Mystery Shopping Business

[SSM]

Looking for thoughts on what you all think about the mystery shopping business. It's a simple, cheap, and easy start up and overhead is nearly nothing if I started by myself. Just exploring more ideas to get me out of the bar industry (which is where I am known and can tap that resource for potential shops...we just paid for one here last week)

[jasaunders]

There are national companies that have a significant share of the market. Depending on your location, this can also be their greated disadvantage, if you are able to penetrate local businesses. Do a feasibility study and determine how many businesses use mystery shoppers or would use them at an affordable price, and what value you could provide that the big guys don't.

I definitely see this as an industry in which small guys can compete with the big guns if done right.