Retail data annotation
Retail data annotation labels products, empty shelf space, price tags and customer reviews, which helps shops and online stores keep track of stock and learn what buyers think. Tags on product photos are charged per image.
What would labeling your product photos cost?
20,000 images overall, drawn as squares of 1,000 images
For 20,000 images, the going rate abroad comes to roughly
$200 to $2,000
Teams abroad list between $0.01 and $0.10 for each image.
Get quotes for this jobThe calculation behind this
The published low and high price for that label type gets multiplied by the label count. Another review adds 20 to 50 percent, while a US team costs two to four times the outside-US range.
Prices for image tags come from Kili Technology for the low end and BasicAI for the high end.
Prices for bounding boxes come from Label Your Data for the low end and Habile Data for the high end.
Prices for polygons come from AnnotationBox for the low end and Habile Data for the high end.
Prices for sentiment come from GDS Online.
Typical labels for shops
- Catalog photos tagged with each product's type, color and other details.
- A box drawn round every item in a photo of a shelf.
- Sentiment labels on customer reviews.
Vendors listing this work
Audit names explained
- SOC 2 a check by an outside auditor of how a company protects its clients' files. Type I checks a single day; Type II checks several months, so it tells you more.
- ISO 27001 a worldwide data-safety standard; an independent auditor confirms the company follows it.
- ISO 9001 checks the steps a company uses to keep its work consistent. It does not cover keeping your files safe.
- TISAX a security check that car manufacturers ask their suppliers to pass.
- GDPR the EU's data protection law.
| Company | Based in | Kinds of files | Audits and laws it names | How it prices |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Samasama.com | San Francisco, California | Photos, Video, Text, 3D laser scans (LiDAR) | ISO 9001, ISO 27001, TISAX, GDPR | Per project |
| Mindy Supportmindy-support.com | Limassol, Cyprus | Photos, Video, Text, Sound, 3D laser scans (LiDAR), Rating AI chatbot answers | SOC 2, GDPR | Per project; teams start at about 5 people working full time on your files |
| Anolyticsanolytics.ai | Levittown, New York | Photos, Video, Text, Sound | SOC 2 Type I | Per project |
Most companies first look at a sample of your files, then give you one price for the whole job ("per project"). Fill in the short form one time and get prices back from three of them.
Common questions about retail data annotation
Which vendors label retail data?
Three vendors say they take on retail or online-shop work: Anolytics, Mindy Support and Sama.
Do these vendors name SOC 2 or ISO 27001?
Two of the three name a SOC 2 report on their own websites, and one names ISO 27001. A SOC 2 report is an independent check of how a firm keeps client files safe; ISO 27001 is the worldwide standard for managing information security.
Send one brief, hear from three vendors
Describe your data once and we pass it to three annotation vendors that label that kind of data, so you can compare quotes side by side.
- One short form instead of three sales calls
- Matched on data type, volume and security needs
- You choose who to talk to