Invite people to a room

Invite people by email

Inviting someone by email makes them a member of the room with the role you choose. They can come back to the room any time, without waiting for approval.

Who can invite: the room owner and people with Can edit. People with Can review or Can view can open the Share dialog and see the member list, but the email field is disabled for them.

1. Open the Share room dialog:
   • Inside the room, click Share in the top bar, or
   • On Your Rooms, click the Add participant (+) button in the room's In Room column.
2. Under Invite people, type one or more email addresses, separated by commas.
3. Choose the role in Invite as: Can edit, Can review or Can view. The default is Can review. This option appears once you have typed a valid email. See Room roles and permissions.
4. Click Invite.
5. A message confirms how many people were invited (for example Invited 2 Persons). Each person appears in Room members while the invitation is sent.

Pactto emails each person an invitation. People who already have a Pactto account follow the link to the room, logging in first if needed. People without an account are taken to sign up with their email already filled in; after they confirm the code Pactto emails them, they go to the room.

Copy the room link

If your account shows a Copy link button at the top of the Share room dialog, click it to copy the room's address. Anyone who opens that link identifies themselves on the room's join screen (name and email, or a log-in) and asks to join. They enter with Can view once the owner or an editor admits them. See Join a room and the waiting room.

To let people in without a Pactto account, use a session link instead. See Let people join without an account.

If something goes wrong

• "<email> is already in the room" or "Already in the room: ...": that person is already a member. Their row is highlighted in the member list.
• "Please enter a valid email: ...": fix the address shown.
• "This room has reached its maximum capacity of 99 participants. To invite new people, remove someone first.": the room has 99 members. Remove someone before inviting.
• "You have reached the 20 participants limit": 20 people are in the room right now, which is the most that can be connected at the same time. Try again when someone leaves. See Room capacity.
• "Could not copy the link. Copy it from the address bar instead.": your browser blocked the clipboard. Copy the address from the browser's address bar.
• If some invitations fail, Pactto shows an error message with the reason for each group of addresses.

Good to know

• Your plan may limit how many people can have Can edit in a room. If you reach that limit, Pactto tells you when you try to give someone edit access.
• The member list shows each person's name and email, with Owner next to the room creator. People who joined through a session link show (Guest) after their name.