Getting trusted

What is the best way in getting trusted? Of course donating and all that, but vouches of you buying gold aren't worth much. "Going First" doesn't get you a lot valuable vouches.

 

Doing questing/skilling seems a good way to build-up trust.

 

Open up various shops. Maybe a swapping shop, a skilling shop, a questing shop, etc. Offer cheap prices, and always request that they vouch for you. You may also want to consider donating to Sythe.

 

This.

It's always good to branch out to different markets and start opening up shops, and selling. That way you can sell in bulk and hopefully gain trust a lot faster. But people aren't just going to go first to you without proof you're a legitimate seller, so donate to Sythe, possibly grab yourself SVU for scam proof if anything goes wrong, and start becoming a lot more active.

The more people see you active, the less they're going to think you're just some scammer who's looking to do a big trade and get banned.

Hopefully that clears things up.

 

It's not scam proof. It just gives you their information if they scam you, if an admin/global sees you fit for it.

 

Donating and SVU mean nothing in my eyes. More than anything, being active in the community and someone that people feel open to talking to mean a lot.

Then comes the who trust aspect, but when I was involved in the market, if two users had similar vouches, but one was heavily invested in the community I would personally trust the member with the community experience as they had emotionally invested time into this site.

 

Be active in the community. Post around and get your name known. If you can, try donating. Although donation status is not a determining symbol of trust, it does help. And lastly, build up as many vouches as you can.

 

I agree with this. When I consider if someone is trustworthy or not I don't look at their donation amount / SVU on Sythe at all. At the end of the day that money will never return to them and would be more of a motivation to earn back what was lost when they decide to leave/scam-quit Sythe.

A lot of reputable people on Sythe started off selling services, names or swapping GP. If you're into RS that's probably the best route to take. It takes time but if you persist you will eventually gain your own reputation here. Doing small jobs for free here and there helps for getting your first couple of vouches, then undercut most people in the market to gain customers until you can compete with your reputation & experience.

Some people let others do jobs for them to let them get into the market and other people like myself will pay extra for a reliable service. One word of advice though: Don't get workers until you really need them and make sure they're either very trustworthy or take a large deposit.