A 2022 YouTube video by LaTonya Johnson (speaker TJ) introducing mystery shopping: what it is, how it works, and where to find legitimate gigs. TJ summarizes earnings data (national averages and weekly ranges from ZipRecruiter), highlights high-paying cities and job titles, and gives practical company recommendations and sign-up instructions. Companies discussed with pay information include Elite CXS, TELUS International, Intellishop, Amusement Advantage (ticket/free-entry model), and About Face. TJ also cautions viewers to verify listings on official sites and to Google company names with "scam" before applying.
Questions this video answers
$800 (ZipRecruiter seeing weekly wages as high as $2,019 and as low as $221; majority range $394–$975).
About $20 per hour (TJ cites this as a common figure).
$5 to $125 per assignment.
Required participation: 7–10 hours a month; one purchase takes about 30 minutes.
$14 to $15 per hour (per the cited source).
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Hey, friend. This is TJ with solutions by tj. And I'm gonna talk about mystery shopping today. You ready? So I know it's been a minute, man, it has been a minute since we talked about mystery shopping. And the opportunity is forever available because businesses will always want the data that only we can give them. It's only us. I've been doing some research. I found some amazing shops and I'm excited about it. So for those of you who are just learning about this for the first time, here's what mystery shoppers do. Say for instance.
You get a mystery shopping job and they want you to go in and compare the iPhone to an Android phone AT T mobile. They'll give you a few questions to ask the sales rep. You ask the sales rep those questions, you leave, you come back, fill out a survey, you get paid, you're done. That's it. That's mystery shopping. So you basically get paid to go in and secretly shop and tell them about your experience. That's it. Now, can you become a full time mystery shopper and get paid for this? Like a full time job? Listen, it all depends on you, to be honest with you, because there are people who make $20 an hour. I mean, that's the average job. It's about $20 an hour. Do you make $20 an hour on your job? There are some who make 20. Some shops that will pay you $20 for 15 minutes. That ain't bad, huh? So I want to go through, talk to you about those, talk to you about the shops that I found. And of course, I want you to do your own due diligence too. Be sure to like this video. Subscribe to my channel A listen and when I give you some good information, like this, doggone video don't play. Okay? All right, let's get started. Love you.
Okay, friends, so let's jump right into this. As you can see, I am on ZipRecruiter and I just wanted to give you some information about mystery shopping in general. If you want this information yourself, I'll add a link to the description. So it'll be below. So how much does a mystery shopper job pay per week? So, I mean, look, national average, you can make anywhere from $11,500 a year to $105 a year. It kind of depends. It's normally about $20 an hour. Like I said before.
How much do midstery shoppers make per week? So about $80. In Houston, it's $7, 90, 93. As you can see here, you can add your own city, state or zip code and you can find out what mystery shoppers make in your area on a weekly basis. And.
Okay. As of April 17, 2022, the average weekly pay for mystery shoppers in the US is $800, while ZipRecruiter is seeing weekly wages as high as $2019 and as low as $221. The majority of mystery shopping wages range from about $394 to $975 across the United States. So if you want to read all of that cool beans, let's get to some good stuff. Stuff that I found was interesting. Were the highest paid cities for mystery shoppers. Bunch of cities in California. New York is on the list. Anchorage.
Anchorage. Is that Alaska? Ain't Anchorage in Alaska? I thought AK was Arkansas, but okay. Either way, Massachusetts and Maryland, those are some of the highest paying cities with hourly wages ranging from $25 to $22.
Per hour. And then the top five best paying job titles. This is my first time hearing of this. Right? But head of Mystery Shopper annual salary. So I'm pretty sure this is the person who hires the mystery shoppers. They make $75,000 a year. Remote shoppers, people who are just shopping online for stuff can make $66,000 a year. Mystery Org 60,000. Mystery Science don't know what that is, but it's 58,000. And home based mystery shoppers can make up to 56,000. So listen, that means that everything that you're doing is remote, right? Yeah. You can do this. Now don't get it wrong. You know everybody looking for something fast in something fun. Do you want to make money for your household? Because everything that you got to do for your household ain't always fun. Every job that you have ain't always fun. These have been super fun to me. I enjoy mystery shopping. I always have. But he makes money and I'm just trying to walk you through to show you how to make money. But I don't never want to make people believe in anything that I tell them does not take work because everything does. All right, so let's go through a couple of the shops that I love.
I made a Google document here so that you could see it.
Okay. Elite CXS assignment Pay ranges from $5 to $125. All you have to do. Did I go to it? All you have to do is Google that name. So let me Google it now, Elite CS and look under Mystery Shopping and sign up with this company and that's what you do. For every company that I'm telling you about. So this is elitecxs.com you go to become a shopper.
If you want to know how much any of these companies pay, all you do is just Google it. It's as simple as that. A simple Google search. Another thing that I would do is google the name of companies and scam because some of them.
I'll show you when I get to it. But there was one that they, somebody was putting out jobs on their behalf and they weren't even putting out the dog on job. So you do have to be careful and you have to go to the actual site to get the jobs. Even if you do like Glassdoor or Indeed or ziprecruiter if you see those jobs on there, cool beans. But go back to the actual website to make sure that they posted that job. Don't just accept the jobs that are on the board because you know people crazy. So Anyway for elite CS they pay anywhere from.
