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Mystery Shopper > How to Become a
Mystery Shopper > Part Time
Part Time Mystery Shopping
I have known several people who have done mystery shopping for a
living. Most of them were disabled in one way or another and were just
simply supplementing their money that they got for their disability. It
really worked well for them as they were able to keep busy doing
mystery shopping and could provide well for their family and doing so.
For most of us, however, mystery shopping on a full-time basis is not
really ever going to be a reality. It would take an extreme amount of
planning in order to be able to ever come close to a full-time income
doing secret shopping. Most people, however, do mystery shopping on a
part-time basis and not only get a little bit of money for their
pocket, they also help to defray their expenses for things such as
gasoline and groceries.
When my wife and I first began secret shopping, we were only doing so
on the weekend. We started out small, only doing shops for breakfast
sandwiches or groceries but we ended up actually doing quite a bit
more. There were some days, in fact, whenever we would leave in the
morning and have an entire route mapped out a different mystery
shopping jobs that we could do along the way. We would typically start
out getting a breakfast sandwich at the local doughnut shop, courtesy
of the mystery shop of course. We would then continue to the gas
station where we would put a few gallons of gas in the car and then go
to a second gas station where we would do the same thing. After doing a
quick shop at the grocery store, we would swing by the house to drop
off the perishable items and then head out to mystery shop at the local
restaurant for lunch.
Sometimes, on the weekends, we would do a series of mystery shops that
would give us a night out on the town. Since we live in South Florida,
there are places where movie theaters and nice restaurants are in close
proximity. If we did our planning properly, we were able to take in a
movie (complete with a trip to the snack bar) and then head over to the
restaurant which was just across the street. The entire evening out
would be totally taken care of and we would usually end up with about
$20 in compensation on top of the items received. The only thing that
really cost us was about 30 minutes of time once we got home in order
to fill out the online evaluation forms.
Mystery shopping is not for everyone as it does take time and there is
a learning curve when you first get started. If you have some
initiative and the desire to get some things for free, mystery shopping
can offer you an opportunity to be able to make some part-time cash and
have a little bit of fun along the way.
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