I think you better ask your friend, he can help you more, and if not thats the right time to ask here.

Better to create another because the payment for btc is to high this is only a suggestion.

You know what my friend no one from all of us here, not even the legends can give you the right answer to your question for how to earn merit. The only answer that can feed to you is make a quality post and don't expect merit, if you do this you will be save from possible upset emotion of recieving no merit for your quality post. I give this advice because I saw how the merit being misuse and abuse and become a discouragement of the quality posters.
Every person that avoids to expect merit but contribute in this forum is a big help to rebuild the beauty of bct which leads the possibility of removing the merit system.
Well, I think I'm just dreaming a lost paradise-like because you can see the real character of each individual who was and is involve of misusing and abusing the merit.

I have a direct precise answer to you mate, always be logical, be responsible and let us spend time for reading. I found out that it is very hard to gather the information here for everything we need but the good thing if we will give time for reading we can make a great discovery for ourselves. So far what I discovered is the abuse for merit, merit against shitposters and farming.