If you are verified it makes you much more trusted on this site. More people will be willing to bid and bid higher on your auctions. It definitely helps. This is the link for the verification page: http://www.listia.com/account/verify
Another tip would be when you take pictures of your items, put a piece of paper next to it with your username, makes it more trusted that it is a real item. I'm taking a chance bidding on this. Welcome to Listia and good luck. :) Fanned.