Mystery Shopper Companies

By Dawn Hunt (republished by permission)

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Thank you for wanting to be in my mystery shopping, market research, and merchandising data base. I hope to provide you with jobs in your area. If I do not have work in your area, I am happy to share your information with other schedulers so you can get more work. Below are a bunch of helpful links to get you started. I really hope it helps. Please email me at either anewdawn7@tx.rr.com or dawnforpss@yahoo.com if I can be of service to you!!!

Hello Valuable Mystery shoppers and Merchandisers. My husband and I complied a list of mystery shopping, merchandising, demo, and market research companies. We wanted to pass this wonderful resource on to you to help you get more work.This is my gift to you all since I do not get work in many of your areas. I just ask one favor in return, please tell me other companies I can add to the list . Also, please tell me companies to update their information. The more I get updates from you all, the bigger and better this resource will be. I will email you an updated list when you request.IYou will need word to download this list.


Make Free Money Online:

http://www.proof-of-payments.com/


Get paid to shop:

This site is an educational site.This is great for new shoppers

www.moneyandshopping.com/?hop=dawnseydol



Write an article a Day. Excellent Book

http://dawnseydol.momstories.hop.clickbank.net/


Work at home book with free updates

https://paydotcom.com/r/5578/DawnHunt/233726/


How to Write Right! Your Guide to Writing Great Mystery Shopping Reports. Over 60 sample narratives on shops of all kinds, word lists, sentences and more. The ONLY book of it's kind and nominated as the 2003 Industry Book of the Year.

www.mysteryshoppingmanual.com/?hop=dawnseydol


The Business of Mystery Shopping 2004 - NEW EDITION! is the best and most current tool on the market for those who want to start their own mystery shopping business. - Dawn

www.mystery-shopper-business.com/affiliations/dh.html


I know this may not be mystery shopping, but it is my very favorite website. Because of Refunding Makes Cents, I save at least $100 month on expenses. I know a lot of shoppers who are on this site. Please check it out.

http://refundcents.com/subscriptions.htm?RefID=75NL



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POPULAR MYSTERY SHOPPING WEBSITES:

http://www.palmschedulingservices.com/

http://www.lilaslounge.com/

I have started a new forum in addition to Cathy's
Corner2 @
http://forums.delphiforums.com/cathyscorner2/start

This new forum is geared for Merchandising Training.
It is ALL FREE ACCESS!
http://forums.delphiforums.com/MerchAtoZ/start

http://www.qualityscheduling.com/

http://www.mysteryshopping.allinfoabout.com/

http://www.newhouseservices.com/

http://www.sonyasmysteryshoppers.com/

http://www.bathrobebiz.com/

http://pub64.ezboard.com/bmysteryshopping90693

http://www.mysteryshopperregistration.com/pss/

http://www.angelfire.com/nc2/ShoppingDetectives/index.html

http://www.mom-mom.com/

http://www.spiesindisguise.com/shopapply.asp

http://www.lots-o-fun.com/ms.htm

http://www.pocket-change.com/mystery.htm

http://hometown.aol.com/mysteryshops/mystery.html

http://www.justshop.org/

http://www.mysteryshop.org/

http://www.usashopfirm.net/

http://www.stretcher.com/stories/980219a.cfm

http://ct.essortment.com/mysteryshopper_rzth.htm

http://www.voilition.com/

http://www.mysteryshopresources.com/home.html



There is a Shopper's Forum you may not have heard of yet and I thought I would invite you to come on by. Made by shoppers for shoppers, it's mostly a hang out place to make friends. Of course Shopping and Merchandise are BIG priorities and schedulers are welcome. Come check us out,I think you'll like it. There is a place for Job Postings . Here is the addy:

www.forumcityusa.com/index.php?mforum=ms


Resource center for Free Online Paid Surveys, Free Mystery Shopping, and Working at Home

www.turn2you.com/mystery.html


Here is another good resource center

www.wahmsunited.com/mystery-shopping-directory.php




SIGN UP WITH A LARGE GROUP OF SCHEDULERS' DATABASES:

