10 Jan 2013 21:54:09 +0000 Mrs. Pen 496375@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@T-Mom: Ooooh hotels?!?! that would be awesome. I don't think the two agencies I work for do those.<br /> @Boogs: It's a nice little side gig :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/secret-shopper-jobs#post-496370 Thu, 10 Jan 2013 21:52:26 +0000 Boogs 496370@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@T-Mom: @Mrs. Pen: Wow that sounds great! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/secret-shopper-jobs#post-496367 Thu, 10 Jan 2013 21:52:02 +0000 T-Mom 496367@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Pen: yeah I should look into if there are any agencies for the burbs where I live now.. I heard that the most awesome jobs are for hotels but you have to be really good to get those and it's kind of a niche.</p> <p>There are so many random varieties of things that companies want to know. For pizza company a few times I ordered a pizza and then had to take a picture of the box, then the whole pie, then flip it over and take a pic and then hold up a slice and take a cross section picture LOL! DH was like I'm hungry hurry up! I was like stop, it's free you can wait!</p> <p>Another time I had to go to CVS and copy these little codes off as many bottles of a specific brand of hair product as I could . That one was totally too much effort for not enough pay to be worth it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/secret-shopper-jobs#post-496359 Thu, 10 Jan 2013 21:50:38 +0000 Mrs. Pen 496359@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Boogs: You get to choose which jobs you sign up for.</p> <p>For the bank: you have a list of questions you have to ask and the employees are supposed to use certain terminology or have certain answers. It's very straightforward. It's not opinion based either, it's more like reporting.</p> <p>For restaurants it usually involves certain lingo as well - like for buffalo wild wings it was "would you like to try our beer of the month" and subway was "would you like the works",You report whether the employees say those things, whether the menus have certain inserts, and then rating the service. </p> <p>It's usually really straightforward and easy. And fun - free food! For things like the bank, gyms, dealerships - it's usually a set price. Say $20 and it takes less than 30 minutes in general. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/secret-shopper-jobs#post-496335 Thu, 10 Jan 2013 21:46:47 +0000 mrsmenow 496335@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would LOVE to do this! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/secret-shopper-jobs#post-496315 Thu, 10 Jan 2013 21:44:30 +0000 Boogs 496315@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrs. bird: @Mrs. Pen: Thanks for the info. What do they have you do? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/secret-shopper-jobs#post-496313 Thu, 10 Jan 2013 21:44:06 +0000 T-Mom 496313@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I also did national shopper association (or something like that) and there was a local firm also worked with when I was on the east coast.</p> <p>@Boogs: I would go to a restaurant with a friend and order a meal according to the budget. Then I would make mental notes on the food, service, etc using the guidelines given. Then I would write up a detailed report of the experience and include names of the servers, and highlight specific things that the company had asked about. Sometimes they had follow up questions and I would answer those. Then scan and submit receipts for reimbursement. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/secret-shopper-jobs#post-496291 Thu, 10 Jan 2013 21:41:50 +0000 Mrs. Pen 496291@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Boogs: @Alivoo01: Check this out: <a href="http://www.mysteryshop.org/search-companies" rel="nofollow">http://www.mysteryshop.org/search-companies</a></p> <p>here are a couple more: <a href="http://www.telesaur.com/blog/2011/05/16/25-legitimate-mystery-shopper-company-websites/" rel="nofollow">http://www.telesaur.com/blog/2011/05/16/25-legitimate-mystery-shopper-company-websites/</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/secret-shopper-jobs#post-496286 Thu, 10 Jan 2013 21:41:12 +0000 mrskc 496286@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I didn't know pp actually did this! I always thought it was some kind of scam when I see the advertisements. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/secret-shopper-jobs#post-496274 Thu, 10 Jan 2013 21:37:39 +0000 Mrs. Pen 496274@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrs. bird: I do some shops with Bestmark! But yes - it's cheaper and smaller shops.</p> <p>@Alivoo01: gahh I can't remember! I had found a list but didn't bookmark it :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/secret-shopper-jobs#post-496261 Thu, 10 Jan 2013 21:36:10 +0000 Mrs. Pen 496261@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrs. bird: I know me either!! Most were $30 that I've done before and it's tough keeping it that low :-P I'm excited to do it :)</p> <p>@Boogs: I wish I had bookmarked the site I started with - it had a 3-page list of legitimate agencies to work with. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/secret-shopper-jobs#post-496258 Thu, 10 Jan 2013 21:35:18 +0000 mrs. bird 496258@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i heard about it from someone online, bestmark is the company. we get a lot of car dealership shops, chain restaurants, service stations, electronics &amp; cell phone ones. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/secret-shopper-jobs#post-496229 Thu, 10 Jan 2013 21:31:27 +0000 Alivoo01 496229@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>THat's cool! How did you find these type of things?? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/secret-shopper-jobs#post-496200 Thu, 10 Jan 2013 21:27:34 +0000 Boogs 496200@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrs. bird: Where do you find the jobs? And what do you do for them? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/secret-shopper-jobs#post-496174 Thu, 10 Jan 2013 21:24:26 +0000 mrs. bird 496174@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i do it! i haven't had one with a reimbursement that high for a meal though, wow! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/secret-shopper-jobs#post-496145 Thu, 10 Jan 2013 21:21:13 +0000 Boogs 496145@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've never done them, don't even know how you can get them! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/secret-shopper-jobs#post-496078 Thu, 10 Jan 2013 21:13:43 +0000 Penny Lane 496078@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I remember doing them with my Mum when I was 10 or so. They were fun! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/secret-shopper-jobs#post-496068 Thu, 10 Jan 2013 21:12:50 +0000 Mrs. Pen 496068@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@T-Mom: we are in a suburb 45 mins away and a lot of the shops are local - you just have to find an agency that represents clients in smaller towns too. Unfortunately that means boring shops haha! This one happens to be in the city as it's an upscale restaurant<br /> But I'm a sucker for "free" and like you I am into doing shop surveys anyway :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/secret-shopper-jobs#post-496057 Thu, 10 Jan 2013 21:11:56 +0000 Mrs. Pickle 496057@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I signed up to secret shop but haven't done any jobs. I probably should! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/secret-shopper-jobs#post-496052 Thu, 10 Jan 2013 21:11:07 +0000 Bao 496052@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes I just did my first secret shopper job a month or so ago. It was at a dealership, it was easy money. I haven't done one since, but look through the emails when I get them to see if any interest me. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/secret-shopper-jobs#post-496047 Thu, 10 Jan 2013 21:10:47 +0000 T-Mom 496047@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I used to do these pre baby! It was a lot of fun and it was nice to get free meals and I am really into providing feedback at restaurants anyway. I also did some pizza delivery and drug stores. I didnt do a ton because I ended up moving out of the city. </p>