I have been trying to get some new mystery shop companies lately. I found the secret internet shoppers. I believe I found them on a mystery forum. Anyways, I was wondering if anyone has any experience with them? Are they legit? I did the first group of eight shops and received a confirmation today. Now, they would like me to fill out a W-9, which will include my social security number. Before I do something like that, I just want to hear if they are indeed a valid company or if someone has been burned by them.

There are so many companies that include 'secret' and so many that include 'shopper' but I am not familiar with 'internet' in a title. Do you have a web link for them?

Here's the link
[www.secretinternetshopper.com]

It's not mystery shopping. They are one of those companies that pays you to do surveys and sign up for trials. I hear they do pay, but to me, not worth the annoyance.



Here is something I wrote about them on a different forum, way back in November, 2008.

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Has anyone heard of these people? Doing a net search turned up little, searching for "evolution marketing" mentioned on their site turned up several companies with the name.

The who is points to go daddy; on go daddy it is:

Registrant:
Domains by Proxy, Inc
DomainsByProxy.com
15111 N. Hayden Rd., Ste 160, PMB 353
Scottsdale, Arizona 85260
United States

Registered through: GoDaddy.com, Inc. (http://www.godaddy.com)
Domain Name: SECRETINTERNETSHOPPER.COM
Created on: 25-Sep-08
Expires on: 25-Sep-09
Last Updated on: 25-Sep-08

Administrative Contact:
Private, Registration SECRETINTERNETSHOPPER.COM@domainsbyproxy.com
Domains by Proxy, Inc.
DomainsByProxy.com
15111 N. Hayden Rd., Ste 160, PMB 353
Scottsdale, Arizona 85260
United States
(480) 624-2599 Fax -- (480) 624-2598

Technical Contact:
Private, Registration SECRETINTERNETSHOPPER.COM@domainsbyproxy.com

DomainsByProxy.com
15111 N. Hayden Rd., Ste 160, PMB 353
Scottsdale, Arizona 85260
United States
(480) 624-2599 Fax -- (480) 624-2598
Domain servers in listed order:
NS55.DOMAINCONTROL.COM
NS56.DOMAINCONTROL.COM
Registry Status: clientDeleteProhibited
Registry Status: clientRenewProhibited
Registry Status: clientTransferProhibited
Registry Status: clientUpdateProhibited

I don't know-doesn't seem legit to me-"Domains by proxy"????????
Why would a legitimate corporate entity need to "protect the identity of the registrant"???? Sounds fishy.

Here are the terms that DBP will reveal who the registrant is:

a. You understand and agree that DBP has the absolute right and power, in its sole discretion and without any liability to You whatsoever, to either: (i) close Your account (which means You then become the Registrant of the domain name registration); (ii) reveal Your name and personal information that You provided to DBP when required by law, in the good faith belief that such action is necessary in order to conform to the edicts of the law, or to comply with a legal process served upon DBP; (iii) resolve any and all third party claims, whether threatened or made, arising out of Your use of a domain name registered by DBP on Your behalf; or (iv) take any other action DBP deems necessary:

In the event you breach any provision of this Agreement or the DBP Anti-Spam Policy;

To protect the integrity and stability of the applicable domain name Registry;

To comply with any applicable laws, government rules or requirements, subpoenas, court orders or requests of law enforcement;

To comply with ICANN’s Dispute Resolution Policy;

To avoid any financial loss or legal liability (civil or criminal) on the part of DBP, its parent companies, subsidiaries, affiliates, shareholders, agents, officers, directors and employees;

If the domain name DBP registers on Your behalf violates or infringes a third party's trademark, trade name or other legal rights;

If it comes to DBP’s attention that You are using DBP’s services for purposes of engaging in, participating in, sponsoring or hiding Your involvement in, illegal or morally objectionable activities, including but not limited to, activities which are designed, intended to or otherwise: (i) appeal purely to the prurient interests of third parties; (ii) defame, embarrass, harm, abuse, threaten, or harass third parties; (iii) violate state or federal laws of the United States and/or foreign territories; (iv) involve hate crimes, terrorism and child pornography; (v) are tortious, vulgar, obscene, invasive of a third party’s privacy, racially, ethnically, or otherwise objectionable; (vi) impersonate the identity of a third party; (vii) harm minors in any way; or (viii) relate to or transmit viruses, Trojan Horses, access codes, backdoors, worms, timebombs or any other code, routine, mechanism, device or item that corrupts, damages, impairs, interferes with, intercepts or misappropriates any software, hardware, firmware, network, system, data or personally identifiable information.

I won't be jumping on board right now unless some of have stories to share
about their legitimacy and how they treat you as a shopper.
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No one seemed to have anything great to say. The thread is located here:

The thread is here:
[www.forumcityusa.com]



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/04/2010 02:24AM by dee shops.

I signed up with an internet MSC. Not sure if it the same company mentioned above though. I had to request information from several companies over the internet. Companies like insurance, colleges, selling my gold, etc. I did one shop for them and was paid, but OMG the phone calls and emails I received afterwards was not worth it.