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Join a syndicate as a member

This tutorial takes you from “an owner 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 the owner sent you, usually arriving by email.

Step 1 — Open the invite link

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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

Take a look at the invite before you touch anything else. The page shows:

  • The syndicate you’re being asked to join.
  • Your Role — member in the usual case, admin if you’re being set up to approve and finalise as well as fly.
  • A third role, viewer, grants read-only access — you can see the calendar and the books, but you can’t book, log usage, or take part in finalisation. It’s the right fit for an accountant, a prospective member, or a family member who needs visibility without the controls.
  • The Type of membership — equity, renter, and so on.
  • Your Ownership percentage, if the syndicate splits by equity.
  • A Message from the person who invited you, if they left one.

If any of those look off — the wrong email, the wrong role, a missed conversation about equity — close the tab and go back to the owner. It’s easier to regenerate the invite than unpick one that’s been accepted.

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 invite details, 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 — 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 slightly. The “You will join as:” section makes the role and type easy to check one more time. Below that, two buttons:

  • Decline — walks away. Use this if the invite arrived in error. The owner 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 tab row (Home, Balances, Bookings 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:

  • Home tab — your next booking, your current balance, and links into the syndicate’s assets and members.
  • Balances tab — what you owe and what’s unpaid. On a fresh membership this will be empty and that’s the right answer.
  • Bookings tab — a list of your upcoming and past bookings. Also empty for now.
  • On web and iPad, a wider shell gives you the Calendar tab — the one you’ll actually book from. On mobile, the calendar sits inside the syndicate and is reachable from the Home tab.

If the owner gave you 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 read the fine print (role, type, ownership) before accepting.
  • Created a Syndik8 account (or signed in with an existing one).
  • Joined the syndicate — you’re now a paid-up member who can book, log flights, and see the group calendar.

Where to go next

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