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Given the name, the “Field Agent” app is likely going to be one of the first apps a person comes across in the app store as they start exploring field agent opportunities. The app itself is a solid experience and while it lacks some of the higher wage opportunities that apps like WeGoLook and SandCastle Field Services currently provide, I find it to be a worthwhile app to have in my field agent repertoire for a nice change of pace. The available jobs are typically fun, located at places I’m already frequenting while out running errands, and provide a way for even individuals that have no interest in more traditional field inspection opportunities (like property condition reports or vehicle inspections) to get a taste of the industry.
Types & Frequency of Jobs Available
Unlike other field inspection services, like WeGoLook or SandCastle Field Services, that appear to partner primarily with insurance companies, lenders, and other financial services looking to get eyes on an asset, Field Agent seems to me more involved with the grocery industry, providing consumer marketing and product insights. So instead of looking to observe and note the current condition of a property, you’ll typically find jobs available related to auditing the availability of a product within a store.
They provide a variety of different headings to organize availability of different jobs, but all of them revolve around the same general concepts – find a product, take a picture of said product, detail the difficulty to find the product in the store and on the shelf, and then occasionally review the product. It basically boils down to mystery shopping, which is kind of cool because a lot of the tasks can be performed while you’re doing your normal shopping.
You’ll also find a lot of review request type jobs, where you’ll be tasked with purchasing a certain item and then providing a rating and feedback for it, either to the company directly or via some public review site. These are pretty cool, because often they’ll reimburse you (not always so pay attention) for the cost of the item in addition to a small amount for providing the feedback. It’s a great way to get free stuff and try new to market products.
At any given time, there seems to be an overwhelming number of jobs available, but unfortunately the vast majority of them seem like they could be time consuming, if not nearly impossible, for what doesn’t always amount to a huge rate of pay. For example, two of the headings of available job types are Eye Spy and Scavenger Hunt and the objective is to find a very specific product using only the name and the UPC code. You don’t even necessarily have to find the product at a specific store and it could be found right on your cupboard shelf. It seems like every time I open the app there’s 150+ of these available at $3 to $5, but I often find the process of seeking out the products is more difficult than what I had thought.
I tend to wait until very specific types of jobs pop up where I’m told to go to a very specific location and purchase a very specific product and am rewarded whether it is there or not. I wouldn’t say it’s rare for those to pop up; I usually see one or two per day, but you’re definitely not going to find a whole day’s worth of jobs that fit that description and on the flip side you could spend a whole day attempting to complete some of the numerous other types of jobs of hunting down a very particular UPC code and not actually complete a job, so the high volume of work available is a bit deceiving. That’s nothing malicious toward the company, as the available jobs are legit and the pay is fair, but if you open the app and see 300+ available orders and think you can just walk around the store taking photos of a UPC code for $5 a pop, you’re probably going to need to lower your expectations.
Speaking of waiting until a specific job type pops up, it’s important to note that if you see something you like pop up, you should probably accept it right away and plan on how to do it within the next 4 hours. A lot of the jobs need to be at least initially started within 4 hours after accepting and if they aren’t, they are removed from your available jobs. On some of the other apps, you can go ahead and accept a job and schedule it for another day, which can work well if you’re trying to jam as many jobs in a similar area together as you can, but that’s not really an option with this app.
They also have some “ticket” jobs which enter you into raffles with higher prize levels, but that amounts to effectively a lottery, so I wouldn’t bank on those types of jobs to result in consistent income. The Terms and Conditions of the raffle also notes “obtaining more than one (1) ticket does not increase your chances of winning” and the chances of winning are not well identified in the Terms and Conditions. It only notes that it depends upon the number of entries. Tickets are earned by answering personal demographic questions, so it’s not like it’s time consuming to do, but it also can amount to doing work that doesn’t result in any return of value unless you somehow win.
Income and Payment
I think for the type of work involved, the pay is extremely reasonable and rewarding. Just yesterday, I was tasked with going to the local Wal-Mart, purchasing some alcoholic 12pk of tea, providing my opinion on it as well as some pics, and upon uploading a receipt I was reimbursed for both the cost of the beverages (about $20) and also paid $5 just to answer a handful of questions. For that particular job, given the store was just down the street, I actually made a specific trip, but for a lot of the jobs you’re probably not going to justify travel time and costs.
