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Paid Relational for organizations

Written by Lindsay Farrow

With Paid Relational, your organization pays volunteers for each friend they remind to vote through a relational texting project. You set the pay, and Numinar verifies the texts and sends the payments.

💡 Paid Relational needs to be turned on for your organization. Reach out to campaigns@numinar.com to get started and for pricing.


Step 1: Go to Projects and click New Project

In the left menu, click Projects (1), then click New Project (2).

Projects in the left menu and the New Project button

Step 2: Set up a paid relational texting project

Name your project, set Outreach Type to Relational Texting, and fill out the project as usual. See How to create a relational texting project. Then:

  1. Check Pay users per text.

  2. Set the Payment per Contact. It must be more than $0.

  3. Set the Maximum Payout per User. This is the most each volunteer can earn on this project, and it must be at least the payment per contact.

Pay users per text, Payment per Contact, and Maximum Payout per User

✏️ You can't change the payment amounts after the project is created, so double-check them before you click Create Project.

Step 3: Check your project's payment settings

Click the project on the Projects page to see its Payment per Contact and Max Payment per User.

Project details showing payment per contact and maximum payment

Step 4: Invite your volunteers

Share your organization's join link or invite volunteers by email, and point them to these guides:


How volunteers get paid

  • Volunteers earn the payment per contact for each friend they text, once per friend per project, up to the maximum.

  • When they tap Cash out your earnings in the app, Numinar emails them a link to upload screenshots of about 1 in 10 of their texts.

  • Numinar's team reviews the screenshots. Approved payments are emailed to the volunteer as a digital reward from Tremendous, our payments partner. You don't need to approve payouts yourself.

You can follow along on the Reports page. The Activity feed shows when a paid interaction is created, when a volunteer submits verification, and when a payment is approved.


💬 Frequently Asked Questions

Can I pay volunteers for canvassing or calls?

No. Paid Relational payments only apply to relational texting projects.

Does the maximum apply across all of my projects?

No. The Maximum Payout per User applies to each volunteer on each project separately.

Where should volunteers send questions?

Volunteers can email support@numinar.com with questions about the app or their payments. Questions about your pay rate or recruiting terms should come to your organization.

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