1. Open a separate email account for MSing only.
2. Open a PayPal account using that email address.
3. Write a few paragraphs about your best and worst shopping experience. Edit them for spelling and grammar errors. Save them on Word, your going to need them for #6.
4. Buy a big desk calendar and make sure your printer has plenty of ink.
5. Go to Volition.com and find the Mystery Shopping Companies list A - Z.
6. Register, register, register!. Try to sign up with at least five companies a day until you reach a 100 companies.
7. Check your email daily for job offers and check the job boards for the companies you have already signed with.
8. Don't pay anyone to help you with this because you will still have to register with all these companies to work for them and registering is free.
9. Don't expect any income for about a month once you start working. Other than a few exceptions, most companies pay 30 to 60 days after the work is completed.
10. Don't invest any more money on a job than you can afford to lose.
11. Keep copies of all your receipts, even the ones you mail in.
12. Keep accurate records of your mileage or any supplies you buy to help you stay organized.
13. If you agree to do a job, do it. Schedulers ignore shoppers who don't follow through.
14. Spell check everything you write and if your grammar is bad, use Word to write your reports so you can edit them, then copy and paste. Companies do not like shoppers who can't spell or articulate well
15. Good Luck!
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