The highest payment on a job I’ve seen thus far personally was an audit of a window tint display. It paid $10, and again, I just took a quick detour while I was running errands to the auto parts store requested, snapped a couple pics and walked out. $10 is nothing to scoff at itself, but if you extrapolate that out based on the little time spent doing it and that’s pretty sizable income. Again, you’re not getting paid for gas and travel time, but if you’re already driving around or nearby one of these stops, especially if you’re out doing other gigs or field inspection work, boosting another $5 to $10 is pretty huge within an hour.
But $10 gigs seem to be infrequent and more likely you’ll find $3 to $5 jobs available. Assuming we all do some form of grocery shopping, walking to a different aisle to snap a picture of a shelf for $3 can quickly add up. I wouldn’t expect to pay your rent/mortgage with this app, especially if this is the only field inspection app you’re using, but from a mindset of every little bit helps, the Field Agent app is extremely rewarding.
Once you’ve completed a job, it goes through an approval process and once they’ve ensured you’ve fulfilled the requirements of the job, they’ll send your payment. Payments are sent via direct deposit, but they do take a couple days or so to post to your bank account. The great thing is that you can request a withdraw anytime you have an available balance to withdraw and you don’t have to wait for a specific day of the month to be paid out, even if you’re only awaiting a couple bucks.
Interface
Of the available field inspection apps, Field Agent is probably my favorite of the available feel and navigation.
I really hope they can start implementing more of the types of jobs that some of the other inspection apps have at higher rates of pay, because finding, filtering, and scheduling jobs is quick and painless. At any time, the available list of jobs will update based upon a given radius from the current location, but you can also increase that radius, change the base location, and also search via a map. That makes finding some extra money on a moment’s notice painless. Once you’ve accepted a job, it gets moved to your Work tab, so you can interact with it further when you’re ready to perform the job, and once you’ve finished and submitted it, you’ll find it under Earnings. Earnings is further subdivided by a list of transactions, pending payments in review, and denied payments – which means something wasn’t performed correctly.
Anytime you see an available balance from approved jobs, you just hit the Cash Out button in earnings and your deposit is on the way.
The interface doesn’t really need to be much more complicated than that and I appreciate it’s simplicity.
Agent Support
Their Support page answers a wide assortment of questions on how to use the app and how to perform a job. On the jobs I’ve already performed, they had an initial tutorial of sorts.
I don’t really see a way within the app to reach out to their customer support team. There’s an Inbox in the Account tab, but it appears to be for inbound messages only and there’s nothing in the About Us section detailing contact details. In order to message someone within the company, you have to visit their website and fill out a form on their contact page.
Aside from perhaps situations where a job was denied incorrectly or issues with payments, I don’t know if there are many reasons you would need to contact support and I’ve yet to need to, so I can’t speak on their timeliness or helpfulness. The pay offered is fixed, so you won’t be negotiating wages like some of the other apps, either. You accept the job for the amount listed, you do it per the instructions, and if you don’t it expires and gets denied. Outside of anything that could potentially go wrong there, I can’t see much need for customer support interactions.
Final Thoughts
I think this app works really well as a supplemental app to other field agent apps if you’re serious about making meaningful income in this way. You might get some free products and you might find some extra ways to make cash while you’re at the store, and that’s great as a bonus to fit into a tool belt of apps to maximize your earnings when you are making time for field agent work, but I don’t think you’ll be making a point to specifically schedule jobs you find here.
I’d say I’ve averaged $30-40 over the course of a month using the app, and I’d say if you make an effort to open the app daily, you could easily squeeze out an extra $20 every couple weeks while you’re out performing other field agent work or out doing your normal errands.
I think some of the other apps where you can do field inspections on behalf of insurance companies and lenders on properties and automobiles results in much better earning opportunities, but as I mentioned earlier, this app fits really well as a supplement to those and earning even an extra $25 here or there from a handful of jobs is pretty cool.
As the founder of FieldAgentResource.com, I’m passionate about helping individuals looking to earn extra money find value in becoming a Field Agent. I’ve been a field agent since 2023 and in that time I’ve made an effort to learn as much as possible about maximizing my revenue in the field. Through informational articles and submissions from field agents in the community, I hope to empower individuals to make the most of their field inspection endeavors.
