Adding positive credit to your credit report is essential in building up a good credit score and avoiding rejections and embarrassment from creditors when seeking loans. Some people had the misconception that being debt free automatically gives you a good credit score, on the contrary, a lack of no credit history simply means you have no record of payment giving you a low credit score. Use the following to carefully build up a good credit score.

*Go out and obtain easy credit from sources like stores that give credit with little regard for an individual's credit reputation. Creditors consider a lack of credit history as poor credit history. You are a risk to creditors if you have no past history of credit to judge you. Examples of creditors that can extend credit to those without much credit history are: credit unions, easy credit auto dealerships, tire stores, jewelry stores, furniture stores, appliance stores. In order for this to be effective, you have to ensure that the company reports to the credit bureaus as some of them do not.

• Be sure to pay obtained credits on time. This is very important as creditors always check to see how timely you were in paying your past debts in considering you for future dealings. This also tells on your credit report thereby also affecting your credit score. Late payments causes you late fees and increased interest rate.

• Ensure you keep your accounts active and try to maintain a balance in your account. A dormant and empty account presents a person as a credit risk to creditors who wouldn't hesitate to turn you down. It will be to your advantage if you can have a monthly activity in your account.

*Be a co-signer to someone with a good credit. You should be sure that he or she does not have excessive debt in his file. If you are able find someone that trusts you to do this, they can request for you to be a co-signer on their card, thereby allowing you to share their positive credit history built overtime as it will show up on your credit file.

• Obtain a secured card if you can. This is a service that some banks offer now. Your present or past credit standing does not matter when applying for this because you will be depositing funds in the bank to secure the credit line on the card that is issued. When you obtain a credit card you should ensure that it's not listed as a secured card to the credit bureaus as this can be very unhealthy to your credit.

• Reduce as much as possible the frequency at which you apply for your credit report. Also, don't allow prospective creditors to pull your credit report unless it is crucial to the issue at hand.

• Keep all your credit card balances low. A high credit balance or too much available credit is damaging even if you pay your bill as at when due. An individual's credit score is greatly influenced by the amount of available credit used. Try not to go beyond one half of the credit card's limit.