Secret Agent Gear
About a month ago Julie from The Family CEO posted an article calling for people wanting to be secret agents for Nielsen in a home scanning opportunity in which, if selected, a scanner is sent to your home. Agents earn points, which can be exchanged for prizes through their online catalog, by scanning the family's purchased items
Whether it be mystery shopping, or Swagbucks I'm always looking for a low effort side hustle to put a little something extra in my pocket. Thus, without much hesitation I put my name in to be considered for the program.
Whether it be mystery shopping, or Swagbucks I'm always looking for a low effort side hustle to put a little something extra in my pocket. Thus, without much hesitation I put my name in to be considered for the program.
Is it a Cell Phone?
A few weeks later I got a notification that they were indeed looking for agents in my area, and that I had been selected for active duty. My scanner arrived late last week, and I spent some time reading my training manual, setting up the scanner, and doing a bit more research concerning the mission that I suddenly realized I signed up for without much contemplation or knowledge.
Setup:
I plugged in the scanner's home base, and connected the ethernet cable from the unit into my wireless router. My scanner started charging, and it seemed to be able connect to my network without any problems. It needs to be plugged in either to an internet router, or a phone jack in order to transmit your data.
Note: You are sent the appropriate super secret agent equipment model based upon your answer to questions during the registration process
Setup:
I plugged in the scanner's home base, and connected the ethernet cable from the unit into my wireless router. My scanner started charging, and it seemed to be able connect to my network without any problems. It needs to be plugged in either to an internet router, or a phone jack in order to transmit your data.
Note: You are sent the appropriate super secret agent equipment model based upon your answer to questions during the registration process
Disguised as a Calculator
Scanning:
The scanner can be put into a practice mode which allows the scanning of items and for secret agents to get used to using the device without transmitting that data back to HQ. I have to select the store shopped at AND enter the prices for the items. I didn't really expect this, and it adds a lot of time to the process.
Points:
From what I read, 150 points are earned for each week's worth of data transmitted. If this is true, it will take a LONG time to earn enough points to redeem for anything of any value as most of the products are thousand and thousands of points. The good news is that there are online surveys to participate in to earn extra points. As with any other points/reward programs, the more you put into it, the more you'll earn.
Rare Picture of Agent Gear Being Used In the Field
Conclusion:
Setup was easy, scanning is a bit more work than I had expected, but the number of points earned per week seems to produce a long road to redeeming them for anything of value. The surveys may help, but at this point I don't have a good feel for how often the surveys are available, or how many points you get on average for a survey.
So, officially, the jury is still out. I'm still hopeful program will prove to be worth participating in, therefore I'll give it the old college try and see how it goes.
I'll do an update post in a few weeks to let you know how it's going, just in case any of you are thinking of becoming a secret agent for Nielsen as well.
Setup was easy, scanning is a bit more work than I had expected, but the number of points earned per week seems to produce a long road to redeeming them for anything of value. The surveys may help, but at this point I don't have a good feel for how often the surveys are available, or how many points you get on average for a survey.
So, officially, the jury is still out. I'm still hopeful program will prove to be worth participating in, therefore I'll give it the old college try and see how it goes.
I'll do an update post in a few weeks to let you know how it's going, just in case any of you are thinking of becoming a secret agent for Nielsen as well.
