Comments on: Mystery Shopper Email Address Ideas

By: Cathy Stucker

Cathy Stucker — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 01:17:44 +0000

I would never use an email address with “mysteryshopper” or some variation in it if the shop calls for email communication with a client. (There are times, particularly online mystery shops, where that may be necessary.)

However, if the email address you use with all of the mystery shopping companies is mysteryshopper@mydomain.com, you can use another email address when doing the shop. This post only refers to the email address you use when communicating with mystery shopping companies.

@mobilemark, thanks for bringing up the fact that you should never communicate with a client in any way that might give away that you are, or may be, the mystery shopper. Good catch–that is an important point. It seems like it should go without saying, but . . . ;o)

By: mobilemark

mobilemark — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 00:03:00 +0000

I wouldnt want to use mysteryshopper@domain
what if you happen to end up doing a shop where you have to
send a email to the client ? you just told the client you area mysteryshopper!

By: Cathy Stucker

Cathy Stucker — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 10:20:35 +0000

That is up to you. It may not be worth your time to make the change unless (1) you are having trouble managing your email and a new address would make it easier or (2) you are forced to change your email address because of an ISP change.

Shoppers who have been active for a while will need to log in to a lot of sites to update their profiles, so it could easily take several hours. And those are hours during which you will not be earning money. Would the payback in convenience be worth the time you invest? It might be, but only you can decide.

By: crawdaddydoo92

crawdaddydoo92 — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 06:56:28 +0000

I see this idea a lot.However, I didn’t see it until after I’d been a shopper for 1-2 years and am curious if it’s worth the time to redo all my email addresses, and coming up with a new email address.