Hello,

I just moved to Las Vegas and it appears that QSI has a monopoly on 99% of all available shops. I was able to do a couple with Intouch Insight. Unfortunately, the MSP Agreement for QSI states that you must be an employee of theirs and have a Nevada work card. There is no option to work QSI assignments as an Independent Contractor. Why is that and how are they allowed to have a monopoly?

Hi Carine,

Nevada State Law requires that all mystery shopping be performed by employees of licensed and bonded, Nevada-based Private Investigations firms - and Independent Contractors are not permitted to perform such work. There are very few Nevada-based firms doing this work and QSI is the largest. If you are interested in doing Mystery Shopping while in Nevada, please contact QSI and see what is involved. iSecretShop is a software company and is licensed to numerous MSPs all over the US and the world, but does not offer or control assignments, and always complies with all laws and regulations governing the industry.

Well, I prefer to be my own boss so I will only do revealed audits while in Nevada.

Carine, you will still be your own boss while mystery shopping in NV. You can choose your jobs just as in other states, but you will need a NV work card which costs around $125 for 5 years.

And since it is a requirement it is also a tax write off at the end of the year. It is written off at the rate of $25 per year for the next 5 years. But as always talk to a tax person that does taxes all year long.

That's cool to know - thanks for the info James!

QSI site won't take my info anyone else have this problem?