# Invite to a members only topic

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/invite-to-a-members-only-topic/322173>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [August 18, 2024, 7:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/invite-to-a-members-only-topic/322173 "2024-08-18T19:28:34Z")\
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Hi,

I recently tried to create an invite to a topic that is in a members only category (#lounge).

The idea was that if someone wants to see it they either need to be a member, or use the invite to join.

Instead I got a ‘not permitted’ error.

Is there a way to do this?

Would this work?

1. create the topic in a public category,
2. create the invite,
3. move the topic to the #lounge category
4. share invite

PS Any other piece of software I would just experiment, but I’ve got ~1000 users so I don’t want to break things for them.

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