Hotmail, Yahoo, and Google are all free, can be kept and used forever, and are I.S.P. independent. One of the worse things that can happen is to register to over a hundred mystery shopping companies using your I.S.P's (Internet Service Provider's) email address and then to switch providers and be forced to re-submit a hundred new email addresses. When you use one of the free I.S.P. independent emails you will nnever have to change no matter who your I.S.P. provider is or becomes.

You will want to us your mystery shopping email only for mystery shopping business. When very active it is not unusual to receive a hundred emails a day and you will not want to mix your personal mail with Hayes Center, NE Repossessed Double Wide Out of the hundred daily emails perhaps only ten will be of interest. The ability to shift through email quickly and efficiently is a skill that can and will be learned with practice.

Mystery shopping is a profession. When obtaining an email keep the name professional. You will be taken more serious by schedulers and providers with a trustworthy professional email name. When you are taken as a serious shopper you will be given more opportunities which in turn mean more money in your pocket. Mysteryshopmary@yahoo.com will always attract more and better attention than partygirl@yahoo.com. Which would your rather have work for you?

Jim McDowell is a long time mystery shopper with thousands of shops successfully completed. Jim runs the website Paid To Shop which features tips,stories,experience,and free lessons on becoming a mystery shopper. Jim is currently writing and featuring a series of "Learn To Be A Mystery Shopper" articles on http://paidtoshop.zoxic.com