Everything about how Corridoor works, including how we make money.
Where our money comes from, what it costs you (if anything), how every score is calculated and how every project report is checked. If something here is unclear or wrong, tell us.
- Revenue sources
- 2
- Upfront fees
- $0
- Max share in a month
- $150
- Commercial inputs in scores
- 0
01How we make money
How Corridoor makes money
Two sources, and only two: a support share from members who choose hands-on help, and disclosed referral fees that some platforms pay us. No subscriptions, no upfront fees, no paid placement, and we never sell data.
Source 1
Support share
Only if you choose guided help. You keep 70–85% of what you earn on platforms we set you up on, for 90 days, capped at $150 a month.
- Setup reviewyou keep 85%
- Guided startyou keep 80%
- Intensiveyou keep 70%
Source 2
Disclosed referral fees
Some platforms run public referral programmes that pay the referrer when a new contributor signs up and completes work. When you use a Corridoor link for one of those platforms, the platform may pay us that bonus.
Paid by the platform, on top. It never comes out of your pay, and it has zero weight in any ranking or score.
Which platforms, and the rulesTry it: what the support share costs in a real month
The same calculation our invoices use. Move the slider or type an amount.
On $600 at Guided start, the support share is $120 and you keep $480.
You keep
$480
of $600 earned (80%)
- Support share
- $120
- Monthly cap
- $150
20% of $600, rounded to the nearest dollar. Below the $150 cap.
Only for 90 days from your first paid task on that platform. After that, and on any platform you joined yourself, you keep 100%.
Where the money came from and where it went, Q3 2026
Sample figuresThese percentages show the level of detail we will publish every quarter. They are illustrative, not from our books yet, and will be replaced with real figures.
- Support shareFrom members on any support level: Setup review, Guided start or Intensive71%
- Disclosed referral feesPaid by platforms, never by members29%
- Member coaching & support team46%
- Project verification14%
- Scout bonusesFixed at 12% of all revenue12%
- Product & infrastructure11%
- Operations, legal, accounting9%
- Retained / reinvested8%
Scout pool: 12% of all Corridoor revenue funds bonuses for members who report and confirm projects. It is set as a share of revenue, so it grows with the business rather than being a marketing budget we can cut.
03Referral fees
Referral fees, disclosed platform by platform
Some platforms run public referral programmes that pay the referrer when a new contributor signs up and completes work. When you use a Corridoor link for one of those platforms, the platform may pay us that bonus.
Platforms with an arrangement (4 of 14)
The other 10 platforms in the directory pay us nothing.
The rules we follow
- 1It never comes out of your pay. The platform pays it on top.
- 2Every platform with an arrangement is labelled 'Referral disclosed' in the directory and on its page.
- 3Referral arrangements have zero weight in rankings, match scores or reliability scores. The formulas are published below and contain no commercial inputs.
- 4You can always sign up directly instead. Each platform page links to the official site without a referral code.
The match score and the reliability score have no commercial inputs. Neither formula knows whether a platform pays us. You can check the reliability formula in full in the next section.
04Reliability methodology
How the reliability score is calculated
Every platform gets a score from 0 to 100, built from four things members report. The scores in the directory are computed from this exact formula when the site is built — nobody types them in — so the published method and the displayed numbers cannot drift apart.
Payment speed
35%- Measures
- Median days from submitting work to money arriving in the member's own account
- Becomes a score
- 100 at 2 days or less, minus 2.2 points per extra day
Task availability
30%- Measures
- Share of weeks in the last 90 days where approved members reported paid work available
- Becomes a score
- Used directly (0–100)
Fair reviews
20%- Measures
- Share of submitted tasks members report as rejected or unpaid
- Becomes a score
- 100 minus 3 points per percentage point rejected
Support response
15%- Measures
- Median hours to a first human reply from platform support
- Becomes a score
- 100 at 24 hours or less, minus 0.5 points per extra hour
score = round( 0.35 × payment speed + 0.30 × task availability + 0.20 × fair reviews + 0.15 × support response )
The formula, applied
Pick any platform to see its figures run through the formula.
