Invite team members
Owners and admins can invite teammates from Settings → Members & roles — each invite is emailed to the teammate and also gives you a shareable link you can send any way you like.
Before you start
- You must be a workspace owner or admin.
- Each teammate who joins adds a seat to your per-user subscription.
Step-by-step
Click Settings in the left rail, then Members & roles.
Click Invite (top right of the members list).
Enter the teammate's email address and choose a role — Member or Admin. (See Roles and permissions.)
Click Send invite. The invite link is copied to your clipboard automatically, so you can also paste it into Slack or a text.
The invite appears under Pending invites, with its expiry. From there you can Copy link or Revoke it.
What happens if they don't respond
You don't need to chase anyone. While an invite is pending, Ody follows up for you:
| When | What your teammate gets |
|---|---|
| Right away | The invite email: You're invited to join {your workspace} on Ody |
| About 1 day later | A short reply to that email, in case it got buried |
| About 3 days later | {Your first name} is waiting for you to join {your workspace}, with your email address so they can reply to you directly, and the numbers the workspace runs on (and any number you set aside for them) |
| About 5 days later | A last reminder with the exact day the invite expires |
Reminders only go out on weekdays between 9am and 5pm in your teammate's time zone, and they stop automatically as soon as the teammate accepts, you Revoke the invite, or the invite expires after 7 days. Nobody gets a reminder for an invite that is no longer open. The emails come from Ody, not from your own address, and your teammate can unsubscribe from them without affecting the invite link itself.
You can also open the invite composer from the Invite your team button at the bottom of the left rail. On your phone: More → Settings → Members & roles.
What the teammate sees when they open the link is covered in Accept an invite.
Troubleshooting
- "already a member" — that address has already joined; there's nothing to send.
- The invite email didn't arrive — ask the teammate to check spam, or use Copy link on the pending invite and send the link directly. The link works the same either way. Inviting the same address again also re-sends the email.
- I want to stop the reminders — click Revoke on the pending invite. The reminders stop at once; invite the address again later if you change your mind.
- The invite expired — it disappears from Pending invites after 7 days and the link shows "no longer valid". Invite the address again to send a new one (with a fresh round of reminders).
- Your teammate is outside the US or Canada and sees "Sorry, you have been blocked" — Ody blocks most other regions by default. Verified US businesses can ask support to enable international access for their workspace; see Invite teammates who work outside the US and Canada.
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Frequently asked questions
Does inviting someone cost anything?
Plans are per user per month, so each teammate who joins adds a seat to your subscription. Pending invites don't cost anything until accepted.
Do invites expire?
Yes — invites last 7 days and each pending invite shows its expiry in the list. Once one lapses it drops off the pending list and the link stops working; just invite the address again to send a fresh one.
Can I re-send an invite?
Yes. Invite the same address again — Ody refreshes the pending invite and emails it again — or use Copy link on the pending invite and send the link yourself.
Does Ody remind my teammate if they don't respond?
Yes. If the invite isn't accepted, Ody emails up to three short reminders over the week — about 1, 3 and 5 days after the invite, on weekdays during their business hours. The reminders mention you by name, include your email so they can reply to you, and stop the moment they join, you revoke the invite, or it expires.