Mystery shopping is a type of market research conducted by paid undercover agents  (aka “mystery shoppers”) who anonymously evaluate customer service, inventory, corporate standards or any other aspect of a business that requires measurement.

In other words, mystery shopping companies pay normal consumers to act like normal consumers while secretly evaluating how a business is performing.

Presto Insta-Shops are designed to be the fastest, most convenient mystery shops in the industry, featuring:

• Short surveys you fill out right on your mobile device (no long surveys, no note taking needed)
• Instant self assign – pick live shops right from PrestoMap.com (no applying and waiting to see if you got the shop, no applying for shops that are already taken)
• Super fast pay – get paid within days (never weeks or months like traditional mystery shops)

Insta-Shops are ideal for the casual mystery shopper who wants fast, easy shops … or the veteran mystery shopper who wants to add a few quick shops while doing traditional mystery shops.

You’ll need an iOS device (iOS 8 or higher) or Android device (v4 or higher).

You can definitely use a computer to fill out Insta-Shops survey.

However, some shops require you to verify that you’re at the location and you’ll need a mobile device with a data plan in order to pass that location check.  Once that check is complete, you can fill out the survey on a computer (however, the surveys are so short and easy to complete on a mobile device that it’s usually more convenient to just fill out the survey at the location).

Absolutely! Our secret is that we require that the shopper fees are paid to us upfront – that way we can pay YOU much faster than usual.

Our clients are required to accept or reject your shop within 72 hours or the shop will auto-approve itself. Once a shop is approved, it just takes us 1-3 days to send you your payment!