Long-standing, well-rated vendors now carry a visible verification badge on their store page.
Vendors who have been on the market for six months or more with a rating of 4.0 or higher now carry a visible verification badge on their store page. The badge is generated on the server side and refreshed every night, so it always reflects the last quarter of a vendors activity rather than one lucky order.
New vendors without a track record elsewhere pay the standard bond before their first listing goes live. The badge does not replace feedback, it only tells you the store has survived long enough to be measured.