How scoring works
Every profile shows a badge and a Standing that together answer one question: is this person safe to trade with? Behind them sits a Trust Score that only its owner sees. All of it is built from real, confirmed trading history, never anything self-reported.
What are the two numbers?
A Trust Score from 0 to 100, and a Standing. The score is the headline of how much trustworthy trading you have proven, and it is yours: it sits on your dashboard, and your public page does not show it. The Standing describes how solid that history is, and it acts as a ceiling on the badge everyone else does see.
Why two numbers instead of one?
Because a flawless record can still be thin. A spotless account with only a few trades earns a high score but a low Standing, so its badge reads as provisional rather than proven.
The two are allowed to disagree, and that is the point: nobody is overstated by an unearned badge, and nobody is insulted by a deflated number.
What builds my score?
Your real trading history: deals both sides confirmed on TrueVouch, verified history you link from other marketplaces, vouches from other traders, and the length and consistency of your record. What it never includes is anything you simply claim about yourself.
Can my score go down?
More good deals only help: another clean, confirmed deal never lowers your score. It can ease over time as older deals count for less, so staying active keeps it current. A genuinely bad outcome, like a confirmed no on a deal, is part of your record like everything else.
What are the tiers?
As your record grows, your badge climbs a ladder of tiers, from Bronze up to Diamond. A tier is a milestone you have earned, not a rank handed out, and it moves with your record.
How often does the score update?
On a schedule, not the instant a deal closes. A completed deal appears on your record right away and is folded into the score at the next update, which keeps the number steady and considered rather than twitching after every action.
Is the exact formula public?
No. What counts is open, but the precise way it is weighted is deliberately not published, so the score stays hard to game. It rewards a real, confirmed trading history and little else.