Meridial (Invisible)Domain experts
Business Owners - Freelance AI Trainer Project
up to $100/hr
About this role, in Meridial (Invisible)'s words
We are sourcing independent Business Owners across the food, lodging, service, and shopping sectors to provide their practical expertise for an AI benchmark evaluation and product feedback project. As AI models and digital commerce platforms increasingly integrate local business data, search mapping workflows, and automated merchant tools, their accuracy relies entirely on authentic, real-world verification. The objective of this project is to autonomously evaluate merchant-facing features, audit local search representation, and deliver structured feedback to refine AI-driven commerce systems.
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Project Overview
We are sourcing independent Business Owners across the food, lodging, service, and shopping sectors to provide their practical expertise for an AI benchmark evaluation and product feedback project. As AI models and digital commerce platforms increasingly integrate local business data, search mapping workflows, and automated merchant tools, their accuracy relies entirely on authentic, real-world verification. The objective of this project is to autonomously evaluate merchant-facing features, audit local search representation, and deliver structured feedback to refine AI-driven commerce systems.
Project Deliverables & Scope
Operate autonomously to evaluate digital merchant tools and provide structured business data. Expected deliverables include:
• Feature Testing & UX Evaluation: Independently testing newly deployed platform features, digital storefront tools, or AI recommendations designed for local business management and customer engagement.
• Search & Profile Auditing: Reviewing AI-generated business summaries, search visibility responses, and mapping integrations to verify empirical accuracy against actual business operations.
• Structured Feedback Generation: Providing comprehensive, audit-ready feedback detailing platform usability, relevance of digital tools, and practical day-to-day utility for local merchants.
• Anomaly & Context Reporting: Identifying and documenting specific instances where models misinterpret business categories, service offerings, operational hours, or local market nuances.
Required Expertise
To successfully fulfill the deliverables of this project, Contractors must possess direct operational experience and verified digital storefront assets.
Core skillset includes:
• Demonstrable professional expertise as an active owner, operator, or primary manager of a business within the food/beverage, lodging, local service, or retail shopping sectors.
• Required Asset: Must currently possess and actively manage a verified Google Business Profile associated with your enterprise.
• Strong analytical communication skills, with the ability to clearly articulate technical observations, user-experience (UX) friction points, and actionable commerce feedback.
• A meticulous, detail-oriented approach to evaluating digital workflows, consumer-facing data representation, and local search mechanics from a merchant's perspective.
We offer a pay range of $25-to-$100 per hour, with the exact rate determined after evaluating your experience, expertise, and geographic location. Final offer amounts may vary from the pay range listed above. As a contractor you’ll supply a secure computer and high‑speed internet; company‑sponsored benefits such as health insurance and PTO do not apply.
Engagement Type: Freelance / Independent Contractor
Workplace Type: Remote
Working with Meridial (Invisible)Pay, getting started and work, from Meridial (Invisible)'s own pages
What the platform publishes in general. These are not extra terms confirmed for this particular role.
- Getting paid
- Earnings are processed every two weeks. Meridial says all time on projects is paid, with no platform cut. meridial.ai/faq, meridial.ai/become-an-expert
- Before your first paid task
- A profile, a brief confirmation step, then a signed Statement of Work once you are matched. Its postings say the exact rate is set after it evaluates your experience, expertise and location. meridial.ai/faq, job-boards.greenhouse.io/agency/jobs/4784908101
- How much work
- No guarantee of immediate work: Meridial reaches out when a project needs your domain, and your profile stays active until then. meridial.ai/faq
- Contract
- Independent contractor, not an employee of Meridial or Invisible Technologies. meridial.ai/faq
Read on the pages linked above on 23 Sep 2026. Platforms change these terms, so check the linked page before you rely on one.
How does the pay compare?Across Domain experts roles, not this role alone
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Pay across the field: Domain experts
Across 692 roles in this field with a stated hourly rate in US dollars, on 18 platforms, the middle half pays $65 to $130 an hour at the top of the range, and the median is $100. This role's top rate, $100, is in the middle half. Of the 258 distinct rates we count, 123 are lower and 110 are higher.
| Platform | Roles | Top of range, per hour |
|---|---|---|
| Alignerr | 149 | $24 to $200 · median $80 |
| micro1 | 130 | $28 to $400 · median $110 |
| AfterQuery | 88 | $45 to $175 · median $100 |
| Handshake AI | 79 | $30 to $300 · median $85 |
| Mercor | 78 | $55 to $450 · median $120 |
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This listing's history
- First seen here on 19 Aug 2026, and still on Meridial (Invisible)'s list when we last read it on 13 Oct 2026.
- Posted by Meridial (Invisible)
- First seen by AIPayList
- Last seen live
- Listing ID
- 4868455101
Pay as the source states it: “pay range of $25-to-$100 per hour”.
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