Now available: Invite users to groups

Having the ability to invite users to groups has been one of the top idea on InSpired since we released the group module.

It cumulated an amount of 38 votes already 

• Inviting Users to Groups Released
• 39 Votes

So many of you asked for this feature so we worked on not one but TWO methods to invite users to groups 🤯 : Invite links and email invitations. Those two ways serve two different uses cases :)

Invite links

What are group invite links:

• Invite links are an easy way to invite users to groups. They are available for public and private groups.
• Any end user who clicks on a group invite link will automatically become a member of the group without having to click "Join" (public groups) or "Request to join" (private groups). 
• For private groups, the invite links allow to bypass the approval by community managers.  End users directly become group members without having to be approved. 

Learn how to use invite link in this dedicated article

• Invite users to groups using invite links Tutorial

Email invitations

What are group email invites:

• Email invites are a great way to invite specific users to join public and private groups.
• Any registered user receiving and accepting an email invite for a group will automatically become a member of the group without having to click "Join" (public groups) or "Request to join" (private groups). The email invitation will be valid only for the selected users and no one else.
• For private groups, the email invites allow to bypass the approval by community managers.  End users directly become group members without having to be approved. 

Learn how to use invite link in this dedicated article:

• Invite registered users to groups using email invites Tutorial

When to use group each invitation method:

Use invite links when you aim to get as many members as possible to join your groups. We do NOT recommend using invite links for groups containing sensitive information. Invite links should be used for example for groups that are interests, role or location based (for ex: Amsterdam group, Designers groups).

Use email invites when you wish to invite a specific list of users to a group. The invitation will be valid only for the selected users and no one else. Invite links on the contrary can be used by any end user. 

To sum up:

• Invite links are great to create buzz and grow rapidly the number of members in a group containing public content. 
• Email invites are a more secure way to invite user to groups containing sensitive information.