Jasmine Birtles
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Make Money on Your Doorstep with Shepper
Moneymagpie Team
29th Oct 2020
Companies need lots of eyes to make sure their premises, marketing, and even retail displays are doing what they’re supposed to. Shepper realised that it makes sense to use people on the ground local to retailers, businesses, and anywhere with out-of-home marketing (bus stops, for example!) to check up on them.
And that’s great news for anyone who wants to make money in their local area, in their spare time! Here’s what it’s all about and how to get started with Shepper.
- What is Shepper?
- Make Money as a Shepherd
- What Tasks Will Shepper Give You?
- How to Sign Up
- More Money Making Ideas
What Is Shepper?
Shepper is a service for businesses across the UK that runs checks on their marketing, retail displays, even rental properties, to make sure everything is running smoothly. The people behind Shepper realised that, with so many properties, marketing outlets, and retail or rental units out there, it’s difficult to manage them all to top efficiency.
The app uses Shepherds to undertake tasks for businesses. This saves the business so much money, gives you the opportunity to make extra cash in your spare time, and improves service for customers. Everyone wins!
Make Money As a Shepherd
Tapping into the local community means Shepper can outsource loads of tasks with ease. All you need to do is download the app to get started. To make sure they’re offering a safe service for both Shepherds and their business clients, once you’ve signed up you’ll need to do a quick verification step with your ID.
Once you’ve done that, you can choose when you want to be notified about tasks, where you’re willing to work, and how far you can travel. For those living in a city environment, it’s easy to make money simply pounding the pavement in your neighbourhood!
The Shepper app comes with a task checklist. When you’ve accepted a task for completion, you’ll follow the checklist to make sure you’ve covered everything required. This could be as simple as verifying that a property is empty (so businesses know to apply for things like water bill reductions), or performing several checks at a time (like the positioning of adverts and products in a retail display). You need a working smartphone to download the app, and have to allow camera and location permissions. That way, you can upload photos for the business customer to view, and the location permission tags your check to confirm when you performed the tasks.
Shepherds are also covered for accidental damage during their tasks by Shepper’s Guardhog insurance.
How much can Shepherds make?
It all depends on how much time you have on your hands, how far you can travel, and where you live. Busy areas, such as London, will offer more ad-hoc opportunities. However, the app is growing exponentially and many businesses in rural areas and small towns also need your help.
A task pays between £2 and £20, depending on the type and details required. Shepper says you can expect to earn around £10 for a 45-minute task – meaning you can earn £100 in a day!
You’re paid monthly directly into your bank account, so the cash is accessible to you pretty quickly.
What Tasks Will Shepper Give You?
The great thing about Shepper is that you can pick your tasks around your life. It works like this:
- Register with Shepper
- Tell them where and when you can take tasks
- Accept a task when it suits you
- Complete it in the set timeframe
- Submit all photos, videos, and notes via the secure Shepper app
- Payment is approved
- Be richer when you get paid at the end of each month!
The flexibility is the amazing thing about the Shepper app. Anyone over 18 with a smartphone can become a Shepherd, and you can either complete lots of tasks every day or just a few when you’ve got the time for it. There’s no penalty for not taking tasks if you’re too busy, either.
Typical Shepper Tasks
There’s a lot of variety in being a Shepherd for Shepper, too. You could do all sorts of things, such as:
- Checking a retail display is neat and has products stocked on shelves
- Finding out the status of a rental property (such as if it’s empty)
- Checking property for insurance claims (i.e., taking photos to confirm damage)
- Report on whether a billboard poster has been put up on time and is in good condition
- Find competitor information for out-of-home marketing (like billboards, TV screens, train station posters)
- Conduct a check-in or check-out for rental tenants or holiday home residents
- Complete property viewings or rental property mid-term tenancy checks
- Inspect vehicles such as buses for their condition and customer experience
- Conducting mystery shopping outings to test brand compliance and customer experience
- Make sure retailers are promoting a product launch in the way they’ve agreed.
Those are just some of the things you could be called upon do to as a Shepherd! As you can see, it’s a really varied service and businesses from all sectors use Shepper to support the functionality and efficiency of their organisations. If you’re a people-person, that’s even better – not all tasks involve interaction with people, but it helps if you’re confident striking up conversations with strangers if you want to do tasks such as property viewings.
Sign Up to Shepper
It’s so easy to get started and you can make money as soon as your new Shepper account is verified! Check the information page and find the download links for both Android and iOS here.
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