Trust Points is a way to evaluate a member's reputation. Trust Points provide insight to the identity and legitimacy of your trading partners on Trade Key. This will be useful as it provides more assurance to your potential buyers and sellers.

What does Trust Points not do?

 Although Trust Points are rewarded to a member based on the above-mentioned factors, conditions and/or status of a member may change over time without notice. Trust Points do not provide a guarantee on a member's legitimacy, reliability or trust-worthiness.

 How to increase Trust Points?
 
To increase your Trust Points, you should:
 
  Ask your customers to post feedback about your company.
  Upgrade your membership.
  Confirm your Fax, Address information as early as possible.
  Pay by Wire Transfer and verify your company bank information.
   Be a trust-worthy trading partner to avoid having trade disputes filed against you. If disputes are filed, you should have them resolved as constructively and quickly as possible.
 
Provide your company registration documents attested by your local Chamber of Commerce and/or Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
 
Trust Points is a TradeKey.com points system to help determine the reliability, identity, and legitimacy of a TradeKey.com member.
 
How Does Trust Points Work?
 
Trust Points are rewarded based on a number of factors that determine how reliable a member may be. Greater the Trust Points, greater the reliability. Of course, it is always recommended that you inquire thoroughly before making any dealings with buyers or sellers. 
 
The following are some factors that determine Trust Points.
                                                                     Free Member
Factors
Trust Points
Positive Feedback (same country)
 1
Positive Feedback (foreign country)
 2
Negative Feedback / Trade Dispute
 -2
Dispute Resolution
 2
                                                                 Premium Member
Factors
Trust Points
Gold Key Membership with Attested Certificates OR 3000
Gold Key Membership with payment by TT * 3000
Silver Key Membership with Attested Certificates OR 200
Silver Key Membership with payment by TT * 200
Positive Feedback (same country)
 5
Positive Feedback (foreign country)
 10
Negative Feedback / Trade Dispute
 -10
Dispute Resolution
 10
Fax Confirmation
 10
Address Confirmation
 10
Bank Wire Transfer with Bank Information
 25
Company Registration Documents
 10

       Tradekey Trust Points中文介绍和说明：

       Trust Points在Tradekey.com上也可被称作诚信指数或者信任点，是陌生买家首次对新的供应商来测评信用度及诚信度的一个参照标准，在Tradekey.com上Trust Points越高的供应商最能获得国际买家的信任从而促成更多的交易。

       新开通的Tradekey付费会员可通过以下途径获得Tradekey金钥匙会员和Tradekey银牌会员相对的全部Trust Points：

       1.以公司银行帐户T/T汇款到Tradekey总部，你将获得全部Tradekey Trust Points（银钥匙会员200点，金钥匙会员3000点）

        2.将公司有效营业执照副本邮寄到Tradekey总部，你将获得全部Tradekey Trust Points（银钥匙会员200点，金钥匙会员3000点）

        3.有公司营业执照的企业会员开通过Tradekey合作伙伴的系统链接注册，（如：http://www.tradekey.com/1601205),并将营业执照传至合作伙伴审核登记，再经Tradekey总部确认后也可获得全部Tradekey Trust Points（银钥匙会员200点，金钥匙会员3000点）。