jacqueline, not sure if mods wld reply u on your queries but as per wat emma mentioned, u need to be active in motherhood & parenting discussion threads, not in marketplace threads. fr what i understand, in the past, many biz owners just come in here to sell their things, they dun need to pay a single ct & yet utlising SMH's resource to promote & sell their stuff. which is why i tink the mods later decide that for newcomers, they hv to join 1yr & be active in the non-marketplace threads as the main purpose of SMH is for mummies to gather to discuss on pregnancies & motherhood stuff, not to buy or sell stuff. i tink if your main purpose in joining SMH is to buy & sell things, then it's not in line with SMH's purpose, which i think why you have not been granted access, esp if u hve requested to get approval becos u want to participate in WTS activities.
aso, # of postings dun count towards the eligibility to post in Overseas/WTS sects. when i was given access, i had more than 2,500 postings, mostly in non-marketplace threads as i joined MTBs & SK grps, tho i do post in WTB & BP. whereas, some mummies with few hundreds of postings aso granted access. so it depends on where u being active.