Mystery SHop passwords
I have a roladex (or what ever it is called.the kind you use for phone numbers) In it I have not only passwords, URLS, but if it is a company that I work for on regular bases, I might have the shedulars name and direct number. I also have the company phone number.
Never know when you might need that bit of information.
Never know when you might need that bit of information.
I determined a password along the lines of 4drp6n22 which I use whenever possible. I.e. a nonsense combination of numbers and letters. I use it for everything shopper related. When I get accepted by a company I go in and look for a place to change my login to my email address and my password to my usual one if I have been assigned something else. Sometimes you need to claim a lost password in order to get a reset that you then can change to a password of your choice.
The roladex idea has advantages that it is off the computer so you can go to your neighborhood public library and sign in on their machines. I use an Excel spreadsheet for all of that stuff that is backed up to the computer but resident on my thumb drive. After a flurry of new signups and updating profiles I realphabetize my spreadsheet and print a copy to have the info in hard copy form.
The roladex idea has advantages that it is off the computer so you can go to your neighborhood public library and sign in on their machines. I use an Excel spreadsheet for all of that stuff that is backed up to the computer but resident on my thumb drive. After a flurry of new signups and updating profiles I realphabetize my spreadsheet and print a copy to have the info in hard copy form.
I keep an email folder in Outlook under "mystery shopping". Companies that I work for have their own folder and the first email is the confirmation with the name and password.
I also do something similar to Flash. Just use a combo.
I also do something similar to Flash. Just use a combo.
Gmail allows you to 'label' incoming emails. So as I get those first emails they get labeled 'Sign-up'. Subsequently I take jobs they get marked 'jobs'. Any feedback emails get marked 'feedback' and payment notices of course get marked 'payments'. After about 5 years, I have only used about 7% of my gmail space because I do delete those job offers that are not of interest. But everything else gets labeled and saved. Thus I can go to any computer in the world, pull up my gmail account and it is just like sitting at home with my computer.
For mystery shopping, and some of my personal and household business, I prefer web-based email. It's convenient to be able to check it from anywhere. The password I use for my shopping business, if the MSP's site allows, is the same for all MSPs. I keep an online ID/password folder. I do not use or store online the same password for other parts of my life - bank accounts, etc.
On paper in a 3-ring binder, I have an MSP sheet for each I'm signed with. It's a form I made that has a place for address - web and physical, ID/password, date registered/terminated, scheduler, phone nos., payment method/cycle, clients and a note section.
On paper in a 3-ring binder, I have an MSP sheet for each I'm signed with. It's a form I made that has a place for address - web and physical, ID/password, date registered/terminated, scheduler, phone nos., payment method/cycle, clients and a note section.
I keep a spreadsheet with the data, but mostly for the ones I work for regularly, I just know it off the top of my head. But some I do look up, since I visit them infrequently.
You have gotten some suggestions that work for people; you will either find one that works for you from these, or develop a system that fits you. But you will find one. :-)
You have gotten some suggestions that work for people; you will either find one that works for you from these, or develop a system that fits you. But you will find one. :-)
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I just started signed up for several new companies, The sassie system is not a problem. It is when a company assigns you a password, which I have tried to change and was not successful. The ideas on this board have been vrey helpful. By the way, who sponsers this board?
The board is owned and operated by Jacob Jans.
kittybratt Wrote:
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> How do you keep track of the different passwords
> for mystery shopping companies? I seem to forget
> them unless it is a company I am regularly
> shopping for.
I use the same password for most anything that doesn't
relate to my bank accounts, PayPal, or anything that
could cost me money if exposed. Mystery shopping
companies aren't that.
Also, if you are using Inernet Explorer 7, you can set
it up to remember all your passwords, and have a one
button log in.
Third, get Roboform. I've used it for years. It has a
free version,and will also remember all your passwords,
and click to log in. I finally broke down and paid $30
or $40 for the "profesional" version, since I had used
it so long...and felt guilty.
