What AI training platforms pay for referring a contributor
4 of 6 AI training platforms whose own pages we read pay a flat amount for referring a contributor rather than a share of their earnings, read 8 October 2026.
How the bonus is worked out
Flat bonus per referral
What the referred person must do
Who may refer
When the bonus is paid
Any cap
How every platform answered
Read across a row for one platform's answers, and open any of them for the quoted sentence, its page and the read date. A "not stated" cell means the page does not speak to that question.
| Platform | How the bonus is worked out | Flat bonus per referral | What the referred person must do | Who may refer | When the bonus is paid | Any cap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| clickworker | a flat amount per referral | 5 USD | You will receive 5€/$, once your friend has been paid 10€/$. | not statedNot addressed in clickworker support: referral bonus | not statedNot addressed in clickworker support: referral bonus | not statedNot addressed in clickworker support: referral bonus |
| Handshake AI | a share of the referee's earnings or rate | not statedNot addressed in Handshake AI Fellowship Referral Program Terms of Service Not addressed in Handshake AI help: referring someone | Complete a minimum of 10 hours of paid production work on any project within 6 months of… | registered or active contributors only | Handshake will issue accrued referral bonuses weekly. | The maximum total Referral Bonus per Qualified Referral is 40 times the Referral Bonus… |
| Mercor | a share of the referee's earnings or rate | not statedNot addressed in Mercor help: refer someone | Once your referral begins billable work | not statedNot addressed in Mercor help: refer someone | Referral earnings are released twice per week on Wednesdays and Fridays at 12:00 PM PST. | Hourly contracts: cap = 4× the hourly rate of the first accepted offer |
| micro1 | a flat amount per referral Not addressed in micro1 affiliate programme page | not statedNot addressed in micro1 expert referral programme page Not addressed in micro1 affiliate programme page | After the referred candidate completes 10 hours of work, or the equivalent number of… | anyone, with or without an account Not addressed in micro1 affiliate programme page | Your bonus will be credited to your micro1 account wallet, and you can withdraw it… | earn up to $3,000 for every successful placement |
| OnFrontiers | a flat amount per referral | not statedNot addressed in OnFrontiers expert referral policy | They must complete their first paid consultation within 12 months of registering | registered or active contributors only | When a referred expert completes their first paid consultation, you receive a referral… | Multiple referrals: no cap on the number of experts you can refer |
| Respondent | a flat amount per referral | varies by document | Once they've earned $75+ in total incentive payments | not statedNot addressed in Respondent referral policy for participants Not addressed in Respondent refer-a-friend page | You receive a Tremendous virtual gift card within 7–10 business days. | You can earn up to 5 bonuses per project ($250 max per project). |
Where each answer was read (54)
- clickworker, clickworker support: referral bonus, read 2026-10-08, How the bonus is worked out:
You will receive 5€/$, once your friend has been paid 10€/$.
- clickworker, clickworker support: referral bonus, read 2026-10-08, Flat bonus per referral:
You will receive 5€/$, once your friend has been paid 10€/$.
- clickworker, clickworker support: referral bonus, read 2026-10-08, What the referred person must do:
You will receive 5€/$, once your friend has been paid 10€/$.
- clickworker, clickworker support: referral bonus, read 2026-10-08, Who may refer: No answer on the page, which ran to 1,001 characters when read on 2026-10-08.
- clickworker, clickworker support: referral bonus, read 2026-10-08, When the bonus is paid: No answer on the page, which ran to 1,001 characters when read on 2026-10-08.
- clickworker, clickworker support: referral bonus, read 2026-10-08, Any cap: No answer on the page, which ran to 1,001 characters when read on 2026-10-08.
- Handshake AI, Handshake AI help: referring someone, read 2026-10-08, How the bonus is worked out:
For every hour your referral works, you earn 10% of their first production project’s rate.
- Handshake AI, Handshake AI help: referring someone, read 2026-10-08, Flat bonus per referral: No answer on the page, which ran to 7,527 characters when read on 2026-10-08.
- Handshake AI, Handshake AI help: referring someone, read 2026-10-08, What the referred person must do:
your referral must complete at least 10 hours of production work before your earnings are released.
