Who Mystery Shops Who? (Ask The Coach)

Question:

How can I find out who shops a particular company so I can do their assignments?

Answer From Coach Melanie:

The ability to find out "who shops who" varies by company. Some mystery shopping companies are very secretive and will only say a shop is for "a women's retailer", while other companies and schedulers will come right out and say it on their web sites or in their lead e-mails. Many companies don't flaunt their client list because of confidentiality issues.

Other ways to find out is through other shoppers who volunteer the information (although they really shouldn't as they are supposed to respect confidentiality clauses too), or possibly from someone who works for a particular company and is aware of this information. In addition, some chains, like Jack-In-The Box, use their own employees as shoppers and do not hire outsiders.

Overall, if you are looking to really make money in the mystery shopping field, it is best to just have a regular system in place for securing your work, and when you do that, you'll regularly find out "who shops who" in the course of your work. Sure it's fun to try and do a shop for a favorite restaurant or store, but to me, I take that as it comes and focus my energy instead on who actually has some shops that I can do right now and make some money!

Have a great day and happy shopping!

“Taking the mystery out of professional mystery shopping”—Melanie Jordan
http://www.mysteryshoppercoach.com

Copyright 2005 Melanie R. Jordan E-Publishing