This will help you get more shops

http://www.mysteryshopperregistration.com/pss/

http://www.mysteryshopperregistration.com/pss/register.php

http://sosscheduling.com/id4.html

http://www.lilasleads.com/

www.shoppingwithdebby.com/

http://www.mystshopsol.com/ctcss/shopent.asp

http://www.service-quality.com/

http://www.merchandisingmadness.com/

http://www.deltadeveloping.net/dawnhunt/


ON LINE MYSTERY SHOPPING: YOU DO NOT LEAVE YOUR HOME

http://www.webmysteryshoppers.com/


This site has a great listing of MS companies also.

http://hometown.aol.com/mysteryshops


Hi. A lovable shopper sent me this .link. It give many mystery shopping and merchandising companies links. It looks great:

http://p221.ezboard.com/fstockpilesrusfrm87.showMessage?topicID=6.topic


The link below is an online directory of Focus Groups throughout the US. Just go to the site, click on FOCUS GROUP FACILITIES on the left hand side....then enter your CITY/STATE in the search page. You'll be shown all the local focus groups locations in your area. Most of them have a contact or sign up page. Focus groups usually pay you upwards of $50/$100 for a few hours time.

http://www.bluebook.org/


MERCHANDISING WEBSITES:

http://www.narms.com/

http://www.merchandisingmadness.com/

http://www.nationjob.com/community_list.cgi/retail

http://www.merchandiserswanted.com/

http://groups.myspace.com/merchandisers


HINT ON MERCHANDISING

If you want to apply with several merchandising companies, go to http://www.narms.com Please select data profile. Fill out an application. It is a short one. This application will go to several merchandising companies. When they have merchandising jobs in your area, they will call or email you. I have received many emails and calls from this!!!!


PRINT OUT MAPS FOR TRAVEL TO YOUR JOBS:

I thought you shoppers would love this site to help you decide if you want to take a job:


Gasoline Costs ( Found a very interesting and useful site furnished by our Government and taxpayers!
http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/sbs.htm

One can put in your model/make of vehicle and it will give the fuel needed and cost to drive 25 miles. For instance, for my little '94 Lumina based on $2.93 gal, it requires 1.14 gal and costs $3.33 to drive 25 miles. Something to consider when driving to get "deals." :)? ,

http://www.mapsonus.com/

Here's a handy link to find out who has the best gas prices in your area.

http://www.gasbuddy.com/


http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/gasprices/states/index.shtml

When you click on the state it brings up about three different
web sites where you can check prices in that state.


VERIFY ADDRESSES

http://www.mailerssoftware.com/lookups/zipcityphone.asp


WAYS TO ORGANIZE, INVOICE COMPANIES, AND KEEP TRACK OF EXPENSES

http://www.openair.com/



POPULAR MYSTERY SHOPPER NEWSLETTERS

http://groups.msn.com/UndercoverShoppers

http://www.deltadeveloping.net/dawnhunt/



MAILING LISTS

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Shoppermeetings/

http://www.topica.com/

http://www.yahoogroups.com/


We would like to offer you these places to post your open positions.
Mystery Shopping Classifieds-Shoppers & Schedulers
Post open positions and Self Assign jobs here. Add your contact info to database to find qualified Independent Contractors, Merchandisers, and Mystery Shoppers.

http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/MysteryShoppingClassifieds


Mystery Shopping Newsletter
Post any position here with your state in the subject line.

http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/MysteryShoppingNewsletter/



(Join free, and put in the word mystery shopping in the search word)

SOME ON LINE DELPHI BOARDS TO LOOK FOR MYSTERY SHOPPING/ MERCHANDISING WORK

http://forums.delphiforums.com/marketingintl/

http://forums.delphiforums.com/shopadvice/

http://forums.delphiforums.com/msshopnews/



IF YOU WANT TO BE A MAIL DECOY

This is similar to Hausernet, except you do not have to save the magazines. You receive mail and call it in to an 800 number, and get paid postage stamps to do this. I am doing it, and love it. It is fast and easy. This is called Quad Readers. If you would like to hear more about the Quad readers, please email Jill at jill.koeppel@qg.com with your information to see if she has an opening in your area.

Here is another mail decoy program. Most people earn about $20 a month. Just go to the following website:

http://www.hauser.inetu.net/

Once you go to that website, you can click on DECOY LIST, which will take you to a second page where on the left hand side is a search area. Just put in your state and city, and it'll come up with all the decoys in that area.

