The board stays neutral
Merchant membership tiers can provide different tools and levels of participation, but they do not purchase a better position on the member job board. A merchant's payment level is not used to decide which opportunities you see first.
This creates an important separation: merchant membership is about the merchant's role and tools; job-board ranking is about the opportunity and the member experience.
Paying more does not mean moving to the front
Imagine two merchants post legitimate opportunities. One is on a higher merchant tier and the other is on a lower tier. The higher payment does not automatically make its job appear above the other merchant's job on your board.
That matters because otherwise the board could become a marketplace where businesses with larger budgets buy the best access to members. The member who needs a fair opportunity would then be competing not only on ability, but against a merchant's advertising budget.
So what can merchant tiers do?
Merchant tiers can buy push, not placement. A higher-tier merchant can receive stronger tools for discovering suitable talent, such as having qualified members surfaced to them. Standard merchants can also receive talent recommendations.
Those features help merchants find people. They do not change the order of the opportunities members see.
Your side of the board remains fair
When you apply for merchant work, the relevant question is whether you are a good fit for the opportunity. Members apply, the merchant selects, and applicants are ranked by Profile Strength.
Profile Strength can reflect actions such as completing your profile, verifying your identity, completing community micro-tasks, passing skill assessments, earning verified skill badges and maintaining good merchant ratings.
New members also compete from day one. There is no reserved work simply because someone has been on the platform longer.
Why this rule matters
The board is supposed to connect funded opportunities with capable people. If paying merchants could buy better placement, the system would reward the size of the merchant's wallet instead of keeping the opportunity system focused on relevance and member access.
That is why the rule is straightforward: no merchant's posting ranks higher on the member board simply because the merchant paid more.
Different tiers. One board.
Knozii can give merchants different capabilities without turning job access into a pay-to-win system. Merchant tiers can support different business needs, while the member board remains neutral.
Pay for better tools if you need them. Do not expect payment to buy better job-board placement.
