The complete six-step process for becoming a Starkworth Account Owner, from initial contact through signing your profit-sharing agreement.
Becoming an Account Owner follows six steps, and none of them are binding until you sign. The process is designed so you understand exactly what you're agreeing to before verification even begins — nobody is asked to hand over identity documents before they've had the model fully explained.
Anyone considering becoming an Account Owner, from complete beginners with no AI freelance platform experience to people who've researched the space already.
Following the steps in order — and not skipping the explanation step — is what makes the rest of the process fast and low-friction. Most delays happen when someone rushes into verification without having their questions answered first.
The steps happen sequentially rather than all at once — contact and explanation typically happen first and can be as quick as a single conversation, followed by verification and screening, then agreement review and signing. There's no fixed total duration since it depends on your own pace through each step.
Your specific profit-sharing percentage and payout schedule are set out in the agreement you sign in step five — not before. See Understanding Your Profit-Sharing Percentage for how that figure is determined.
Starkworth's team manages your account professionally once live, so you sit back rather than handling daily operations yourself. If questions come up after you're live, Support and Contact remain available the same way they were during onboarding.
Illustrative example — not a real customer case study
Someone reaches out via the Contact form on a Monday, has their explanation call the same week, completes ID verification and live screening the following week, and signs their agreement once every question has been answered. Their account goes live shortly after, with their first weekly payout arriving on the next scheduled Wednesday.
No — Starkworth's team handles daily operations professionally, so no prior AI freelance platform experience is required.
Ask them before moving to verification — that's exactly what the explanation step is for, and you can always follow up through Contact.
They're related but separate: ID verification confirms your identity document, while live screening is a video session confirming you're the verified person.
Yes — nothing is binding until you've signed the agreement in step five.
It depends on your own pace through each step; there's no fixed total duration since it's sequential rather than automated.
Your account goes live and Starkworth's team begins managing it, with Annotators linked to carry out the work.
Starkworth doesn't use fixed public pricing tiers — see What Determines Your Terms above and raise any specific cost questions with Support.
Yes — the full profit-sharing agreement is available to review on the Account Owner portal at any point.
Review the full agreement, register as an Annotator, or chat with our Support assistant.