Mystery shoppers carry tools just like every profession on the planet mystery shoppers have tools to. So what do we carry to get jobs done?

A good Digital Voice Recorder comes in handy, I use this one for when I need to take notes or just throw ideas out for the book I’m working on.

Now some of the mystery shops require a recording in that case I recommend the digital recorder with a Flash card.

It’s small discrete if your a girl you could clip it to your bra, if your a guy remove the tie clip take a twist tie wrap it at the base of the microphone and then wrap it around the button to the shirt your wearing, I recommend you do this to the button below the top one so the microphone doesn’t show and with the tie clip removed you don?t have the tale tell bump. Please remember to only use this when it is legal to do so. Such as when the mystery shopping company tells you they need audio and the employees at the location signed a waver.

You should also look at a digital camera and Memory stick like these Olympus Digital Voice Recorder (VN 6200PC) and SanDisk 2 GB Class 2 SD Flash Memory Card SDSDB-2048-A11

Now you?ll likely want to keep spare batteries in your kit, a couple extra memory cards can come in handy. I like to keep my mystery shopping stuff on a USB drive loaded with Firefox portable, Thunderbird portable, and Key pass portable.
More still to come.

To Your Success!
Steven W
Aka g1eagle

My First post is a scam warning.

I’ve noticed an abundance of ad’s wanting you to pay anywhere from $30 dollars to $100 dollars to either.

A) Get a list of companies to work from.
B) Receive work from them.

Stop before you sign up to pay someone else to work for them, and think about this little question.

Would you pay a burger place to flip burgers for them?

The Answer to the question above is likely a no and if thats the case don?t pay a company to mystery shop for them either! Your running a small business when you mystery shop, if you have to pay to do it your likely ruining your own profit margins.

As for the sites that have lists of companies to work for? Don?t pay them either, theirs plenty of places you can get a list of companies to work for. The best part is there FREE!

Soon I?ll be adding my own list of mystery shopping companies, all I ask is that if you sign up for the company you tell them you were referred by me or this site.

But to start you off one company that I’d highly recommend is DSG Associates. I only get a couple shops from them a month, but they call me and offer and every little bit helps. I’d tell you who I shop, but honestly I’m not allowed.

To your Success
Steven W
Aka g1eagle