Mystery Shopping For Money, Products, and Fun – Get Paid To Be A Mystery Shopper.

I have mystery shopped for years. Whenever people got wind of what I was getting paid to do, they became quite intrigued. Actually, shocked, is the more appropriate word. I would hear, "No way. You're pullin my chain. You get PAID just to shop? And, donkeys fly." It's true! But, in all actuality, in most cases I did NO shopping. I simply visited a store.

Mystery shopping is also "secret shopping". I prefer, "Mystery Visiting", myself. It's all quite simple, frankly:  You are paid to visit stores and rate the service and/or products.

Companies want mystery shoppers to visit their stores to give them a sense of what their customers encounter. The information they are provided with can lead them to make strategic and lucrative decisions.

After joining mystery shopping companies, you'll be sent an assignment along with a list of things to look for when you visit the store. After you've mystery shopped a few times you'll have the basics down by heart.

You'll need go to mystery shopping sites and type in their registration forms. It's free to join. I'll show you how in a minute.

Now, please don't cringe at the thought of filling in forms. It will become a cinch quick! In fact, in a few moments, I'll show you how to get "form filling software" for free. You just plug in your name, address, etc. once and from then on, whenever you want it to, it'll fill in forms using that info. By the way, you can change or override this information at any point.

When the mystery shopping company has an assignment in your area, they'll fax, mail, or email you details. Or, in some cases, they'll just email you a link to their web site with all the facts. You'll receive facts such as the store's address, a checklist of things to look for, and other information (including payment, etc.). Then you'll visit the place within the time range they specify (generally, they have a range of dates)

You'll then go to the place without calling attention to the fact that you're a "mystery shopper". Just go in like you go into any store. Don't bring a clipboard and a big red pen. And, don't wear a shirt with the words "Mystery Shopper" written on it! Just mosey around and observe.

After you leave the store, you should go out of view of the store and fill in the questionnaire you were provided. Then you'll fax, email, send, call, or enter your findings into their website (they will tell you which method they want).

Sounds good? So, you want in? Well, that's easy. First, find a list of as many links to mystery shopping companies as possible (I'll tell you how to get these links shortly). But, wait a sec, you don't have to do all the labor yourself, it has been done for you (see below). You'll save tons of time and effort. And, you can get this solution for free.

I urge you to download form filling software. This powerful software tool will fill in every form you encounter. It has been around about 10 years (and continually updated). It has been downloaded millions of times and has been tested and proven effective.

At the time of this writing it is hands down the best form filler out there. If there was a better one, I'd recommend it. But, anyway, you be the judge (it's free). Download it right from the creator of the software. No middleman. NO cost. It will take about 1 minute to download. This article will stay in place in the meantime.

The next step to becoming a successful mystery shopper is to visit the following site and add your name (or nickname) and an email address into the box at the upper left of the site. You'll then receive their ezine (which also includes paid survey companies) for free.

Every issue includes DIRECT links right to the free registration form of each mystery shopping company they have. Yes, you click a link and voila you are at their join page. Imagine the time and effort savings! Just click the form fill software's button and it will fill in the form for you. Okay, it won't be able to answer every question (unless you anticipate such questions and use the software's "custom fields" feature).

So, click here and join now to become a mystery shopper. The ezine is free to join (ad supported) and all the companies are free to join, as well.

Here's to your new vocation that will seem like a vacation… but with pay and merchandise!

Chris James runs the "Paid Surveys and Mystery Shopping Ezine" and has done so since July, 2004. Discover how to become a mystery shopper – probably as often as you like. Get a list of direct links to the free registration forms of paying mystery shopping companies. The ezine – and all companies on their list are free to join. http://CompleteListOfPaidSurveySites.com You are free to copy this article and place it wherever you wish provided you do not engage in spam, you do not change anything in this article, and you keep this "resource box" attached to the article (including this paragraph, the ezine name, website address url, etc.).

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