Small Business Marketplace - join a mystery shopper network, a Profitable Business Opportunity

Join a Mystery Shopper Network to get paid to shop!

Perfect work from Home Opportunitiy for the Shop-a-holic in your family

Did you know that there are people that get paid to shop? Not shop per se but visit stores and obtain secret information on how the store handles customers?

That's right, many of the large retail and food corporations use a secret shopper network to gain valuable information on the operation of their stores. These large corporations even pay people like you to handle the work.

Have you ever heard of a secret group of stealth professionals mingling inconspicuously amongst you? Yeah, that's right. These elite few move unseen and unheard throughout your community each day.

They are called the mystery shopper network. Okay, maybe that's a bit overdone. Probably just a tad too much mission impossible stuff. However, the mystery shopper network is real, whether you've actually heard of them or not.

These are the individuals who browse the malls and shopping outlets in order to determine the quality of customer service. Hey, if you have no idea what I'm talking about, it may be time you hopped online and had a look-see.

Talk about an almost perfect work from home opportunity. The hours are yours to schedule, work when you want and how much you want. Go shipping then deliver a report on your experience to the company. Although no an extremely high paying business, I considered this gig back in the day. However, I had to re-think the whole deal when I came to the bleak conclusion that I would be in shopping malls a lot.

Of course if you like shopping malls, then the mystery shopper network is probably right for you. This organization basically assigns a variety of jobs to individuals of specific areas. For example, if you live in Chicago, then you would probably get a number of assignments. It all has to do with the amenities in your area.

The mystery shopper network will send you an email with the details of the assignment, then you will proceed in browsing that particular shop or restaurant and making a small purchase. Now, your job is to report back. Was the service good or bad? Who was your server? How did the establishment look? These are some general concerns that are typically addressed. The mystery shopper network then pays you for your written report and the item purchased.

It's as easy as that. The mystery shopper network deals with anything from restaurants, to motels, to department stores and almost everything in between. The originator of the work however is typically some of the larger corporations with many locations. A mom and pop operation is usually ran by family and doesn't really need to services of mystery shoppers.

If you think the mystery shopper network sounds ideal for you and your area, then you'd better get online now. Pop open Google and punch in the keywords, "mystery shopper network." You will be overwhelmed by the results. It's not difficult to acquire work from the mystery shopper network and it's as easy as dealing with your PC from home.

Employer Identification Number (EIN) -- Uniquely identifies every tax-paying entity in the United States. EINs are assigned by the Internal Revenue Service to organizations with paid employees. An organization may have one or several EINs, and an EIN may cover one or several locations. The EINs has 9 digits, is printed on census forms (upper right corner, in the address label, following the letters EIN ), and can be corrected or updated on Item 2 of the census form.

Prime Cost -- A cost that can be directly attributed to a particular production process or service. Prime Costs (Direct Costs) rise in proportion to the number of units produced.

Census File Number (CFN) -- Identifies each business location (or establishment). It is uniquely assigned by the Census Bureau, has ten digits and is printed on each official census form (upper right corner, above the address label, following the letters CFN ).

Service Annual Survey -- Provides estimates of revenue and other measures for most traditional service industries. The United States Code, Title13, authorizes this survey and provides for mandatory responses.

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