Technology Takes Mystery Shopping Worldwide

— ROCKLIN, CA — March 17, 2007 — National Shopping Service, a recognized mystery shopping industry leader, has taken a significant technological step to make life easier for its international mystery shoppers.

Registered mystery shoppers residing outside the United States can now go to the National Shopping Service Website and download information from “My NSS Lobby” for assignments in their particular areas – similar to a program its domestic shoppers have been employing for years.

By accessing this free service, international mystery shoppers registered with National Shopping Service can:

- Submit a mystery shopping report or search for available shopping assignments in their area.

- Get details about an assignment’s special requirements.

- Access prospects, personal payroll summary, shop alerts and shopping tips.

- Pinpoint locations and determine travel distances for assignments.

“We’re fully committed to developing and expanding our international reach,” Tony Yorba, executive vice president of National Shopping Service, said. “We’ve received a tremendous response and nothing but loyal support from our mystery shoppers, colleagues and associates worldwide.

“This tool provides them – as well as newcomers to secret shopping – instant access to our user-friendly proprietary network of mystery shopper recruiting, scheduling, training, and testing applications.”

Once shoppers are registered with National Shopping Service, they can access My NSS Lobby for prospective shopping assignments in Aruba, The Bahamas, Bahrain, Canada, Cayman Islands, China, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Ecuador, India, Ireland, Kuwait, Malaysia, Mexico, Nicaragua, Oman, Pakistan, Peru, Portugal, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, Trinidad and Tobago, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Venezuela, as well as the United States, including Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands.


About National Shopping Service:

Founded in 1972, National Shopping Service offers businesses a unique combination of mystery shopping resources and measurement solutions focused on brand alignment and customer retention. Using state-of-the-art data collection methods, Web-based technologies and proprietary processes, National Shopping Service provides managers with actionable information necessary to understand and affect customer loyalty while improving overall business performance.

For more information, contact National Shopping Service at (800) 800-2704, or visit http://www.nationalshoppingservice.com