In the late 1980s, I was hired as a mystery shopper for a high-end department store. My role was simple but strategic: observe, interact and report. I followed a structured job description, which ...

Mystery shopping can sound like a dream side hustle. After all, who wouldn’t love getting paid to shop, dine or visit a spa or theater while secretly evaluating their service? But it’s not all nice ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- The holiday bills are coming in and you're probably thinking that you could use some extra money. Secret shopper jobs are popping up everywhere and it may sound like an ideal ...

A friend recently told me about her 100-year-old mother who had undergone successful surgery. While she was thrilled that her procedure went well and she was going home, what she couldn’t stop raving ...

Mystery shopping is a fantastic way to earn some extra money, although it cannot really be considered a work at home job ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Want to make some extra money? Consumer experts warn that some elaborate mystery shopper scams could cost you. Debbie Arthur of Lake Zurich recently clicked on a pop up window offer ...

What’s a secret shopper? In an effort to keep brand quality high, companies often hire secret shoppers. Secret shoppers get paid to visit stores and see if stores are meeting certain standards that ...

Like most of the rest of us, Algernon Morehead of Humble could always use a few extra bucks, so he looked online last month for ways to become a mystery shopper — people paid by market research firms ...

Using a mystery shopper is a good way to observe how your employees treat your customers when you’re not watching. But you don’t want to use a mystery shopper to catch your employees behaving badly; ...

CLAY COUNTY, Fla. — As the holiday season approaches, experts said that is when scams are typically on the rise. And a Fleming Island woman almost fell victim to one involving a mystery shopping job.