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I haven't noticed any change. They show assigned>submitted>payment page (pending)>payment page (paid). I don't recall them ever showing on the payment page until approved and all of my approved shops are there whether pending payment or paid. Is there a specific MSC that is a problem for you?@BarefootBliss wrote:
Has anyone else noticed that they've changed the display of info on the payment page?
For years, once a shop was approved, it was shown approved and pending payment.
Since the beginning of 2025, I only get email approvals that they're approved - they are not showing up on the payment page.
Gotta guard those emails - since I view this as a negative.
Also...question out of pure curiosity.
To me, it's always been a novelty that the more shops you do, they move you up in status and also issue badges.D
Do these seem to make a difference at all in any way? I've never noticed any differences.
Also, that list of local winners?
Have you been one ? lol.
As you collect more badges, the number of shops you can self assign goes up. When you flake on a shop that number may go down.
In the app, I don't get the list of people who have done the most shops this month. And I only have one payment page. On the website there are two tabs available under payments. Completed/paid shops and completed unpaid shops.
In the app, I don't get the list of people who have done the most shops this month. And I only have one payment page. On the website there are two tabs available under payments. Completed/paid shops and completed unpaid shops.
Does anyone know how many levels there are of their Reputation Rank? I can not find this information, such as their a maximum rank? Thank you!
I have no idea. But i did have a really good conversation with a new to me scheduler. She was perceptive enough to realize a shopper was skimming the cream shops. Call them, they're very responsive.
Just keep doing shops. The more accepted shops you do, the more you can self assign. You can still apply for shops you cant self assign.
So why does it matter? If you know the number but haven't done enough shops to get there yet? Just keep shopping for them and getting paid.
Just keep doing shops. The more accepted shops you do, the more you can self assign. You can still apply for shops you cant self assign.
So why does it matter? If you know the number but haven't done enough shops to get there yet? Just keep shopping for them and getting paid.
Several years ago my name Rho D./ IL was posted for a week as doing the most shops. I was mortified at the time. But nothing exploded in my computer and no one knocked on my door so all is well.
Rho, super shopper! Guessing you just buckled down to keep your rating! Tongue in cheek.
Different people are incented by different things. I work for money!
Different people are incented by different things. I work for money!
My first name and first initial of my last name along with my town have been posted more than once, which I do not like at all. Very small town, could easily be outed. Why on earth does ISS think naming shoppers is a good idea?
everything depends from your settings. You can set up within the app what you wish to see.
Shopping Eastern Pennsylvania since 2009
Ah, but can you choose NOT to be named in their superstar star board?@gene wrote:
everything depends from your settings. You can set up within the app what you wish to see.
@Treeline wrote:
My first name and first initial of my last name along with my town have been posted more than once, which I do not like at all. Very small town, could easily be outed. Why on earth does ISS think naming shoppers is a good idea?
It's a TERRIBLE idea. It is a well used motivational tool for, say, gaming sites. But when it's a business that relies on anonymity, they are doing their shoppers a disservice.
@Deedeezthoughts wrote:
Ah, but can you choose NOT to be named in their superstar star board?@gene wrote:
everything depends from your settings. You can set up within the app what you wish to see.
I don't know as I've never been listed. But a local shopper other than me told in a pm someone in our area showed up monthly when we couldn't get shops. New scheduler, new rules. Loving it.
I won't take a restaurant in back to back months. I just feel you can't be that objective.
@wrosie wrote:
I have no idea. But i did have a really good conversation with a new to me scheduler. She was perceptive enough to realize a shopper was skimming the cream shops.
I tried to use context to figure out what "skimming the cream shops" means, but I can't. Can you elaborate for a possible blonde moment? lol
Many decades ago, not all milk was homogenized. The cream, being fat concentrated, rose to the top of the bottle. One could either skim the cream off, which produced skimmed milk or shake the container for whole milk. Another term folks use is cherry picking. Both refer to a person being selective by passing on less desirable work.
I understood the reference it but did not understand why a scheduler would make a note of a shopper skimming the cream as if it were an exception rather than the rule.