There are several more recent entry's in the market
as well,
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> How do you keep track of the different passwords
> for mystery shopping companies? I seem to forget
> them unless it is a company I am regularly
> shopping for.
I use the same password for most anything that doesn't
relate to my bank accounts, PayPal, or anything that
could cost me money if exposed. Mystery shopping
companies aren't that.
Also, if you are using Inernet Explorer 7, you can set
it up to remember all your passwords, and have a one
button log in.
Third, get Roboform. I've used it for years. It has a
free version,and will also remember all your passwords,
and click to log in. I finally broke down and paid $30
or $40 for the "profesional" version, since I had used
it so long...and felt guilty.
There are several more recent entry's in the market
as well,
I finally got a binder, alphabetic index and now I will start sorting these companies and passwords. I do use robo form, but I don't set it to remember passwords, because it will then remember my online bank accounts and other persona passwords.
I was reluctant too, but Roboform has a good encription, plus you can check the box so it won't remember those sites that you feel are too risky.
I used to have them all written down, but looking them up, then typing in the boxes, was just too much work. Now I just click "fill forms," then "fill and submit," and it's done. And actually, typing in passwords makes you vulnerable to keyloggers, who depend on you using the keyboard.
I have well over 100 sites that require user name and password to log in, and like Flash and several others use the same password. But the 4 or 5 that might risk money, like Bank accounts, PayPal, get their own encrypted passwords.
If I need a list to carry with me, I just go to "logins," then "print list," and I have it.
Like Dee Shops said, you'll find your own best way. :-)
I used to have them all written down, but looking them up, then typing in the boxes, was just too much work. Now I just click "fill forms," then "fill and submit," and it's done. And actually, typing in passwords makes you vulnerable to keyloggers, who depend on you using the keyboard.
I have well over 100 sites that require user name and password to log in, and like Flash and several others use the same password. But the 4 or 5 that might risk money, like Bank accounts, PayPal, get their own encrypted passwords.
If I need a list to carry with me, I just go to "logins," then "print list," and I have it.
Like Dee Shops said, you'll find your own best way. :-)
Yes, I'm currently on a new laptop. It was cool to export my profile from Firefox, import it into the new laptop and have almost all my passwords transfer over seamlessly. Firefox remembering passwords is definitely my cup o' tea 
steavejchi: I use robo form to fill in name, address. However, I found that when you start using the password feature, robo form remembers other passwords that you may not want filled in.
I have about 100 companies that I shop for and I have made a spreadsheet with all their information, ID's, Passwords, when they pay, etc on it. But on the computer I use LastPass, an add-on for IE and Firefox, which fills everything in automatically.
Many companies allow you to change your password. I would encourage you in a few months when you go to update your profiles as a way to let companies know you are still alive, in the business and working, that you update your passwords to a 'standard' for you wherever possible. If your computer crashes and your spreadsheet is only on the crashed machine and your password software is only on the crashed machine and you need to report on an unfamiliar machine, finding the website to report can be a challenge but then trying to remember whether that password was sm8869 or SMITH8869 or 345894 or MS345894 can be a real pain in the neck. If you have changed them all to 6Peanut#2 or whatever, you will be in good shape.
I list all of my passwords in the contacts section of my Yahoo email.
Prophet passwords are the biggest, stupidest system of all. Each ms company has a different format. Some like About Face explain it in the sign on page.
Why doesn't Prophet have one uniform password format instead of using some many variaitions of your last name and phone number depending on the ms company.
Somebody please bring this up at the MSPA conference!!!!
Prophet passwords are the biggest, stupidest system of all. Each ms company has a different format. Some like About Face explain it in the sign on page.
Why doesn't Prophet have one uniform password format instead of using some many variaitions of your last name and phone number depending on the ms company.
Somebody please bring this up at the MSPA conference!!!!
But Prophet now allows you to change your passwords in your profile. I don't know how long they have had that option available, I only noticed it fairly recently as I started changing mine.
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