Business Owners

Work location: Remote, open worldwide

Pay: $25 to $100 an hour, as the posting states it. Meridial sets the rate after reviewing your experience and location.

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