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Adding Buddies

Go to Buddies in the navigation, then My Buddies to manage all your connections.

Offline buddy

An offline buddy is someone who does not use Comaney. You just give them a name. Only you can see the balance and only you can track expenses for them. Comaney cannot contact them automatically.

To add one:

  1. Go to My Buddies.
  2. Under Add an offline buddy, type a name and click Add.

The buddy appears in your list straight away.

Want to link their Comaney account later? If the person eventually signs up, you can connect their account to the existing entry so the full expense history carries over. See Upgrading an offline buddy below.

Inviting another Comaney user

For one-on-one expense sharing with someone who already has (or will create) a Comaney account.

To send an invitation:

  1. Go to My Buddies.
  2. Under Invite a buddy, enter their email address and click Send invite.

They receive an email with a link. Once they click Accept, you are connected and can share expenses.

  • The invitation expires after 7 days.
  • You can revoke a pending invitation at any time from My Buddies under "Buddy invitations you sent".
  • If the email address is not yet registered, Comaney sends them a sign-up link instead. They are automatically linked to you once they create their account.

Receiving an invitation: If someone invites you, you will see it under Pending Invitations on the My Buddies page. Click Accept to connect or Decline to ignore it.

Upgrading an offline buddy to a connected user

Once an offline buddy has a Comaney account, you can link it to their existing entry so the full shared expense history moves to their real account.

For a personal offline buddy:

  1. On My Buddies, find the offline buddy and click Invite as user.
  2. Enter their email address and click Send.

For an offline project member (admin only):

  1. On the project page, find the offline member and click Invite to merge.
  2. Enter their email address and click Send.

In both cases, they receive an email. When they accept the link in that email, their account is connected, all expense history transfers over, and the offline entry is replaced by a real connection.