GO20 · Evidence Intelligence

Verified Professional Activity

A positive evidence signal showing that IPD has observed a qualifying professional Client Gallery workflow within the applicable recent period. It confirms activity evidence; it does not declare one photographer better than another.

Positive evidence only

IPD displays the badge only when it is earned. If the badge is absent, IPD makes no negative claim about the photographer and does not label them inactive or unprofessional.

Genuine workflow evidence

The initial GO20 rule requires a meaningful activated Client Gallery plus client-side workflow evidence such as Gallery viewing, selection activity or selection submission. Exact anti-abuse thresholds remain internal.

Free and paid are equal

A photographer’s complimentary first Gallery is eligible under exactly the same activity rule as a paid Gallery. Purchasing storage, an extension or a Gallery plan does not directly earn the badge.

Account activity stays separate

Logging in can support a separate positive “Active on IPD” freshness signal. Login frequency does not establish professional activity and does not add Performance Score points.

Relationship with Performance Score

GO20 does not add Gallery purchases, Gallery count, client interactions or login frequency to ipd-ranking-v1. Verified Professional Activity appears as a separate evidence signal. It can help users understand the breadth and freshness of evidence around a profile without turning workflow volume into a quality ranking.

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Privacy boundary

Public Professional Activity verification does not publish client names, private Gallery contents, phone numbers, email addresses, invoice values or private messages. The public signal communicates only the positive verification result.