Mystery shopping work, paid per assignment

Become a mystery shopper

Get paid to experience a business the way a genuine customer would — visiting, phoning, emailing, messaging on the website, or checking their social media — then tell us exactly what happened. No experience needed, just an honest eye and a bit of spare time.

What's involved

Every assignment gives you a realistic scenario to follow — for example, enquiring about a service, asking for a quote, or booking a table — as a normal customer would. Depending on the assignment, that might mean:

  • Visiting a business in person
  • Phoning or emailing with an enquiry
  • Using a business's website or online booking form
  • Messaging a business's Facebook, Instagram, X or TikTok account

Afterwards, you write up what happened while it's fresh — what was said, how long it took, how you were treated — and submit it through a simple online form.

Who can apply

  • Based in the UK, 18 or over
  • Comfortable making a phone call or a genuine enquiry and taking clear notes
  • Able to submit your report the same day, while it's fresh
  • Own phone/email and, for social media assignments, your own social accounts

Mobile mystery shoppers — people happy to travel a little further for in-person visits — are especially useful.

How it works

Pay

Shoppers are paid a fixed fee per completed assignment, agreed before you start, plus any pre-authorised expenses (for example, a required purchase). You're self-employed and responsible for your own tax — this is flexible, occasional work, not a job.

We ask every shopper to sign a short confidentiality and data-handling agreement, and never to identify individual staff members by name in a report. Findings are used to improve training and process, never as the sole basis for a disciplinary decision.

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