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Mystery shoppers visit stores or
restaurants and rate their products
and/or service according to specific
criteria. Companies rely on this data
to gauge what does and does not
work in real-life environments.
The type of stores and restaurants
that offer mystery shop opportunities
vary greatly, but many include
well-known franchise businesses, of
which a large portion are
located in malls or shopping centers
across the country.
With this information they can better understand what elements are successful and what areas need to be
improved on.

Most jobs require the mystery shopper to play the role of a regular customer and rate performance according to
specific criteria given by the company. This can be as simple as entering a store and noticing if you were greeted
properly by a store employee to ordering a specific item at a restaurant and ranking its freshness or flavor. Other
jobs include testing new products, product evaluations, product demonstrations and more. Because of the large
number of companies needing specific data from mystery shoppers, job functions may vary quite a bit.

The information gathered from mystery shoppers across the country are compiled and given to analysts to
determine what can be done to improve performance for a particular company, which ultimately provides better
service to the general consumer. Mystery shopping has been proven to be an effective way for companies to
improve their services while offering mystery shoppers a great way to help the consuming public and to be fairly
compensated in the process.