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Join a syndicate as a member

This tutorial takes you from “an admin sent me a link” to “I am a member of the syndicate and can see the calendar.” By the end, you’ll have an account, be part of the syndicate, and know the shape of your membership, your role and which rate band you’re on. Plan on about five minutes; most of it is you choosing a password.

The only thing you need to start is the invite link an admin of the syndicate sent you, usually arriving by email.

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Tap the link in the email, or paste it into your browser if you received it another way. The Syndik8 Invitation screen opens with a friendly “You’re Invited!” heading and the syndicate’s name.

Invitation landing page for a signed-out user, with Sign In and Create Account buttonsInvitation landing page for a signed-out user, with Sign In and Create Account buttons

Signed out, that’s all the page shows: the “You’re Invited!” heading, the syndicate you’re being asked to join, and two buttons to sign in or create an account. The specifics of your membership (your role, and your equity share if the syndicate splits ownership that way) appear once you’ve signed in, at Step 3, so there’s nothing to check here yet.

Step 2: Sign in or create an account

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Syndik8 needs to know who you are before it can attach you to the syndicate. Below the invitation, two buttons sit side by side:

  • Sign In, if you already have a Syndik8 account, even one in a different syndicate.
  • Create Account, if this is your first time.

For a first-time user, tap Create Account. Enter an email and a password (use the same email the invite was sent to, unless you have a reason to use another). Syndik8 emails you a confirmation link; click it, return to the invite (the link still works), and you’ll come back signed in.

If you already had an account, Sign In lands you back on the invite page, now in “signed-in” mode, and the layout shifts to show the accept controls.

Step 3: Accept the invitation

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Signed in, the Invitation page changes. A “You will join as:” section now spells out your membership, so take a moment to check it:

  • Your Role: member in the usual case (you can book, log flights, and take part), or admin if you’re being set up to approve and finalise as well. The third role, viewer, is read-only: it sees the calendar and the books but can’t book, log usage, or take part in finalisation, which suits an accountant, a prospective member, or a family member who needs visibility without the controls.
  • Your Shares, if the syndicate splits ownership by equity. This shows as a share count, not a percentage.
  • A Message from whoever invited you, if they left one.

Below that sit two buttons:

  • Decline walks away. Use it if the invite arrived in error, or if a detail looks wrong (the wrong role, an unexpected or missing equity share); it’s easier to regenerate an invite than unpick an accepted one, and the admin who invited you will see the decline.
  • Accept Invitation joins you.
Invitation page for a signed-in user, showing Decline and Accept Invitation buttonsInvitation page for a signed-in user, showing Decline and Accept Invitation buttons

Tap Accept Invitation. The app closes the invite page and drops you back on your home screen with a fresh card for the syndicate you’ve just joined. Tap the card to go in; that’s where the member tab row (Home, Balances, Bookings, Profile on mobile) and the syndicate’s aircraft live.

Home screen after accepting an invite, with a new card for the syndicate you just joinedHome screen after accepting an invite, with a new card for the syndicate you just joined

Step 4: Look around

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Before you go and book a flight, take thirty seconds to orient yourself. On a phone your bottom tabs are:

  • Home: your next booking, your current balance, and links into the syndicate’s assets and members.
  • Balances: what you owe and what’s unpaid. On a fresh membership this is empty, and that’s the right answer.
  • Bookings: a list of your upcoming and past bookings. Also empty for now.
  • Profile: your account and settings.

The Calendar, the one you’ll actually book from, lives inside the syndicate rather than on this row. Open the syndicate from your Home tab and the calendar is a tab there: a bottom tab on a phone, a side rail on web and iPad, but in the same place on every device.

If you have been given access to more than one syndicate, a syndicate picker near the top-left switches between them.

What you just did

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  • Opened an invite link and, once signed in, checked your membership (your role, and any equity share) before accepting.
  • Created a Syndik8 account (or signed in with an existing one).
  • Joined the syndicate; you’re now a member who can book, log flights, and see the syndicate calendar.

Where to go next

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