Additional Reading and Links

One of the most important things that you can do as a mystery shopper is be informed. Here are some places to start broadening your horizons.

Try joining an online message board to network with other shoppers, get advice, and make friends. msfreedom is a great forum which is run by shoppers and has forums for schedulers to post mystery shopping boards, advice for newbies, tax information, a mystery shopper directory by state, and much more.

Are you a newer shopper, or maybe just looking for a refresher course on writing reports? Sonya's Mystery Shoppers has a great training website where you can check out sample reports for a variety of shops.

The Shop Logs is another mystery shopping blog that offers a lot about personal experiences while mystery shopping. Check it out!

Also, here are a couple of Yahoo! Groups that you can join in order to get job notifications from different companies via e-mail:

• Emergency Shops
• restaurantbarms (restaurant, bar, and fast food shops)