New! From Massachusetts, need lots of info!

Hello, my name is Marlena and I am new to the world of mystery shopping. I have a bunch of questions and I hope I can be successful in this industry. Do you have any tips for first-timers? What type of job should I start with and how do I apply for these jobs? Is it necessary to make profiles on all these websites in order to get the jobs? Thanks a lot, can't wait to have enough confidence to get started!

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marlena,
Welcome! Many of your questions will probably be answered when you go to the New Mystery Shoppers area of the forum and read the topics that are "pinned" to the top of the list there. Have fun!

Based in MD, near DC
Shopping from the Carolinas to New York
Have video cam; will travel

Poor customer service? Don't get mad; get video.
Welcome Marlenena,
I would start with the MS company Marketforce, they do alot of fast food in the Boston area. Also Intellishop,I know they have some grocery stores out in the suburbs. The reports for both companies are not too difficult for beginners. Just make sure to elaborate on every no answer in your report. good luck.
Don't forget to pace yourself. Do not start off doing 10 shops per day. Start off with 2 to 4 shops per day as your schedule allows. Also, don't think that the reports are very short to do. It may look like the report time would only be a 10 minute thing after reading the requirement/shop forms but some reports require a lot of information. So for a newbie, make sure every question is answered adequately. It may take you to do a report for over an hour or so but so what? What's more important, doing the reports correctly or griping about the time spent doing the report so you can get paid. Once you get the hang of it, the reports will get easier to do. And do not get into the mentally that if the shop only took 5 minutes to do, the report form should only take 5 minutes to do.
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