Overview

Description

Build trust between your members, one trade at a time.

Feedback Trader is a member-to-member feedback and reputation system for Invision Community Suite v5. It lets your members rate each other after trades, sales, and deals, building transparent trust scores that are visible across your community. Perfect for buy/sell/trade forums, classifieds communities, and anywhere member reliability matters.

How It Works

Members leave feedback (positive, neutral, or negative) for each other after a transaction. Each entry includes a written comment and an optional link to the related listing or deal. Over time, members build a visible reputation score that acts as a trust signal for the entire community.

Your community polices itself. Trust is earned, not assumed.

Browse Page

• Dedicated feedback hub at /feedback/ with a full-width hero banner and global stats

• Statistics dashboard showing total feedback, positive feedback, active traders, and satisfaction percentage

• AJAX-powered member search with autocomplete

• Top Traders leaderboard with gold, silver, and bronze badges, progress bars, and satisfaction scores

• Filterable feed: All, Positive, Neutral, Negative with pill-style filters and live counts

• Color-coded feedback cards with avatars, rating badges, comments, timestamps, and linked transactions

• Load More infinite scroll with no page refresh

• Friendly empty states with a call-to-action when no feedback exists

Feedback & Ratings

• 3-tier rating system: Positive, Neutral, Negative with color-coded icons

• Written comments up to 2,000 characters (configurable)

• Transaction linking with listing title and URL

• Configurable edit window (default 7 days or unlimited)

• Anti-spam cooldown between feedback for the same member pair

• Self-feedback prevention

Reputation Engine

• Automatic per-member reputation cache with positive, neutral, negative, and total counts

• Satisfaction percentage calculated as positive / total

• Net score showing positive minus negative

Profile Integration

• Dedicated Feedback tab on every profile with count badge

• Summary stats grid: +positive / ~neutral / -negative / %satisfaction

• Filter buttons for All, Positive, Neutral, and Negative

• Hovercard integration with +X / ~Y / -Z summary

• “Leave Feedback” button shown

• Edit and delete actions for authorized users

• Profile sidebar widget with reputation display, certificate badge (80%+ positive), and CTA

Your reputation follows you everywhere on the site.

Widgets

• Feedback Stats: Grid with totals and active traders

• Latest Feedback: configurable feed (1-25 items) with comments and links

• Top Traders: ranked list (1-25) with badges, avatars, and stats

All widgets are sidebar and CMS compatible with configurable limits.

Notifications

• Inline, push, and email notifications when feedback is received

• Fully configurable per member

• Direct link to the recipient’s feedback tab

Perfect For

• Buy/sell/trade communities

• Classifieds and marketplace forums

• Gaming trading communities

• Freelance and service exchanges

• Any community with member-to-member transactions

• Car enthusiast and parts trading forums

• Collector and hobbyist swap communities

• Cryptocurrency and digital goods trading forums