When you are ready to onboard members into your organization you can direct them to the Token Request app to submit a request for membership shares.

Creating a new token request.

The Token Request flow allows anyone to propose a contribution in exchange for membership tokens, but only existing members have permission to submit that proposal to the proposal queue so that members can vote to approve it.

<aside> 💡 In order to submit a request you will need to meet all the requirements to submit a vote, including being a member and having enough tokens available to fulfill the time lock obligation.

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This two step flow may feel cumbersome but it allows the user to deposit payment tokens in escrow which can be swapped for membership tokens if their request is approved. It eliminates the need to allow anyone to submit proposals to the proposal queue.

Until a request has been approved it will show up as Pending. The user who submitted the request can invalidate the request and withdraw their payment anytime before the request is Approved.