No problem - I'm sure everything will go fine, if you took the time and effort to be on this forum and read this thread.

Cheers!

Hi Ashley!

When you login to the iSecretShop website, at the very top of the homepage you will see a "Refer Friends" button - when you press it a small pop-up window will appear, giving you 3 ways to refer the site to your friends:

1. Give your friends your specific url (referral link) - when they click it, they'll be taken to the registration page and register as someone referred by you.

2. Email - send your friends an automated email containing that same url, all you need to do is enter their email address.

3. Share on Facebook - create an automated post on Facebook, containing your referral url.

And Claudia, bonjour!

That's good advice Heather - finding zip codes and searching by that is exactly what I would do!

And also, with the iSecretShop app, if your GPS and location services are turned on, the available shops page will display shops near your current location, no matter where you are, so even though that method alone is not enough to plan your routes out, you will be able to grab shops "on the go", and get a general idea of what shops are there, just by checking app while you pass through.

Good luck!

Hi Dustin,

There are over 20 iSSprep certifications currently in the system, with more of them being made. The ones that can be seen and done without the codes are available to everyone, and others require specific codes which can be found in shops that require those certifications.

As for the gold or silver - those are MSPA certifications like Heather said, which are a different thing.

Thanks!

Haha! Thanks for sharing!

Hi Tiffiney,

You can find lots of them on this thread:

https://www.secretshopforum.com/thread/1/2/94/pro-tips-for-those-who-want-to-be-the-best-shoppers

You can also go to iSSprep.com and take a couple of course there - those will give you some insights as well as shopper points.

Good luck!

That's exactly right - passing certifications on iSSprep grans you shopper points, increasing your overall reputation, so it's a great thing to do if you haven't already! :)

Welcome aboard Beth!

Feel free to explore the Forum, and if you have any questions, ask away! :)

Merry Christmas!

Hi Lisa,

You are completely right - posting about specific issues that you have had is perfectly okay, especially with the intention of getting suggestions from other shoppers. The "unethical" thing here would be naming the companies you've had issues with, since it can unintentionally create prejudice in other shoppers, for example giving off the impression that the entire MSP is not doing a good job overall and that it can be the case in all of their shops, while lots of other shoppers may have had wonderful experiences with that MSP - and vice versa.

As for the issue being addressed or reported outside of the shopper community, the first thing to do would be to write an email to the MSP in question and wait for the reply - and if you believe you have been ignored or treated wrongfully in that correspondence too, you can then open a ticket for iSecretShop so that the management team of the entire system can be made aware, and possibly even mention the issue to the MSP on their end.

Lastly, this forum is not owned by the MSPs, nor have I ever seen any of them or their staff members posing anything on it - and since we can set our own usernames and photos, and shopper ID's are not visible anywhere, I don't even think that they can even find us in the system at all, even if they did visit the forum. The forum was developed by iSecretShop as a way to give shoppers an oportunity to have their own shopper community here, exchange thoughts, ideas, questions, experiences, and generally help each other out, in order to make the whole secret shopping experience better and easier for everyone.

Happy holidays!

Hi Shancee, welcome to the Forum, nice to have you aboard!

If you have any questions, feel free to ask - we're here to help!

Happy Holidays!