# Better way for my users to invite others?
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/better-way-for-my-users-to-invite-others/61665
**Category:** Support
**Tags:** invites
**Created:** [26 أبريل 2017، 6:12م UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/better-way-for-my-users-to-invite-others/61665 "2017-04-26T18:12:43Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@shaundefense](https://meta.discourse.org/u/shaundefense)
#### Post date: [26 أبريل 2017، 6:12م UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/better-way-for-my-users-to-invite-others/61665/1 "2017-04-26T18:12:43Z")
I have an invite only site and I’m interested in growing my members by allowing my members to invite others.
I understand there is the invite to topic feature, but is there a way for my users to send general invites?
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### Author:  [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)
#### Post date: [26 أبريل 2017، 6:15م UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/better-way-for-my-users-to-invite-others/61665/2 "2017-04-26T18:15:57Z")
Yes there is. General invites can be sent from a user’s profile.
Take a look at `yoursite.com/my/invited/pending`. `my` will automatically expand into `u/username` so you can safely share the link that will be individualized based on whomever clicks it.
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### Author:  [@shaundefense](https://meta.discourse.org/u/shaundefense)
#### Post date: [26 أبريل 2017، 6:18م UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/better-way-for-my-users-to-invite-others/61665/3 "2017-04-26T18:18:39Z")
> [@jomaxro](#):
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> /my/invited/pending
I’ve tried this but it doesn’t show for my users. Do you know what permissions are required for them to access?
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### Author:  [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)
#### Post date: [26 أبريل 2017، 6:18م UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/better-way-for-my-users-to-invite-others/61665/4 "2017-04-26T18:18:56Z")
They must be at least Trust Level 2, Member.
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### Author:  [@shaundefense](https://meta.discourse.org/u/shaundefense)
#### Post date: [26 أبريل 2017، 6:21م UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/better-way-for-my-users-to-invite-others/61665/5 "2017-04-26T18:21:14Z")
I tried setting a user to level 2 and testing that but still no luck… ☹
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### Author:  [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)
#### Post date: [26 أبريل 2017، 6:21م UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/better-way-for-my-users-to-invite-others/61665/6 "2017-04-26T18:21:43Z")
It’s possible that `invite_only` changes something…currently at work so I can’t test on my dev instance.
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### Author:  [@shaundefense](https://meta.discourse.org/u/shaundefense)
#### Post date: [26 أبريل 2017، 6:23م UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/better-way-for-my-users-to-invite-others/61665/7 "2017-04-26T18:23:44Z")
Ok thanks for the input. If you do get to test I’d love to hear what you find out.
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### Author:  [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)
#### Post date: [26 أبريل 2017، 7:12م UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/better-way-for-my-users-to-invite-others/61665/8 "2017-04-26T19:12:31Z")
Here’s what `invite only` means:
> [@](#):
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> Public registration is disabled, all new users must be explicitly invited by other members or staff.
So it looks like other members can invite members.
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### Author:  [@shaundefense](https://meta.discourse.org/u/shaundefense)
#### Post date: [1 مايو 2017، 4:35م UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/better-way-for-my-users-to-invite-others/61665/9 "2017-05-01T16:35:14Z")
So I haven’t found a solution here yet guys.
I’ve played around with permissions but haven’t had any success. I can’t get the profile invites page to show up for my users.
If anyone is available to help I would appreciate it.
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### Author:  [@charleswalter](https://meta.discourse.org/u/charleswalter)
#### Post date: [1 مايو 2017، 5:51م UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/better-way-for-my-users-to-invite-others/61665/10 "2017-05-01T17:51:19Z")
There definitely is opportunity to improve the UX to encourage growth. Our categories are more like communities on their own, but there is no call-to-action for users to invite their friends to join.
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### Author:  [@shaundefense](https://meta.discourse.org/u/shaundefense)
#### Post date: [1 مايو 2017، 7:19م UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/better-way-for-my-users-to-invite-others/61665/11 "2017-05-01T19:19:53Z")
Yea. I plan on creating a CTA linking to the invite page. It would be awesome if I can make my cta button open up the invite modal to reduce a load and additional click.
Problem is I can’t work towards that until I figure out how to let my members have the rights to invite.
**Currently my site is set to invite only. I’ve tested with accounts trying all trust levels but they still don’t have access to the invite page.**
I’ve been told TL2 is the right level but that doesn’t work. ☹
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [1 مايو 2017، 7:32م UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/better-way-for-my-users-to-invite-others/61665/12 "2017-05-01T19:32:08Z")
Invite only means invites by STAFF only. Not normal users.
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### Author:  [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)
#### Post date: [1 مايو 2017، 7:55م UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/better-way-for-my-users-to-invite-others/61665/13 "2017-05-01T19:55:04Z")
Not according to the setting description:
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [1 مايو 2017، 8:10م UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/better-way-for-my-users-to-invite-others/61665/14 "2017-05-01T20:10:55Z")
Broken description, then – the idea is that the staff _control_ the invites.
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### Author:  [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)
#### Post date: [1 مايو 2017، 9:55م UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/better-way-for-my-users-to-invite-others/61665/15 "2017-05-01T21:55:57Z")
that’s a confusing one, then. It makes sense that a “closed” community would trust members to be able to invite others.
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### Author:  [@shaundefense](https://meta.discourse.org/u/shaundefense)
#### Post date: [1 مايو 2017، 10:09م UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/better-way-for-my-users-to-invite-others/61665/16 "2017-05-01T22:09:33Z")
Yea that’s what I noticed…was hoping that’s how it actually works.
The whole idea is that we maintain a closed community of trusted members so opening it up for open registration defeats the purpose of the invite system.
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### Author:  [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)
#### Post date: [1 مايو 2017، 10:11م UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/better-way-for-my-users-to-invite-others/61665/17 "2017-05-01T22:11:07Z")
Sounds like your best bet if you don’t trust them all enough to be moderators is to have them PM an admin with requests to add people.
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [1 مايو 2017، 10:18م UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/better-way-for-my-users-to-invite-others/61665/18 "2017-05-01T22:18:38Z")
It doesn’t, actually; staff are in charge of the site, otherwise you have friend-of-a-friend-of-a-friend-of-a-friend effect.
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### Author:  [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)
#### Post date: [1 مايو 2017، 10:31م UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/better-way-for-my-users-to-invite-others/61665/19 "2017-05-01T22:31:48Z")
Indeed, but I can imagine situations where that’d be completely appropriate. And whoever wrote the description apparently agreed with me. 🙂
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### Author:  [@shaundefense](https://meta.discourse.org/u/shaundefense)
#### Post date: [1 مايو 2017، 10:32م UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/better-way-for-my-users-to-invite-others/61665/20 "2017-05-01T22:32:15Z")
An option for allowing members of certain TL (or even with a certain badge) on a closed community would be a great development.
Would it be feasible to have this developed as a plugin or is that walking too close to the permissions of Discourse?
My alternative was to embed a form for invite requests, we just liked the idea of Discourse tracking all invites.
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