I notice that reference to having a alt buy a product then rating it to up your points on that.. way around that is simply once you have created your item and put in up for peer also rate your own product. Place in comments Now available or something of that nature. Then give yourself a 5. Believe it or not this also counts as you now also own that product and can rate it. Also to be able to keep your tier levels you have to have a consistancy on production as well as sells as each new month the First month falls off and the new month is added.
Just a list for future reference of what months each update will include data from
January: October, November and December
February: November, December and January
March: December, January and February
April: January, February and March
May: February, March and April
June: March, April and May
July: April, May and June
August: May, June and July
September: June, July and August
October: July, August and September
November: August, September and October
December: September, October and November
The maximum number of points you can get in each metric is 3 points. Once you have 9 points in your Unique Metric, you have maxed out that area, and any gain in Tier scores will have to come from your Core Metrics. Your Spare Metrics DO NOT COUNT towards your Tier score and level. At anytime your Spare metrics can be swapped out with your Unique metrics if one of your Spare Metrics have a higher number of points in there than one of your Unique metrics. Everyone's Unique metrics can and often are different.
Your Spare Metrics DO NOT COUNT into your Tier Points.