Mystery shopping has become a new way for stay-at-home or fulltime moms to earn a little bit and make spare time (if any) productive.

 

Let me give you some basic ideas about mystery shopping and how to become a member.  There are several mystery shopping websites and survey and research companies that offer mystery shopping assignments.  One can simply register for membership and apply to become a shopper.  Instructions on what to do and observe while doing your mystery shopping task will be provided online before the assigned date.  After accomplishing the assignment all you need to do is complete the online survey about the said mystery shopping and send it back to the company.  They will pay you certain amount and reimbursement for performing the task.

 

HOED MYSTERY SHOPPING is an international site that offers mystery shopping jobs to those in the USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.  They require some documents from applicants.  Under the terms and policy of HOED, the relationship between mystery shoppers and HOED is definitely an employer-employee relationship.  Tax Identification Numbers of their employees are required before the first assignment.

 

Retail Mystery Shopping Australia is a very good site that regularly provides members with a list of available shops or assignments.  They also communicate very well with their shoppers and the instructions are easy to understand and follow. 

 

Bestmark also gives opportunities for mystery shopping.  Visit their website if you are interested.  This company is based in the USA.     

 

Shop Angels is also an Australian company where mystery shopping assignments continuously flow in their list.  This is a very interesting site.  

 

Rewards Central is an Australian website where you can earn points convertible to cash through advertisement clicks, surveys, online shopping and mystery shopping assignment as well.   

 

For other websites on mystery shopping you can check Volition.com.  This is the website that really helped me discovered several research companies that are also involved in mystery shopping. 

 

I love being a mystery shopper. I am happy that I qualified as a mystery shopper for several online survey companies here in Australia. Aside from the thrill of it, the company will also reimburse my expenses and pay me few dollars more for participation, plus I get few hundreds of additional points in my account with them.

 

Beware though of post mails where advance payment for a mystery shopping is sent to you and ask you to do some assignments and cash or bank the check.  There are stories I have read about this especially from my friends in the US as this is a spam.

 

I will definitely update this article as there are still few companies and websites which I did not include here until I get paid by them or receive credible information on their authenticity.  Have you tried this kind of online survey or way to earn extra cash?  I hope this post will be of help to you all lovely moms out there.