- Handshake AI, Handshake AI help: referring someone, read 2026-10-08, Who may refer:
Our referral program is currently available for Fellows based in the United States of America, India, and Canada.
- Handshake AI, Handshake AI help: referring someone, read 2026-10-08, When the bonus is paid:
Referral earnings are paid out as part of your weekly pay cycle.
- Handshake AI, Handshake AI help: referring someone, read 2026-10-08, Any cap:
Earnings are capped at 40 hours per referral.
- Handshake AI, Handshake AI Fellowship Referral Program Terms of Service, read 2026-10-08, How the bonus is worked out:
The referral bonus rate is 10% of the referred contractor’s hourly rate on their first accepted project
- Handshake AI, Handshake AI Fellowship Referral Program Terms of Service, read 2026-10-08, Flat bonus per referral: No answer on the page, which ran to 5,336 characters when read on 2026-10-08.
- Handshake AI, Handshake AI Fellowship Referral Program Terms of Service, read 2026-10-08, What the referred person must do:
Complete a minimum of 10 hours of paid production work on any project within 6 months of account creation.
- Handshake AI, Handshake AI Fellowship Referral Program Terms of Service, read 2026-10-08, Who may refer:
Only contractors who hold an active Handshake AI account at the time of the referral and at the time any referral bonus is paid
- Handshake AI, Handshake AI Fellowship Referral Program Terms of Service, read 2026-10-08, When the bonus is paid:
Handshake will issue accrued referral bonuses weekly.
- Handshake AI, Handshake AI Fellowship Referral Program Terms of Service, read 2026-10-08, Any cap:
The maximum total Referral Bonus per Qualified Referral is 40 times the Referral Bonus Rate
- Mercor, Mercor help: refer someone, read 2026-10-08, How the bonus is worked out:
Once your referral begins billable work, you earn 20% of what they earn (hourly pay and bonuses)
- Mercor, Mercor help: refer someone, read 2026-10-08, Flat bonus per referral: No answer on the page, which ran to 12,118 characters when read on 2026-10-08.
- Mercor, Mercor help: refer someone, read 2026-10-08, What the referred person must do:
Once your referral begins billable work
- Mercor, Mercor help: refer someone, read 2026-10-08, Who may refer: No answer on the page, which ran to 12,118 characters when read on 2026-10-08.
- Mercor, Mercor help: refer someone, read 2026-10-08, When the bonus is paid:
Referral earnings are released twice per week on Wednesdays and Fridays at 12:00 PM PST.
- Mercor, Mercor help: refer someone, read 2026-10-08, Any cap:
Hourly contracts: cap = 4× the hourly rate of the first accepted offer
- micro1, micro1 expert referral programme page, read 2026-10-08, How the bonus is worked out:
Each referred candidate is eligible for one referral payout only, tied to their first successful match.
- micro1, micro1 expert referral programme page, read 2026-10-08, Flat bonus per referral: No answer on the page, which ran to 4,507 characters when read on 2026-10-08.
- micro1, micro1 expert referral programme page, read 2026-10-08, What the referred person must do:
After the referred candidate completes 10 hours of work, or the equivalent number of tasks on pay-per-task projects.
- micro1, micro1 expert referral programme page, read 2026-10-08, Who may refer:
Anyone can refer candidates, you don’t need to be part of micro1 or already certified.
- micro1, micro1 expert referral programme page, read 2026-10-08, When the bonus is paid:
Your bonus will be credited to your micro1 account wallet, and you can withdraw it anytime using your preferred payment method.
- micro1, micro1 expert referral programme page, read 2026-10-08, Any cap:
earn up to $3,000 for every successful placement
- micro1, micro1 affiliate programme page, read 2026-10-08, How the bonus is worked out: No answer on the page, which ran to 1,694 characters when read on 2026-10-08.
- micro1, micro1 affiliate programme page, read 2026-10-08, Flat bonus per referral: No answer on the page, which ran to 1,694 characters when read on 2026-10-08.
- micro1, micro1 affiliate programme page, read 2026-10-08, What the referred person must do:
You get paid once your referral logs 10 hours on a project.