If one shopper does all 25 shops in a 5 mile radius, every month, is the client actually getting objective reports from the MSC?
The client actually stopped the shops for 2-3 months. When they resumed, that's when the scheduler let me know it would no longer be happening.
The client actually stopped the shops for 2-3 months. When they resumed, that's when the scheduler let me know it would no longer be happening.
This sounds as simple as setting a limit on the number of shops one can claim or a rotation. I don't know whether it was a scheduler giving the whole list to one shopper without posting or a shopper checking for posts often enough to be looking when they are listed and grabbing all they could get. But, the shopper isn't at fault for taking work they wanted/needed when it was available to them.@wrosie wrote:
If one shopper does all 25 shops in a 5 mile radius, every month, is the client actually getting objective reports from the MSC?
The client actually stopped the shops for 2-3 months. When they resumed, that's when the scheduler let me know it would no longer be happening.
ISS does set a limit. However, the more successful shops you do, you're able to self assign more. I currently can self assign up to 4. After that I need a scheduler to assiggn more shops. Or once i complete a shop, I can then self assign another one.
I think there was something else going on. That scheduler is gone as is the shopper it appears.
I think there was something else going on. That scheduler is gone as is the shopper it appears.
@Deedeezthoughts wrote:
@Treeline wrote:
My first name and first initial of my last name along with my town have been posted more than once, which I do not like at all. Very small town, could easily be outed. Why on earth does ISS think naming shoppers is a good idea?
It's a TERRIBLE idea. It is a well used motivational tool for, say, gaming sites. But when it's a business that relies on anonymity, they are doing their shoppers a disservice.
Ailin S. in Monterey Park, CA is posted almost every week (around 1000 points). They must be doing the scanning jobs. I thought that we get around 40 points per successful job?
This shopper is averaging around 27-32 jobs a week on ISS.
Honestly, these are mostly "filler" jobs, so more than anything it makes me sad. That's a serious grind for very little money.
I can only see CA. There are approximately 40 million people in CA.
The odds that somebody's cover is blown by being listed is astronomical.
I still can't figure out how may points I have. I do 0-4 jobs a week on there on average. I can self-assign 4. Right now I have 0.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/27/2025 12:38AM by BayShopper22.
Bayshopper, after you submit your first shop try to accept another if you're interested.
@wrosie wrote:
Bayshopper, after you submit your first shop try to accept another if you're interested.
I’ve had 4 on my board and had to have a scheduler add the additional shop.
If I have 4 and submit 1, I can grab the 4th.
I just noticed on their Notification Settings Section there is an option to Not Participate in the leaderboard.
Excellent! Because, I understand that some live in big cities and/or have a common name. But, not everyone does and this "leader board" is a potential liability for them.@ShopperGirly wrote:
I just noticed on their Notification Settings Section there is an option to Not Participate in the leaderboard.
Thank you for digging that up, @ShopperGirly!
@Deedeezthoughts wrote:
Excellent! Because, I understand that some live in big cities and/or have a common name. But, not everyone does and this "leader board" is a potential liability for them.@ShopperGirly wrote:
I just noticed on their Notification Settings Section there is an option to Not Participate in the leaderboard.
Thank you for digging that up, @ShopperGirly!
Makes sense though. I had a stalker. She did not live in CA though. I guarantee that I will never hit the top 3 in CA.
@BayShopper22 wrote:
@wrosie wrote:
Bayshopper, after you submit your first shop try to accept another if you're interested.
I’ve had 4 on my board and had to have a scheduler add the additional shop.
If I have 4 and submit 1, I can grab the 4th.
Exactly what I was trying to tell you to do.
@wrosie wrote:
@BayShopper22 wrote:
@wrosie wrote:
Bayshopper, after you submit your first shop try to accept another if you're interested.
I’ve had 4 on my board and had to have a scheduler add the additional shop.
If I have 4 and submit 1, I can grab the 4th.
Exactly what I was trying to tell you to do.
OK. I get it.
I already knew how to do it.
My question though is how do I know how many points I have? I cannot figure it out on the desktop or mobile version.
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