Worked example: Outlier
From 612 member reports · updated 2026-09-22
| Measure | Sub-score | × Weight | = Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| Payment speed5 days to payout | 93 | 35% | 32.7 |
| Task availability64% of weeks with work | 64 | 30% | 19.2 |
| Fair reviews13% of tasks rejected | 61 | 20% | 12.2 |
| Support response60 h to first reply | 82 | 15% | 12.3 |
Total, rounded: 76 / 100
All platforms
Scores built from fewer than 75 member reports are marked provisional everywhere they appear. In this preview, every figure below is sample data.
| Status | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Prolific | 89 | 318 | Full sample |
| DataAnnotation | 85 | 284 | Full sample |
| Mercor | 84 | 173 | Full sample |
| Handshake AI | 83 | 88 | Full sample |
| Surge AI | 81 | 64 | Provisional |
| AfterQuery | 81 | 37 | Provisional |
| Toloka | 81 | 402 | Full sample |
| micro1 | 77 | 121 | Full sample |
| Snorkel AI | 77 | 41 | Provisional |
| Outlier | 76 | 612 | Full sample |
| Alignerr | 76 | 197 | Full sample |
| TELUS Digital AI Community | 75 | 258 | Full sample |
| Scale AI (Remotasks) | 61 | 229 | Full sample |
| Appen | 50 | 341 | Full sample |
Provisional = fewer than 75 member reports. The score is still calculated the same way, but a few reports can move it a lot.
Where the data comes from, and how we protect it from manipulation
- Who can report
- Only members with an approved account on that platform. Figures come from members' own dashboards and payout statements, not from the platforms' marketing.
- One voice per member
- One reliability report per member, per platform, per month. A new report from the same member replaces their earlier one for that month.
- Evidence, not opinion
- Payment-speed and rejection figures must match a shared earnings statement or dashboard screenshot. Reports that do not match are excluded, not averaged in.
- Outliers
- Payment speed and support response use medians, so a handful of extreme reports cannot drag a score far. Reports far outside the normal range are checked by a person before they count.
- Brigading
- A sudden burst of reports about one platform — for example from many new accounts in a short time — is held back for manual review and only counted once checked.
- Platforms have no say
- Platforms cannot submit, edit or remove member reports, and cannot pay for a better score. They can send us corrections with evidence, like anyone else.
05Project verification
How a project report becomes “Verified”
Projects in the live feed are reported by members and checked by other members and by our team. Every project shows where it is in this process, so you always know how much to trust it.
- 1
A scout reports it
A member submits the project name, platform, pay, eligibility and a screenshot from their own dashboard. It appears in the feed immediately, marked Unverified.
- 2
Other members confirm it
Members who can see the same project confirm it with their own screenshot. One confirmation moves it to Confirming.
- 3
The team checks it
A Corridoor reviewer compares the screenshots, checks the pay and eligibility against them, and removes anything that identifies the reporter. With three or more independent confirmations it becomes Verified. Median time: about six hours.
- 4
It is re-checked while it lives
Members flag when pay changes or a queue empties. Projects with no fresh confirmation in 7 days are marked Slowing; closed projects stay visible for 7 days, then drop out.
The three statuses
- Unverified
Newly reported by a single scout. Treat as a lead, not a fact.
- Confirming
Reported and at least one other member has confirmed it. Team review in progress.
- Verified
Confirmed by 3+ independent members with screenshots reviewed by the Corridoor team.
Sample figures for this preview.
What we remove before anything is published
- Names, emails, worker IDs and profile photos in screenshots
- Task content, prompts, guidelines and anything marked confidential
- Customer or client names the platform has not made public
- Invite links and referral codes tied to a person
We publish only a project's visible name, platform, pay, eligibility and how to reach it. That is enough to decide whether to look for it, and it keeps members inside their platforms' confidentiality rules.
06About the data
About the data on this site
This is a preview build. The figures, project reports and scout activity on this site are sample data that show the shape and level of detail of the real thing. They are not real members, real earnings or real reports, and we mark them that way everywhere they appear.
Definition
Every figure says exactly what it counts — including what it leaves out.
Source
Where the number comes from: the directory, the feed, member statements or our records.
As-of date
When it was last calculated. Tap the small info icon next to any figure on the site to see all three.
- Derived
14
Platforms tracked
Platforms with a full profile and member-reported reliability data.
Derived from the directory · as of 2026-09-22
- Derived
25
Live projects in the feed
Reported projects that are not closed, across all platforms.
Derived from the project feed · as of 2026-09-22
- Sample
186
Projects verified (30 days)
Project reports that reached Verified status in the last 30 days.
Scout report database · as of 2026-09-22
- Sample
6.2h
Median time to verify
Median time from a first report to Verified status, last 30 days.
Scout report database · as of 2026-09-22
- Sample
438
Members paid in the last 30 days
Members who shared at least one platform payout statement in the last 30 days. Members who did not share are not counted.
Member earnings statements · as of 2026-09-22
- Sample
1,284
Registered members
Accounts that completed the profile questionnaire. Includes inactive members.
Member database · as of 2026-09-22
- Sample
31
Countries with active members
Countries where at least one member was paid in the last 90 days.
