Things to avoid

✗Avoid those companies that boast of making profits and do not train mystery shoppers. ✗Ignore undesirable e-mails claiming to provide jobs that can be accomplished from home itself. ✗Never pay money for training and recruitment of mystery shoppers. ✗Never take up a job that you think you will not be able to finish. Do not betray your employer. ✗Never make silly excuses for unaccomplished tasks. Mystery shopping companies keep in touch with each other. Someone might spill beans and you may end up not finding a shopper's job at all. ✗Never discuss fees with employer after accepting shop. Negotiate it prior to finalizing deal. It is an unprofessional attitude. ✗Never embellish your report in order to impress clients. Stick to facts. ✗Never carry your forms to store especially when you have taken up more than one shop. You might make a mess of reports. Fill them while on your way back or at home. ✗Avoid being caught while you are secretly shopping.

Joseph operates an online resource providing mystery shoppers an avenue to locate more companies to hire them for mystery shopping tasks.

Reflections Its mystery shops are mainly for hospitality industry. It provides its services in Canada, USA and Puerto Rico.

Certified Reports Inc Its area of specialization are theatre evaluation and marketing research. Almost 17,000 auditors work for it. It is based in United States and Canada.

RoperNOP It works for retailers and has a good reporting system. It provides Internet based facility of assigning shops, reporting etc to mystery shoppers. Unlike other companies it provides an option of fixing date for shop which can be changed if required.

Restaurant Evaluators Inc It is a Mexico based mystery shopping company that provides help to restaurants, hotels and caterers.

Secret Shopnet - Service Intelligence It provides mystery shopping programs to fast food joints, transportation shops and retail shops in Canada and USA.

TES/RapidCheck It employs mystery shoppers to visit movie theaters to collect box office reports and reviews about movies. It is based in USA, Canada and Puerto Rico.

These mystery shopping companies discussed above give an idea about types of services provided by companies on whole. These companies are useful not only for mystery shoppers but for businessmen too. Ultimately businessmen are ones who seek their services to evaluate performance of their employees and increase their sales. Store cleanliness and customer services can also be checked through mystery shopping. Do your homework well before hiring these companies as there are many that provide special features like letting you compare your store with other stores and other such facilities.

Joseph operates an online resource providing mystery shoppers an avenue to locate more companies to hire them for mystery shopping tasks.