This week, we talk about some popular and some lesser known mystery shopping companies. A few of these companies you will recognize and a few you might not be signed up with yet. As we talked about before, sign up with as many MSC’s as you can! This will help you to have diversity with…
We’ve all had shops that made us question our sanity for taking them because of the “undeniably-obvious -you- must-be-a-mystery-shopper-factor.” As a followup to our recent article, 10 Assignments that Scream “Mystery Shopper,” here are 10 more assignments that drive shoppers bonkers. 1) You give a fake name as instructed.. You did exactly as they told…
About Face Consulting Corporation is a long time member of the BBB and has an A+ Rating with the BBB. They are also a member of the MSPA and considered trusted and well respected in the industry. They have shops in all 50 states and Canada. They also have shops in Puerto Rico, South America,…
Cirrus Marketing Intelligence began in 1993, over 23 years ago in Anaheim, California. Cirrus is a long time member of MSPA and is “one among an elite group of companies that consistently demonstrates the highest level of professional standards,” according to their web site. They have between 80,000-100,000 mystery shoppers and have completed over 1.7…
Sinclair Customer Metrics (SCM) has been in business since 1987 and is based out of San Antonio, Texas. Mr. Robert O. Sinclair, is the President and Founder of this successful company and has been for over 31 years. (Some of my research takes me back to 1976, not sure if it was the ground-breaking and…
Reality Based Group (RBG) has been in business since 1992 and is the world’s leader in video mystery shopping. Based out of Austin, Texas, RBG is one of the four founding members of the MSPA. RBG reaches out internationally as one of the historically influential players in mystery shopping. RBG started originally as GAMEFILM, the…
Founded in 1974, by Stanley Hart, President and Owner, this thriving company has been around for 42 years. Based out of Maumee, Ohio, this company originally was called Ritter and Associates. Mr. Hart runs the helm of this successful business and puts great effort into this company, to make it successful and a shopper favorite….
Note: In order to protect their identity as a mystery shopper, the author of this article has chosen to remain anonymous. I am a part-time shopper and a full-time employee of a hotel. I have been a shopper since 2010. I like this job because I can enjoy shopping and traveling to a lot of…
There are so many mystery shopping companies to choose from. As a new shopper, many of the companies can seem overwhelming at first. I always advise to sign up with about 3-5 companies a week. Give that company time to digest in your system, keep an eye on emails and thoroughly read what they require…