A mystery shopping payment tracker that outlives the spreadsheet
January: a beautiful new tracking spreadsheet. March: three MSCs behind on entry, the reimbursement column mixed into earnings, and no idea whether that $23.50 deposit was ever accounted for. Sound familiar?
Where spreadsheets lose
- Deposits don’t map to rows. One PayPal transfer covers three shops; a Paid checkbox per row forces guesswork.
- Reimbursements blur. Fee and reimbursement in one number overstates your earnings and understates what you’re owed.
- Nothing chases for you. The spreadsheet doesn’t know net-45 passed 20 days ago.
What to use instead
A tracker where payments are records, not checkboxes: match each deposit to the shops it covers, keep reimbursements separate but tracked, get an overdue list per MSC, and see per-MSC year totals for tax season. It lives in your account — phone in the field, laptop at home — with CSV export any time.
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