Becoming A Secret Shopper

Once you have begun to work as a secret shopper, you might find it useful to bring along with you a digital voice recorder (or even a tape recorder for that matter) on your secret shopper assignments. The voice recorder is not meant to record your interactions while on site, rather simply to allow you to record your thoughts and important points immediately after you leave the site (actually it is very important not to have anything like a voice recorder exposed during your visit in order to maintain anonymity). Recording notes immediately after your visit makes it much easier for you to gather your thoughts and ideas when it comes time to writing your report. If you do not have a voice recorder, you may substitute a plain old fashion pen and paper in place, although it might be a valuable investment to purchase a voice recorder once you start receiving many assignments.

If you are a student mystery shopper, you may already have a voice recorder for school, so make sure you take advantage of it and use it during your secret shopper jobs as well.