Thursday, September 24, 2009

Mystery Shttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifhopping Jobs, the most Viable Sources of Online and Part time Income

Those who love to shop till they drop dead can utilize this quality of theirs in earning extra money per month while also contributing to the increased sales of products. And when purchases can be made free of cost, who would afford to miss out on such an opportunity? Mystery shopping is a profession that has such ‘hard-to-believe yet true’ benefits in store.
Mystery shopping jobs can be carried out physically in assigned stores or online; it depends on the availability of mystery shopping jobs in a particular area. For online mystery shopping jobs, it is essential to search for the right kind of providers as the web world is full of scams. Those online mystery shopping companies that ask for registration fees should be avoided as they are nothing but phony sites.
Legitimate mystery shopping companies never charge any form of fees to enlist individuals in their lists of mystery shoppers. Companies generally offer mystery shopping jobs to individuals residing in areas that are within the easy reach of their stores or outlets. However, there are provisions for housewives and sit-at-home moms to carry out the mystery shopping assignments and submit the reports online as it is difficult for them to travel from store to store when they have other household chores to take care of.
Like paid online surveys, big companies hire market research companies to design and conduct mystery shopping programs. The market research companies are paid in millions and in turn, they hire suitable candidates for the specifically designed mystery shopping assignments. They provide adequate training to the hired individuals as per the client company’s requirements and accordingly the mystery shoppers carry out the assignments in the assigned stores and outlets. After completing the assignments, mystery shoppers need to create detailed reports on their overall shopping experience and forward them to the higher management. It is only after the review and approval of the reports that the mystery shoppers get paid. Some companies conducting specific product evaluation mystery shopping assignments allow mystery shoppers to keep the products on successful completion of the assignments.
Typically, a mystery shopper’s job revolves around the systematic evaluation of store environment and maintenance, product conditions, employees’ behavior with the customers, promptness of the front line staff and assistants in attending to the customers, and the customers’ extent of satisfaction with the overall brand performance. Mystery shopping jobs are one of the most sought after part-time jobs as are paid online surveys and focus groups. With the introduction of the Internet and modernization of market research methods, these part-time jobs have become the most viable sources of additional income.

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