There are hundreds of companies offering these services. Some specialise in specific retail type i.e. Food or clothing or furniture/homeware.
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LinkShare is not a mystery shopping agency, but they may be affiliated with companies that provide market research services, such as mystery shopping. LinkShare helps companies with online marketing.
If you are in an automotive business, the things that mystery shopping solutions can do, usually to improve your sales team in approaching the customers. The secret shopper will give much question about the product and then using these data they can give you a feedback which are good and which are that needs to be improved.
Every mystery shopping solutions company has their own sites, you can apply at their site and wait for approval of your application. Once you become an approved shopper, the company will email you with your shopper ID. Always be aware that this is classed as a self employed situation unless otherwise stated and you are responsible for tax return on earnings paid.
Yes, Imyst is a valid mystery shopping company. They have been around a long time and have a pretty good reputation for paying quickly. Their website is imyst.com
Most of the mystery shopping solutions company has their own regulation but it usually, for walk-in visits, the visit itself could take anywhere from 5 minutes to 40 minutes. Completing the evaluation form after your visits normally takes between 25 to 45 minutes. Earnings are low often 2 to 5 GBP each.
Mystery shopping is necessary for companies to get an objective opinion on how their business is doing. If they used their own employees to evaluate their service and operations, it would be biased. So Mystery Shoppers are used who don't already have a connection with the company, to provide honest feedback.
Mystery shopping is one way for a business to get an objective account of a customers experience. Mystery shoppers evaluates customer service, employee knowledge and more. They offer information on areas that the company may need to work to be better at.
As a Mystery Shopper you are to go into a shop and act like a regular shopper. You are given questions to ask and what to look for, by the mystery shopping company. You observe your surroundings the entire time you are on the shop. Once you complete the shop, you are asked to fill out a report. The report then goes to the company that was evaluated, so they know what they are doing well, and where they need to improve.
I cannot answer this question in an open forum, but I do know the answer. This would be a breach of my confidentiality agreement with that Mystery Shopping Provider should I answer it in open forum. However, you can ask the question in a private email sent through my business website which is posted in my profile. There are opportunities currently available.