A. We AGREE! You should NEVER pay to be "eligible" to do a mystery shop or pay for access to shop listings (a.k.a. "job boards"). Legitimate mystery shopping companies will never charge you to work for them and there are many places to sign up with mystery shopping companies or search for shop assignments for free. Therefore, it's not surprising that if a website DOES ask you to pay to shop it's almost certainly a scam website that steals listings from the web and resells them to unsuspecting people. Not only are those listings freely available elsewhere, they are usually inaccurate or woefully out of date.
Q. Where can I find free job boards and companies looking for new shoppers?A. The MSPA website ( http://mspanorthamerica.com) and Volition (http://volition.com) are two of the most popular places to start. Of course, we also VERY VERY VERY HIGHLY recommend JobSlinger.com (http://jobslinger.com) our own 100% free website that combines listings from the MSPA, Volition and dozens of SASSIE companies!!
Q. But JobSlinger Plus is a service I have to pay for. Other things like MSPA Shopper Certification also charge shoppers. Aren't those "Paying to Shop?"A. No, and here's why: Both of those are 100% OPTIONAL services designed to make you a more effective and more efficient shopper. They can HELP you get more shops and higher paying shops faster than other shoppers, but they are never required in order to be allowed to perform shops listed on those sites. The listings on the MSPA website, JobSlinger and SASSIE are all available publicly for free for those who don't want to subscribe to JobSlinger PLUS or become an MSPA certified shopper.
Q. OK, so how do I decide if JobSlinger PLUS can really help me?A. Try us out for FREE for one month! If we're not right for you, we're more than happy to keep you as a regular JobSlinger user free of charge. But we believe you'll find that JobSlinger Plus more than pays for itself every single month in more shops, better shops and the huge amount of time you'll save.