Anywhere from $5 to $125. And of course we always want the, the highest paying jobs. I know I do. So I'm, I'm always looking for.
What'S paying the highest.
They have become a shopper and I believe once you become a shopper, mystery shopping on site shopping.
I messed up. Email. Mystery shopping website. Mystery shopping competitor. Mystery shopping Action management, Mystery shopping. I mean all of these you can be on the telephone. It's just all kinds of opportunities. So.
I'm also going to tell you before I end the way to get paid to you know even more when you are a mystery shopper. The next one that I want to go to is this one called Telus. It's T E L U S International. See up here T E L U S International. How you get to the mystery shopping positions is you. When you get to Telus International. Let's go back because yeah, it took me a little bit to find it. So I don't want you to have to navigate. Okay.
So you Google Telus International. It's the first link that comes up.
You scroll all the way down the page.
And go to careers.
So you go to careers.
And then you want to be a part of the AI artificial intelligence community. Positions that's going to come up. You click View all positions. Another tab will open. You type in Mystery Shopper in the United States, press search and then this comes up online Mystery Shopper. So you click on that and yeah, you apply here.
So required participation 7 to 10 hours a month. One purchase takes about 30 minutes. I love that, you know, and from what I have not worked with this company, but from what I've been told, they pay pretty well and they pay on time. As a mystery shopper, you'll be asked to make online orders based on ads you see on the net and fill in two questionnaires providing detailed feedback about the entire shopping experience. Okay, so want to know how much they pay? How much.
Does Telus International pay?
Okay, they pay.
According to this. They pay 14 to $15 an hour.
However you can get on their team.
And they have some jobs that pay a whole lot more. So it depends on whether you want to be a shopper or go after some of those.
Some of those jobs that we saw on ZipRecruiter. That's why I showed you that what titles are making the most money, so that if you want to, you could just go after those jobs. Because a lot of us will qualify. Telus International salaries, I mean, they pay. I mean, they're different positions. Put it like that. As a mystery shopper, though, this is kind of below the range. I mean, 14 to 15. However, if you want to get on with this company and do some of the other jobs, you make a decent salary. So.
There was another one. Intellisop. Okay, here's why I like Intellishop. Most gigs pay $5 to $20 and take less than 15 minutes to do in the store. Bam. Less than 15 minutes for $20. So you can do, you know, less than 15 minutes, $5, five of them a day. If it takes that little, you know, extra hundred bucks a day, why not extra 100 bucks three times a week? You know what I'm saying? I mean, yeah, you'll be able to do some things with that. So let's get to Intellis. Let me see. Close this out. Close that out. That's Pinnacle. That's not what I'm looking for.
I n t e l l u s.
Intellis. Mystery Shopping.
Okay? It's called Intellishop.
And I like it, like I said, because of the pay. So all you gotta do is Google it, y'. All.
Click on Shopper and then fill out the application. Bam. And go through it. So again, this is Intellashop. I'm not putting all of these links down here just yet, but I will come back and do it. Intellashop is the name. I also like this Amusement Advantage. Now, you don't get paid for Amusement Advantage, but you get free tickets to go to different places, like amusement parks, zoos. Let me show you. It's just all kinds of stuff so free tickets. Mystery shoppers for Amusement Advantage receive free tickets payments and reimbursements to the facilities they are evaluating. In return for their detailed written evaluation, shoppers are responsible for payment of and any parking charges. So, yeah, I mean, they, they, they. You go through experiences. Amusement parks, aquariums, bowling centers, entertainment centers, science centers, skating centers, trampoline parks, you name it, man. I mean, that. That's just too cool. Why is it so cool to me? Because I have a kid, and if I can get into some of these water parks and stuff for free, why not? Why not? The Tickets are about $50, plus parking. You know what I'm saying? So that's a. That's a deal to me. Plus, if I eat and all of that, and I'm reimbursed for the price of it and I gotta go anyway, why not? Okay, I like that one. And then the last one that I'm gonna talk to you about is About Face.
Okay, so this one is About Face. And.
About Face, they pay anywhere from. Let me see. So I know the highest that they pay is $45. They're saying here that they pay 15% more than the industry standard. That ain't bad, y'. All. So 15% more than the industry standard. Why not check them out, get started and look at them? Okay, so let's go back here.
I can tell you, I've already looked this up, and I'm certain that they pay.
25. Okay, here it is. If you can see this, between $25 and $45 per assignment. Shoppers at About Face usually earn 25 to $45 per assignment. All right?
And. Yeah, that's. That's it, folks. So again, look this stuff up for yourself, man. I believe that these are great opportunities. I love mystery shopping. I've talked about them in the. In previous. Previous videos that I've done. And I'm gonna give you as much information as I can. This is TJ with Solutions by tj. If you like this stuff, man, like this video, subscribe to my channel. And listen, I'm always having stuff for you. Always. I love you. Be blessed and be great. Bye.