- micro1, micro1 affiliate programme page, read 2026-10-08, Who may refer: No answer on the page, which ran to 1,694 characters when read on 2026-10-08.
- micro1, micro1 affiliate programme page, read 2026-10-08, When the bonus is paid:
Your bonus releases the moment your referral hits 10 hours on a project
- micro1, micro1 affiliate programme page, read 2026-10-08, Any cap:
get paid up to $3k per successful hire
- OnFrontiers, OnFrontiers expert referral policy, read 2026-10-08, How the bonus is worked out:
Standard referral: a fixed bonus paid after the referred expert's first completed consultation
- OnFrontiers, OnFrontiers expert referral policy, read 2026-10-08, Flat bonus per referral: No answer on the page, which ran to 1,363 characters when read on 2026-10-08.
- OnFrontiers, OnFrontiers expert referral policy, read 2026-10-08, What the referred person must do:
They must complete their first paid consultation within 12 months of registering
- OnFrontiers, OnFrontiers expert referral policy, read 2026-10-08, Who may refer:
OnFrontiers rewards experts who refer other experts who join the network and complete consultations.
- OnFrontiers, OnFrontiers expert referral policy, read 2026-10-08, When the bonus is paid:
When a referred expert completes their first paid consultation, you receive a referral bonus
- OnFrontiers, OnFrontiers expert referral policy, read 2026-10-08, Any cap:
Multiple referrals: no cap on the number of experts you can refer
- Respondent, Respondent referral policy for participants, read 2026-10-08, How the bonus is worked out:
Signup/Network Referral $20 When your referral earns $75+ from completed studies
- Respondent, Respondent referral policy for participants, read 2026-10-08, Flat bonus per referral:
Signup/Network Referral $20 When your referral earns $75+ from completed studies
- Respondent, Respondent referral policy for participants, read 2026-10-08, What the referred person must do:
Once they've earned $75+ in total incentive payments
- Respondent, Respondent referral policy for participants, read 2026-10-08, Who may refer: No answer on the page, which ran to 5,233 characters when read on 2026-10-08.
- Respondent, Respondent referral policy for participants, read 2026-10-08, When the bonus is paid:
You receive a Tremendous virtual gift card within 7–10 business days.
- Respondent, Respondent referral policy for participants, read 2026-10-08, Any cap:
You can earn up to 5 bonuses per project ($250 max per project).
- Respondent, Respondent refer-a-friend page, read 2026-10-08, How the bonus is worked out:
Invite a friend, earn $50.
- Respondent, Respondent refer-a-friend page, read 2026-10-08, Flat bonus per referral:
Invite a friend, earn $50.
- Respondent, Respondent refer-a-friend page, read 2026-10-08, What the referred person must do:
Once a friend you referred joins, verifies, and earns $75 in research studies, we pay you a $50 bonus
- Respondent, Respondent refer-a-friend page, read 2026-10-08, Who may refer: No answer on the page, which ran to 7,037 characters when read on 2026-10-08.
- Respondent, Respondent refer-a-friend page, read 2026-10-08, When the bonus is paid:
It’s paid through Tremendous, the same way your study payments are.
- Respondent, Respondent refer-a-friend page, read 2026-10-08, Any cap:
No cap on how many friends you bring.
Set aside after reading
9 named documents were read but are not the kind of document this board answers from; see why below. They are counted and never answered.
- Lemon.io, developer referral programme: a developer staffing marketplace, outside class K10: not an AI-training or data platform
- Braintrust, referring talent: a freelance talent marketplace paying in its own token, outside class K10: not an AI-training or data platform
- Arc.dev, community partnerships (developer referrals): a developer job marketplace's community partnership, outside class K10: not an AI-training or data platform
- Contra, how referrals work: a freelance marketplace, outside class K10: not an AI-training or data platform
- CompTIA, subject-matter expert refer a friend: an exam-development expert programme, not an AI-training or data platform
- AI Gig Jobs, Alignerr guide: a secondary platform guide; admissible for discovery only, never a platform's own terms
- AI Gig Jobs, DataAnnotation guide: a secondary platform guide; admissible for discovery only, never a platform's own terms
- AI Gig Jobs, Handshake guide: a secondary platform guide; admissible for discovery only, never a platform's own terms
- aitrainer.work, Gloz review: a secondary platform review; admissible for discovery only, never a platform's own terms
Method
Each platform's own referral programme pages and terms were read through estate-fetch and stored whole (sha256 on every row).
