sMerit is for free and not for sale or trade, but there are some users do trading merit but they already tagged by DT, hope it will be a learning for greedy members who are too lazy and wanting to rank up their account quickly.
sMerit will be given to those member who did great to post more quality and contribute more in the community.
Yes of course that is the whole point. However that has not prevented a market for trading merit from forming and of course we as the community can be vigilant and report any suspicious activity but in the end this system will work much better if every member understands that it is for the good of the whole forum and every member if we spend our time and energy on creating useful posts instead of trying to trade merit or accounts for purposes that do not contribute to the community.