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| Internet search or visit the Mystery | | | | |
| Shopping Providers Association website for a | | | | Mystique Shopper |
| list of mystery shopper companies. This | | | | |
| website has a searchable database that allows | | | | This site has an online application and a |
| you to locate mystery shopper companies and | | | | searchable database. |
| local assignments. | | | | |
| | | | Secret Shopper |
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| shopping. You, too, would like to get paid to | | | | This site has an online application. Once you |
| shop, eat out, stay in hotels, and go to the | | | | have completed the application, you will be |
| bank. If only you knew how to get a gig like | | | | given a User ID and password. You will have |
| that. | | | | to complete a short, online course before you |
| | | | will be able to receive assignments.imyst, |
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| a mystery shopper company. You can run an | | | | |
| Internet search for "become a mystery | | | | This website offers online registration and a |
| shopper," "mystery shopper jobs," or "mystery | | | | message board. Registration with this company |
| shopper company." You can also visit the | | | | requires a brief writing sample. |
| Mystery Shopping Providers Association | | | | |
| website for a list of mystery shopper | | | | Shop 'N Chek Inc., Worldwide |
| companies. This website has a searchable | | | | |
| database that allows you to locate mystery | | | | This site requires an application and a |
| shopper companies and local assignments. | | | | signed Contractor Agreement before giving |
| | | | access to its Shopper Website. |
| When you visit a mystery shopper company | | | | |
| website, you will be asked to fill out an | | | | The Secret Shopper Company |
| online application. This application will | | | | |
| typically ask you for demographic | | | | This site requires that you fill out an |
| information, such as age, marital status, | | | | application before being eligible to search |
| income, race, etc. Though these questions are | | | | for positions. |
| personal, they are used to match applicants | | | | |
| to appropriate assignments. Some assignments, | | | | Check Mark, Inc. |
| for example, will specify Spanish-speaking | | | | |
| women. Others may require tall men. To | | | | This site provides mystery shopper services |
| increase your chances of actually making | | | | to banking, restaurant, retail and |
| money as a shopper, it is a good idea to | | | | entertainment sectors, and requires an online |
| apply for a job with more than one mystery | | | | application. |
| shopper company. | | | | |