You can do something else to build your reputation. Why try to be escrow? It needs very high trust and you need to escrow anything not 'if I can cover' thing that will make people lose on hope you and I agreen on Substrata said that not the other way around so think carefully before start on taking chance to be escrow
considering this guy's activity on the forum, i'd say hes trying to escrow deals for tips/profit; not really a motive you want your middleman to have; that by itself already loses you trust: why trust my middleman with money when the only reason hes doing this is for money? most of the escrow services here do this to help the community stay safe from scams and only accept tips as a show of gratitude, not as a fee.
These are very good points. You need to be very trusted before you even start. Your account is next to worthless and you have no trust so how does anyone know you wont just take the 0.01? People have scammed for less before. If people are starting escrows just for the tips then this is the wrong way to go about it. Do trades and build up a solid forum rep over time (at least a year) then offer to do escrow if you really want to help the community.
