Your success on NORAMARK depends on three things: your Trust Score, your Tier, and your Network. Each one affects what you can do, what you can see, and how others see you.
These three elements are tightly linked. They reinforce one another to create a reputation system that reflects real-world working relationships, not artificial gamification. This guide explains how they interact and how you can use them together to expand your visibility, grow your business, and coordinate faster.
Tier Determines Your Starting Position
Your Tier sets your baseline Trust Score and unlocks different levels of access across the platform.
Tier 1 manufacturers have full system privileges and start with a Trust Score of 60
Tier 2 manufacturers have most privileges and start with a Trust Score of 40
Tier 3 manufacturers are limited in visibility and interaction, starting at 20
Super Patriots are the highest trust category, starting at 100 and able to onboard others directly
Your Tier also determines how visible you are in search, what conversations and features you can access, and who you can message or match with.
Trust Score Reflects Ongoing Credibility
Your Trust Score is not fixed. It increases based on what you do:
Referring and being referred for real work
Approving high-quality referrals
Engaging constructively in forums
Receiving and responding to mentorship or invites from high-trust members
Your Trust Score does not drop below your Tier baseline, but it can rise far above it. A high Trust Score makes you more discoverable, more eligible for recommendations, and more appealing to buyers and collaborators.
You also receive trust boosts when invited by someone with a strong reputation. This jump-starts your Trust Score and signals that someone is willing to vouch for you.
Your Network Extends Your Reach
Your network is the group of manufacturers connected to you by real relationships. These may come from:
Invitations
Referrals
Shared Organizations
Mutual follows
The larger and stronger your network, the more second-degree connections you can see. These are manufacturers trusted by your connections. You can’t see who introduced them or why, but you know they are nearby in the trust graph.
When your network grows, so does your ability to source parts, build relationships, and respond to complex customer requests. You don’t need to rely on public directories or cold calls. You can turn to your network and find someone who can help.
Working Together
Here’s how the system works in practice:
You start at a Tier, either by invitation or by submitting referrals
That Tier gives you a starting Trust Score and feature access
You grow your Trust Score by contributing, referring, and engaging
As your Trust Score and Tier improve, your visibility increases
As your Network expands, you gain access to more manufacturers
With more visibility and more connections, you become a more powerful node in the NORAMARK ecosystem
You get faster at building supply chains. You become easier to find. You become more trusted, and more valuable.
Why It Matters
NORAMARK is not just a tool for showcasing your company. It is a system for coordination, designed to replace the fragmented, offline, relationship-based sourcing model that most U.S. manufacturers still rely on. By combining your Trust Score, Tier, and Network, NORAMARK gives you a faster, smarter way to find people you can actually work with.
If someone asks you to build something and you can only do part of it, you can use NORAMARK to locate a trusted supplier for the rest. If you need a die caster, a heat treater, or a specialty materials provider, you don’t need to start from scratch. You can search your network. You can act with confidence.
This is what makes NORAMARK more than a marketplace. It is a high-trust coordination layer for American manufacturing, built to help you move faster and scale without sacrificing quality or confidentiality.