Member earnings statements · as of 2026-09-22
- Sample
64%
Guided members approved
Share of Guided members approved on at least one platform within 30 days. This means 36% were not.
Guided support records · as of 2026-09-22
- Sample
11 days
Median days to first paid task
For guided members who were approved: days from joining to their first paid task.
Guided support records · as of 2026-09-22
- Sample
$3,915
Scout bonuses paid (30 days)
Total paid out to scouts for verified reports and confirmations in the last 30 days.
Payout ledger · as of 2026-09-22
- Sample
22%
Reports we rejected
Share of scout reports in the last 30 days that were duplicates, inaccurate or could not be confirmed.
Scout report database · as of 2026-09-22
| Figure | Value | What it counts | Source · as of | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Platforms tracked | 14 | Platforms with a full profile and member-reported reliability data. | Derived from the directory2026-09-22 | Derived |
| Live projects in the feed | 25 | Reported projects that are not closed, across all platforms. | Derived from the project feed2026-09-22 | Derived |
| Projects verified (30 days) | 186 | Project reports that reached Verified status in the last 30 days. | Scout report database2026-09-22 | Sample |
| Median time to verify | 6.2h | Median time from a first report to Verified status, last 30 days. | Scout report database2026-09-22 | Sample |
| Members paid in the last 30 days | 438 | Members who shared at least one platform payout statement in the last 30 days. Members who did not share are not counted. | Member earnings statements2026-09-22 | Sample |
| Registered members | 1,284 | Accounts that completed the profile questionnaire. Includes inactive members. | Member database2026-09-22 | Sample |
| Countries with active members | 31 | Countries where at least one member was paid in the last 90 days. | Member earnings statements2026-09-22 | Sample |
| Guided members approved | 64% | Share of Guided members approved on at least one platform within 30 days. This means 36% were not. | Guided support records2026-09-22 | Sample |
| Median days to first paid task | 11 days | For guided members who were approved: days from joining to their first paid task. | Guided support records2026-09-22 | Sample |
| Scout bonuses paid (30 days) | $3,915 | Total paid out to scouts for verified reports and confirmations in the last 30 days. | Payout ledger2026-09-22 | Sample |
| Reports we rejected | 22% | Share of scout reports in the last 30 days that were duplicates, inaccurate or could not be confirmed. | Scout report database2026-09-22 | Sample |
Sample = illustrative figure, to be replaced with real data. Derived = counted automatically from the directory or feed, so it is exactly as real as that data — which, in this preview, is itself sample data. Audited = checked against our records.
07Member principles
Member success principles
How we decide what to recommend, and what we will say no to — even when saying yes would earn us more.
- 01
We will tell you when we can't help
If no platform fits your country, skills or equipment right now, we say so plainly instead of signing you up for something that will reject you.
- 02
Several platforms, not one
Work on any single platform can stop overnight. We plan for two or three platforms that suit you, so one pause does not end your income.
- 03
Quality over volume
A few careful tasks keep doors open; many rushed ones close them. Our coaching is about quality scores first and hours second.
- 04
Follow every platform rule
No account sharing, no AI tools where a project forbids them, no copying guidelines. We would rather lose a member than help them break a rule.
- 05
Your real location, always
No VPNs and no misrepresenting where you live or who you are. It is the fastest way to lose an account and unpaid earnings, and we will not help with it.
- 06
Your data is yours
We use your profile to match you and share it with a platform only when you ask us to help you apply there. You can ask us to delete it at any time.
Things we never do
Charge upfront fees
No joining, training or placement fee, now or later.
Hold or route your earnings
Platforms pay you directly. We never have access to your platform or payout accounts.
Sell or rent your data
Your profile is used to match you, and shared with a platform only when you ask us to help you apply.
Accept paid placement
No platform can pay to rank higher, appear in more matches or get a better score.
Run or share accounts
We never operate an account on your behalf or ask for your password. Account sharing breaks every platform's rules.
Promise earnings or approval
Platforms decide who they accept and how much work exists. We will tell you honestly what is realistic.
08No hidden terms
No hidden terms
This is the complete list of everything on Corridoor that could ever cost a member money.
1 of 1
The support share
Only with guided support you chose and signed for. You keep 70–85% of earnings on platforms we set you up on, for 90 days from your first paid task there, and never pay more than $150 in a calendar month. Nothing up front.
These are our proposed terms. They are under legal review and will be confirmed in the written agreement you sign before any guided work starts. The signed agreement is what binds us both.
Found something wrong? Tell us.
A score that doesn't match your experience, a project that has closed, a sentence on this page that isn't clear. We read every correction and reply within 48 hours.