How to Earn Badges
What is a badge?
Badges are a recognition of an achievement or milestone reached in the Seller Community.
You can earn badges in a few different ways, including writing your first Best Answer, joining certain groups, or sharing/receiving a certain amount of likes on posts and replies in the Community.
The Community Team also reveals other badges throughout the year, such as the Seller Community Small Business Month badge (2023), Stellar Sellers Member of the Month badge, and the Square Readers Book Club badge. To learn about new badges subscribe to the Seller Community Blog.
L-R: Square Readers Book Club badge and Small Business Month 2023 badge on a profile page.
Where do badges appear? How do I know if I have a badge?
You’ll see your badges on your personal profile page, listed under your username. Depending on your notification settings, you’ll receive an email each time you earn a badge.
Seller Community Ranks Explained
What is a rank?
Your rank is how you can keep track of your involvement in the Community. If you’re continually active in the Community, your rank will change to show your progress. Ranks are intended to show other Community members your level of expertise and tenure, and to boost your personal reputation.
Why do some avatars have a different color or icon?
You may have noticed that some avatars in the Seller Community have a different background color, and some also include an icon. The colors are a quick way for everyone in the Community to see someone’s rank.
As you rank up to higher levels, your background color will go from green, to blue, to purple all the way up to orange. If you join the Beta Community to help test new features and tools your avatar will be updated to teal, and it will feature the Beta logo. You can identify Super Sellers by their avatar too.
Beta Community avatar
Where do these ranks appear?
You’ll see your rank on your personal profile page, listed under your username. Your avatar will be included in every post or reply you make in the Community, showing your rank color and logo if you have one.
What do I need to do to level up?
The more you participate, the closer you’ll get to the next level! You’ll automatically move to the next level by staying active in the Community. Keep replying to threads with high-quality answers and starting new conversations. Remember to give out likes for good comments and mark best answers if you receive them .A good place to start is with the unanswered questions.
We’ll continue improving badges and ranks with time. Subscribe to the Seller Community Blog to learn about future announcements, as well as other highlights from around the Community.
Where do these ranks appear?
You’ll see your rank on your personal profile page, listed under your username. Your avatar will be included in every post or reply you make in the Community, showing your rank color and logo if you have one.
