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Using Coupled Memberships

Advanced use-case: How to add shared memberships.

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Written by Clare Atreo
Updated over 4 weeks ago

Why use a coupled membership?

If your organization offers shared memberships—such as "2 for 1" offers, spouse or partner memberships, or household-based signups—Qomon allows you to link two people to the same membership using the beneficiary feature.

This is ideal for:

  • Couple or family memberships

  • Parent/child memberships

  • Scenarios where one person pays for another

💡This is a specific use-case and may not apply to your organization.


✅ How it works

Qomon lets you add a second contact (beneficiary) to a single membership transaction. Only one payment is recorded, but both contacts are recognized as active members.

To do this correctly, you need to:

  • Use a paid membership product (e.g. “Couple – Annual”) for the main contact

  • Use a “Free” membership product for the linked beneficiary

This ensures both contacts have a visible membership on their contact card—while only one of them is tied to the actual payment.

Need help setting up membership products? Check out this article: Creating Donation Products and Campaign Codes


🧾 Steps to add a coupled membership

  1. Add a transaction to the contact who is paying for the membership.
    → This contact is considered the payer and will receive the receipt.

  2. During the product selection step, choose the paid membership product that corresponds to a shared membership (e.g. “Couple – Annual”).

  3. Once the product is added, go to the “Beneficiaries” tab.

  4. Click “Add a beneficiary” and select the second contact (e.g. the partner or family member).

  5. Choose the Free membership product for the beneficiary.

  6. Save the transaction.


📍 What happens next?

  • The membership will appear on both contact cards.

  • The payer is tied to the payment.

  • The beneficiary is tagged with a free membership but still recognized as an active member.

  • Both contacts are counted as members in filters and exports.

💡 Tip: This setup also works for any case where someone pays on behalf of another (like a parent paying for a child).

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