Great response, good information, thanks again Ivan.

You're welcome!

Ivan : You seem to be a wealth of knowledge when it comes to all things shopping. I have been wondering about the badges and ranking ever since the entire system was introduced. One question that I have is “ Where is all the information about the ranking system and badges readily available for all to spend some time, if so desired, to further educate themselves?”

Knowing more about them could allow individuals to work at becoming experts In specific areas. So far the only info that I have seen about the new system has been here in the forum.

Thank you for the reply! I greatly appreciate it. Take care!

You're welcome Tara :)

And Michael - that's an excellent question. There is a Badges page when you login to iSecretShop and click on your badges, that shows you which badges you have, what's their progress towards next level, what are the different kinds of badges that exist, and a short explanation about each one when you mouse-over them.

However, what I just realized, is that something like you said would be very useful - a one place where all the information about the entire ranking system and individual badges is readily available and easily accessible by shoppers.

Sooo, what I just did is I sent in a suggestion for that to the management folks at iSecetShop - and perhaps some information "hub" or a web page or even a course can get created to serve the exact purpose you recommended - for all to spend some time, if so desired, to further educate themselves about that system.

Keep the ideas coming, you might have just played a key role in implementing something new on iSecretShop, and made the system better for all of us!

If I request a shop and then I cancel it because I can not make it BEFORE the dead line, Am I loosing points? because I believe I read that, just if I you cancel the shop after the dead line, it is when you will lose points. Is this correct? also where do we do opinion polls, because I can not find that anywhere.

Any time you cancel a shop, you will lose points. When polls are available, you’ll see a link on your main page.