If you don't see your particular zip code, then you should contact DAVE ---- david@hausernet.com right away as he'll want to use you as a decoy. If you do see your zip code, then contact them anyway...you never know, they might need more decoys. The pay isn't much, only 25 cents per envelope, but hey, it's so little work. All you have to do is get your mail, and if you have decoy mail (you'll have to contact the PO and tell them you're a decoy, they'll understand right away and allow you to get "funny sounding" mail addressed to you) you go to the hauser website, and just fill out the form. The form usually consists of the first and last name of the envelope that has been sent to you, a special code and the date you received it.....that's it. Those little 25 cent envelopes add up....


GET PAID FOR YOUR OPINION

Get paid to take part in research studies, opinion surveys, clinical research, focus groups, merchandise give-aways and much more. Earn extra money and prizes.

http://www.mysteryshoppingjobs.com/cgi-bin/a.cgi?a=dawnseydol


Other great free survey sites of interest: I have made the most money with them

SurveySavvy


Places to look for mystery shop/merchandising jobs

http://pub35.bravenet.com/forum/show.php?usernum=2978693425

http://forums.delphiforums.com/cathyscorner2/messages/?msg=1269.1

http://forums.delphiforums.com/mshoppersunite/start?lgnJR=1

http://pub64.ezboard.com/bmysteryshopping90693


These are places I get info and check out every so often for links.

http://forums.delphiforums.com/mystiqueshopper/messages/?msg=47.127

http://pub64.ezboard.com/fmysteryshopping90693frm5

http://groups.msn.com/UndercoverShoppers/messages.msnw

http://hometown.aol.com/mysteryshops/mystery.html

http://www.mommysplace.net/mystery.html

http://www.secretshopnet.com/shopper_links.html

http://shprsinc.com/shopper_links.htm

http://www.webmysteryshoppers.com/pages/055link.html



Taxes

Wonderful Tax Website. There is a lot of good free information

http://www.kickstartcart.com/app/?af=413593



REWARD PROGRAM

Earn points by scanning the items you buy. These points earn you gift certificates. It is fun and free to join:They mail you a scanner.

http://www.shoppershotline.com/


Here is something for those of you who can not afford two phone lines and still connect via dial-up:

Hi. Some one asked about the "online answering machine" so you knew when you had a call. If you go to http://www.callwave.com/ you can download their program. It is completely free and once you download it a little rectangular box will sit in your corner when you are online. If a call comes through - it takes a message for you and plays it through your speaker. You can't answer the call since you are online but you can log off and call them back if it is important



SOFT WARE INFORMATION

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http://www.microsoft.com/DOWNLOADS/results.aspx?displaylang=en&freeText=power+point+viewer


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Great software websites

http://www.techsupportalert.com/best_46_free_utilities.htm

http://www.techsupportalert.com/al_subscribe.htm


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installed. This download is a replacement for Excel Viewer 97 and all
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Check out this website I came across. If you ever needed a checklist for anything (and I mean ANYTHING) you can probably find it on this site. Feel free to pass it along if you think it's worthy enough.

http://www.checklists.com/


ADDITIONAL HINTS TO GETTING MYSTERY SHOPPING JOBS:

1. I think it is important to join some mystery shopping lists such as mysteryshopper@topica.com You go to http://www.topica.com/ and also go to http://www.yahoogroups.com You join these groups. (It is free) Put in the search word mystery shopper or mystery shopping. Then I would subscribe to the lists. I recommend getting the digest form, so you do not get so many emails. You will get leads from all over the USA, so it could be many emails. If you get a lead that is not in your area, email the scheduler asking to be in their data base for future shops. Tell them to please share your information with other schedulers. They may have something in your area next month. If you do see a shop you want, make sure to apply for the job and let them know if they scheduled it to please keep you in their data base. Make sure to write something positive about yourself, such as, detailed orientated, can do last minute shops, my good looks stop traffic, turn in timely reports, etc.

2. I would keep all the schedulers emails in your address book, and then email them toward the end of the month. Ask if they have anything last minute for the end of the month, and if they are scheduling the following month too. Always make sure to let them know to share your information with other schedulers.

I hope these hints will help you get many shops!!!

Thank you,

Dawn Hunt
anewdawn7@tx.rr.com


If you are not in my mystery shopping, market research, and merchandising data base, please sign up today

http://www.deltadeveloping.net/dawnhunt/


and also

http://www.dawnhuntsdatabase.com/