The 100 status points you get for crafting quests used to be totally different and separate from personal status.
So unless they changed it, it goes towards upgrading the level of your crafting house. The higher the level, the more variety of goods the merchant has for sale.
That's why most people still do their crafting in their Wholesaler's guild, because the other 3 crafting guilds in each village have never gotten higher enough level to sell all the stuff.
If you look under Societies in your EQ button, and click on the ones you belong to, you can see everyone's total status contributions and your position on the leader board.