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Give Yourself the Gift of Growth: Mystery Shopping Tips, Friendships, and Reflections from First-Ever Shopper Meetup
December 3, 2025Mystery shopping doesn’t have to feel solitary. At the first-ever Confero/MSPA meetup, shoppers shared real tips, stories, and confidence. Laura’s personal reflection shows how peer learning builds community, sharpens skills, and adds side-hustle polish. Discover why networking matters—and why ShopperFest in June is the next big chance to grow your mystery shopping business.
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How to Spot Mystery Shopping Scams – WRAL TV
June 2, 2025How to spot mystery shopping scams is still a relevant topic for preventing fraud in the mystery shopping industry. In the age of the internet and side hustles, these scams continue to take advantage of unsuspecting folks. In 2010, WRAL’s Monica Laliberte interviewed Elaine Buxton on How to Spot Mystery Shopping Scams. How to Spot […]
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Confero Sponsors, Presents at MSPA America’s ShopperFest at Sea 2022
May 28, 2022Another MSPA Americas ShopperFest is in the books.! ShopperFest at Sea provided amazing content and networking aboard Royal Carribbean’s Independence of the Seas. Olivia French and Elaine Buxton represented us. Olivia presented a session on how to put together a mystery shopping route on vacation and another session on working with schedulers. Elaine served on […]
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Confero Sponsors and Presents at MSPA America’s SHOPPERFEST 2019
July 16, 2019Our president, Elaine Buxton, attended the June 28-30 SHOPPERFEST conference hosted in Pittsburgh by the Mystery Shopping Professionals Association (MSPA) Americas. During this event,
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Confero Takes Action in the Community
January 4, 20192018 was a year filled with important needs in our community, from families who needed supplies after Hurricane Florence, to those who needed assistance with holiday gifts for their children. Confero lent a hand.