For every page, six questions were answered from its own words: how the bonus is worked out, flat bonus per referral, what the referred person must do, who may refer, when the bonus is paid, any cap.
Every stated answer carries the sentence it rests on, checked against the stored text; 'not stated' means the page read does not address the question.
A platform with several pages reads 'varies' where they disagree.
6 platforms, 9 pages.
10 named documents have not been read and are excluded from the counts.
The 28 pages we read
- Mercor, referral terms and conditions (not yet read)
- Mercor, refer someone (help) (cited for reporting; the publisher's own referral programme pages and terms)
- Handshake AI Fellowship, referral programme terms of service (cited for reporting; the publisher's own referral programme pages and terms)
- Handshake AI Fellowship, referring someone (cited for reporting; the publisher's own referral programme pages and terms)
- micro1, expert referral programme (cited for reporting; the publisher's own referral programme pages and terms)
- micro1, affiliate programme for referring AI training experts (cited for reporting; the publisher's own referral programme pages and terms)
- Prolific, can I refer people to Prolific (not yet read)
- Clickworker, referral bonus (support) (cited for reporting; the publisher's own referral programme pages and terms)
- OnFrontiers, expert referral policy (cited for reporting; the publisher's own referral programme pages and terms)
- Lemon.io, developer referral programme (read, set aside)
- Braintrust, referring talent (read, set aside)
- Arc.dev, community partnerships (developer referrals) (read, set aside)
- Andela, refer a friend (not yet read)
- Contra, how referrals work (read, set aside)
- Contra, freelancer referral terms (not yet read)
- CompTIA, subject-matter expert refer a friend (read, set aside)
- Respondent, referral policy (cited for reporting; the publisher's own referral programme pages and terms)
- Respondent, refer your friends (cited for reporting; the publisher's own referral programme pages and terms)
- Fieldwork, refer-a-friend bonus (not yet read)
- User Interviews, participant affiliates guidelines (not yet read)
- AI Gig Jobs, micro1 guide (not yet read)
- AI Gig Jobs, Alignerr guide (read, set aside)
- AI Gig Jobs, DataAnnotation guide (read, set aside)
- AI Gig Jobs, Handshake guide (read, set aside)
- aitrainer.work, Alignerr active projects (not yet read)
- aitrainer.work, Gloz review (read, set aside)
- AI Training Jobs Finder, Mercor review (not yet read)
- UsagePricing, Mercor referral change log (not yet read)
Use this figure
4 of 6 AI training platforms whose own pages we read pay a flat amount for referring a contributor rather than a share of their earnings, read 8 October 2026.
How the bonus is worked out, by platform: a flat amount per referral 4 of 6, a share of the referee's earnings or rate 2 of 6 (6 platforms, read 8 October 2026).
Flat bonus per referral, by platform: not stated 4 of 6, US dollars per referral 1 of 6, varies 1 of 6 (6 platforms, read 8 October 2026).
What the referred person must do, by platform: stated 6 of 6 (6 platforms, read 8 October 2026).
Who may refer, by platform: not stated 3 of 6, registered or active contributors only 2 of 6, anyone, with or without an account 1 of 6 (6 platforms, read 8 October 2026).
When the bonus is paid, by platform: stated 5 of 6, not stated 1 of 6 (6 platforms, read 8 October 2026).
Any cap, by platform: stated 5 of 6, not stated 1 of 6 (6 platforms, read 8 October 2026).
Suggested citation: "What AI training platforms pay for referring a contributor", updated 2026-10-08, https://aidatareferral.com/datasets/ai-training-referral-bonuses/.
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Questions this data answers
What does each AI-training, expert-network and human-data platform pay a person for referring another person, on what trigger, with what cap, and how is it paid?
4 of 6 AI training platforms whose own pages we read pay a flat amount for referring a contributor rather than a share of their earnings, read 8 October 2026.