Friday, March 4, 2011

Qualities of a Secret Shopper again

Mystery shoppers are the persons who work undercover to identify the service capacity of a company. There is a wrong impression that secret shoppers deceive the employees of a concern and point their drawbacks, but it is a legal business which is created to find out the quality of service offered by the company. In compensation one gets cash rewards or gifts or even tours with the family members. One can easily become a secret shopper and they have to build a good reputation with the companies to have a growing market in this job. And the most important point is that the mystery shoppers are not spies.

Prerequisites of a secret shopper

The motto of secret shopping is to find out the quality of service by the front line staffs, wait line in the shop, cleanliness and so on all these factors contribute to the success of a firm. One should look out for the over all performances of the shop and at the same time have a keen eye for the detailing also. Because they have to provide a detailed report to the research company which they are further reported to the business firm.

The main part of this job is the report presented by the secret shoppers. One should explain the overall details in a form of report for this one must be effective in the basic language skill and should be able to write without any errors. They research company don’t expect one to present in a form of literature work but with the simple and easy understandable language which can be processed without difficulty.
Now most of the companies have started to recruit online to save the time and money. And they also want the reports through online which even make the work of the secret shopper much simpler. It is always safe to have a copy of the report in the form of hard copy and one should submit the report before hand to avoid any technical hindrance.

Mystery shopping company’s expectation

If one person is taking the mystery shopping for the first time they don’t have to worry because the company which recruits them will provide them with the proper guidance. If the company is not doing so then one should be alert because it can be a scam. The mystery shopping companies pays a person only for the accurate response provided by them and they have to rely on one’s opinion so they cannot pay a person for a vague report. Therefore one should know about the requirements of the company the details to be checked, the way to fill the forms etc… one can be a successful mystery shopper only with the experience gained.

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