> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.uselayers.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Manage team members

> Invite teammates to your Layers store, assign roles, manage individual access, transfer ownership, and respond to in-app invite notifications from the team settings page.

Team member management lets you control who has access to your store in the Layers dashboard. You can invite new members by email or shareable link, assign roles, fine-tune individual access, transfer ownership, and remove members who no longer need access.

## Roles

Each member has one or more roles that determine what they can do. Your store comes with six built-in roles:

| Role             | Summary                                                                                                       |
| ---------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Owner**        | Full access, including transferring ownership. Exactly one per store.                                         |
| **Admin**        | Full access to manage the store, members, and configuration.                                                  |
| **Merchandiser** | Manage all merchandising and search tuning; view catalog and analytics.                                       |
| **Developer**    | Configure the store, manage API keys and webhooks, stream live search logs, and run operations; view catalog. |
| **Analyst**      | Read-only across catalog, analytics, merchandising, and search tuning.                                        |
| **Member**       | View the store, catalog, and analytics. Default role for new invites.                                         |

For the full permission breakdown, custom roles, and resource-scoped permissions, see [Manage roles and permissions](/help/configuration/manage-roles-and-permissions).

## Invite a team member

You can invite teammates by email or with a shareable invite link. Both methods assign a role to the new member.

1. Go to **Settings > Users & Invites**.
2. Click **Invite by Email**.
3. Enter the teammate's name and email address.
4. Select the **Role** to assign, and optionally grant additional individual permissions on top of that role.
5. Submit the form.

The invited user receives both an email notification and an in-app notification. If they already have a Layers account, they can accept or decline the invite directly from the [notification center](/platform/real-time-collaboration#notification-center) in the dashboard header.

You can also create a **shareable invite link** that assigns a role to anyone who joins through it. Invite links expire after 7 days.

## Accept or decline an invite

When someone invites you to their store, you see a notification in the **bell icon** at the top of the dashboard.

1. Click the **bell icon** to open the notification panel.
2. Find the store invite notification, which shows who invited you and which store.
3. Click **Accept** to join the store, or **Decline** to dismiss the invite.

Once you accept, the store appears in your store switcher and you can begin working immediately.

## Manage a member's access

Open a member's **Manage access** page to fine-tune what they can do.

* **Multiple roles** — a member can hold more than one role at a time. They receive the combined (union) of all permissions across their roles.
* **Extra permissions** — an admin can grant additional individual permissions on top of a member's roles, including resource-scoped ones such as specific collections or sort orders. See [resource-scoped permissions](/help/configuration/manage-roles-and-permissions#resource-scoped-permissions).
* **Activity log** — each member has a per-member activity log showing their recent configuration changes.

## Transfer ownership

The Owner can transfer ownership to another member without contacting support.

1. Open the new owner's **Manage access** page.
2. Select **Transfer Ownership** and confirm.

After the transfer, the new member becomes the Owner and the previous owner becomes an **Admin**.

## Resend an invitation

If a teammate hasn't responded to their invite, you can resend it from the pending invites list on the **Users & Invites** page.

## Remove a team member

1. Go to **Settings > Users & Invites**.
2. Find the member you want to remove.
3. Click the remove action next to their name.

The member loses access to the store immediately.

## Next steps

* [Manage roles and permissions](/help/configuration/manage-roles-and-permissions) to control what each teammate can do.
* [Navigate settings](/help/configuration/navigate-settings) to explore all store configuration options.
* [Real-time collaboration](/platform/real-time-collaboration) to learn about live editing and the notification center.