Tuesday, December 27, 2005

National Shopping Service

National Shopping Service
Overall Rating: C
  • Number of jobs/clients: Average
  • Type of jobs: Varied, often restaurant and retail
  • Rate of pay: Below average
  • Speed and method of payment: Check, 4-8 weeks
Advantages:

NSS has an excellent new website format; it's easy to use, informative, and features an advanced search for its job board. The shopper area is professionally designed, and it's simple to see how much you've earned. The website also features local weather information, an assignment summary (with calendar), and a "buzz" area for new or exciting clients. In addition, their website supports both Internet Explorer and Firefox.

One tip: taking their shopper surveys boosts your internal shopper rating, making it easier to get shops.

Disadvantages:

With NSS, you'll have to apply for each shop (or, as they call it, "prospect") and hope that you're the one chosen from all of the shoppers that apply; you can't self-assign even simple shops. However, you can often call the scheduler to get the shop assigned to you.

Shops through NSS, unfortunately, do not seem to be particularly high paying. Going through the trouble of applying for a shop, calling a scheduler, and then a purchase with required return for $7, to me, just isn't worth bothering.

1 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

This site is a wonderful tool for new mystery shoppers! I love the detailed information about some of the MS companies you wouldn't be able to get anywhere else! It's great for us new shoppers that have no clue!

Thanks for all of this!
Terra

7:54 AM  

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