Hey all -

I am in SC, and I am trying to find MSCs that have clients in my area. A lot of the companies I have signed up for never have jobs available in SC.

If this is not OK for me to ask this, please let me know! Thanks for your help!

It is a question for which you will get few answers. I am not in SC so I have no real idea of who shops there. If I WAS in SC, I probably would be rather unlikely to share the information because with fewer shops available, competition has become much more intense. With that said . . .

The larger companies generally have nationwide clients, so if you are signed up with the big companies such as Maritz, Market Force and Corporate Research, you are likely seeing shops in your area. Once you get to the smaller companies and the boutique companies, it truly depends on your area. I am signed up with 200+ companies. Perhaps 25%-40% of those have shops in my area in any given year. There are a number of companies offering shops in my area that are not paying enough to bother with. That means that in a given year I am likely to work for 30-40 companies at least once and this year it looks like the number is likely to be only 20-30 companies due to clients who have stopped shopping.

In the long run, if you are in this for the long run, it makes sense to sign up with every company you can find, make sure that you have it set up for them to email you if there is an option for that, and update your registration from time to time so they know you haven't left the business. If the company currently does not have shops in your area, at least they will let you know if/when they o.

Thanks for the advice. That's true about shoppers proabably not wanting to give away the good companies - I would be the same way

I found the massive list of MSC, so I am signing up for them all, one by one. I've been doing mystery shopping for several years, but am trying to branch out into more companies to fill up my spare time (and help pay off my husband's motorcycle!)

Anyways, thanks again for your help!

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> It is a question for which you will get few
> answers. I am not in SC so I have no real idea of
> who shops there. If I WAS in SC, I probably would
> be rather unlikely to share the information
> because with fewer shops available, competition
> has become much more intense. With that said . .
> .
>
> The larger companies generally have nationwide
> clients, so if you are signed up with the big
> companies such as Maritz, Market Force and
> Corporate Research, you are likely seeing shops in
> your area. Once you get to the smaller companies
> and the boutique companies, it truly depends on
> your area. I am signed up with 200+ companies.
> Perhaps 25%-40% of those have shops in my area in
> any given year. There are a number of companies
> offering shops in my area that are not paying
> enough to bother with. That means that in a given
> year I am likely to work for 30-40 companies at
> least once and this year it looks like the number
> is likely to be only 20-30 companies due to
> clients who have stopped shopping.
>
> In the long run, if you are in this for the long
> run, it makes sense to sign up with every company
> you can find, make sure that you have it set up
> for them to email you if there is an option for
> that, and update your registration from time to
> time so they know you haven't left the business.
> If the company currently does not have shops in
> your area, at least they will let you know if/when
> they o.

Second to None has a bunch of open shops in SC. Same shops I do in Bama. No one seems interested in picking them up so I do not mind giving you this info...