No can do … merits are to appreciate the content of a post, which may or may not have an inherent task associated to in (i.e. updating regular posts weekly becomes an inherent task). Nevertheless, the spirit should be that of the result being a global benefit to the forum, and not to a one-on-one relationship.

You could though announce your capabilities in the Services childboard, and work for some kind of cryptocurrency for example, but not for merits.