BARE International

About BARE International

BARE International is an ISO-certified customer experience research firm with more than 40 years in business. Evaluators complete mystery shopping evaluations for brands and register through its Apollo platform, the iSecretShop app or Shopmetrics. Pay is per evaluation and is not published. Payments run through Tipalti by direct deposit, eCheck, wire, check or PayPal; most electronic methods are free, while check or PayPal costs $3 and wires cost $15 to $26.

Who can apply

Joining is free. You register on its platforms and set up a payee account in Tipalti, and US evaluators earning over $600 must provide a W-9 and SSN. BARE operates in more than 185 countries, but the iSecretShop app is limited to the US and Canada.