Mystery shopping

If you enjoy shopping you should consider becoming a mystery shopper as this will allow you to get paid money and to shop at the same time.

Many of the retailers found on your High Street are interested to know how good or bad their employees are and to find the answer they use mystery shopping companies. These companies pay someone like yourself to visit the shop and to report back to them on the friendliness of the staff, the cleanliness of the shop, the availability of products etc.

After your shop visit you send a report about your shopping experience and then you will be paid for your time and effort. Payments are normally in cash although some mystery shopping sites pay by vouchers. In addition to these payments you are generally refunded the costs of your purchases and are allowed to keep any items that you bought.

Some of the most popular mystery shopping sites are RetailEyes, Grassroots, Frontline Focus and Retail Maxim.

Ciao

Ciao is a combined survey and review-writing organisation. Registration with Ciao is free and after you have signed up they will send you invites to participate in surveys via e-mail.

Ciao does send out regular survey invites and generally pays beween £1 - £2 per completed survey.

Ciao pays cash directly into your bank account, and it usually takes 6-8 weeks from when you requested a withdrawal.