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Another day, another pay to mystery shop site…..

I’ve recently learned of Shopper Select, a website that charges people to find mystery shops.  I came across this after someone replied to a shop offer from our company. I was surprised because I have a list of sites our staff use to post shops,  and this was not one of them.

After perusing the site, I learned that shoppers have to pay to join. They are provided with training and job opportunities. However, these shopping posts are ones that anyone can find for free. A past post lists some great sites to find available shops for no cost.

In a busy world, I know that there are some shoppers that prefer to pay to find a comprehensive listing of available shops. However, we would rather support these kinds of sites where we are actually posting active shops and are seeking people to complete them. One such site is ShadowShopper – it has been around for years, and it is a site us and many other companies use to find shoppers and post jobs. In the case of Shopper Select, many of the posts people were replying to were outdated and those shops were no longer available.

It’s a crazy world, especially in the mystery shopping industry, and our goal is to educate and help those who are interested in becoming mystery shoppers. If there is a site you have a question about, or if you woudl like to share sites that may not be suitable for mystery shoppers, please feel free to share with the community!

Until next time…happy shopping!