Hi Carletta,
Is your birthday wrong in your iSS registration or in the shop you just completed? If it's incorrect on your shop report just email the MSP who you did the shop for or look under your submitted shops and if it still says "pending" you may be able to unfinalize it and fix it. If it's in your registration, create a ticket in the app and let them know. They'll let you know how to fix it. Good luck!
Yes this has been happening since the last update unfortunately. That's why I use the web site only right now.
Hi Star, you can find your badges received as well as obtainable badges if you click on the badge icons on the main page on the iSS website or app underneath the welcome logo. Increasing your badge levels helps MSP companies see your experience with certain types of shops and your success and reliability and much more. As you successfully complete shops, tour reputation badge increases and eventually you will be able to self assign more shops.
Hi Jamie, you get paid for completing shops on average 30-45 days after they are approved by the mystery shopping company directly. They pay you through your PayPal account. When you registered with isecretshop, you had to enter in your PayPal email. That's what they use. As far as reimbursement goes, each shop is different; before you apply for a shop make sure you read the description and basic guidelines /pay information so you understand how it works for that particular shop. Most of the time you pay up front and they either reimburse you up to a certain amount and also pay you to do the shop, other times they just pay a flat fee. It all depends. As far as other tips or help I can give you, we'll, it's pretty different for each company so I suggest you take it slow, read their guidelines and take it one shop at a time until you acclimate. Also, the more shops you complete successfully, the higher your ranking /badge level goes which means you can self assign more shops. It takes a while but it's worth it in the long run. There's so many mystery shopping companies out there too, not just here on isecretshop. If you go to https://mspa-americas.org , you can see who's registered as an official mystery shopping company and you can also register with MSPA and learn more about working as a shopper! Good luck to you with work and your pregnancy!
I have a suggestion to help you out that I noticed and has helped me. If you login to the iSS website on an actual browser and go to your profile, there's a section called "notification settings" and you can get personalized alerts for all new shops that you've already received badges for. The verbiage states the following :"You have received badges for the following specialties. Because you have received these badges, you can receive push notifications when new opportunities are released."
That sucks! But at least you're getting paid. You did your job. Good luck in the future!
Hi Hayley, I'd take MFJohnston's advice! I would also like to say that it all depends on where you live, if you can drive, and if you can afford to shell out some cash initially for some shops because most do require that. I've been mystery shopping for approximately two years now. I live in central NJ, approximately 45 minutes from NYC and Philadelphia so I am in a good location where I can actually get tons of work. I'm also only an hour from Atlantic City where a lot of gambling shops are available. I just haven't had the "drive" to do so much traveling. So I don't make much. I've only been accepting jobs within a 25 mile range up til now but it's because I've only recently become more serious with mystery shopping. I want to eventually make it a full time gig but that means I have to take more work from other mystery shopping providers, and I just started doing so. But in my experience I do that slowly so I get used to each company's rules and guidelines. I currently do work for approximately several mystery shopping companies on a regular basis but only make about $200 weekly from it. (after reimbursements) so I personally have a long way to go. It's hard, but if you enjoy the work and don't mind long days of driving go for it! It's possible, but is a lot of work. I forgot to add something important. Although I only make on average 200/week, I also only work a total of maybe 10 hours a week. I've tried to figure out how much I'd have to work to make like 500 plus per week, and it's hard since jobs change daily, but I'd estimate that I'd have to put in approximately 40-50 hours a week to make a steady 500 plus per week. But that's my estimate based on the providers I'm signed up with right now.
Hi Lesley, it depends but usually this week is the time new shops are posted. However, every quarter is different. This time of year seems particularly slow in my experience with but it could just be my area. Try other shopping companies. There's still plenty of work to be done. Good luck!
Hi Aada, your pay is sent via PayPal. Check your profile to see what email you registered.