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title: Assigning memberships to customers manually
related:
  - https://docs.kentico.com/13/managing-users/membership-management.md
  - https://docs.kentico.com/13/e-commerce-features/managing-on-line-stores/products/managing-product-representations/managing-e-commerce-memberships.md
---

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In general, [memberships](https://docs.kentico.com/13/managing-users/membership-management.md) group together one or more existing [roles](https://docs.kentico.com/13/managing-users/role-management.md). In the e-commerce context, memberships are typically associated with a certain [product](https://docs.kentico.com/13/e-commerce-features/managing-on-line-stores/products/managing-product-representations/managing-e-commerce-memberships.md), which [customers](https://docs.kentico.com/13/e-commerce-features/managing-on-line-stores/customers.md) can then purchase. This allows them to gain access to restricted sections of the website or other types of premium content for a specified amount of time.

> **Info:** You can assign memberships only to [registered customers](https://docs.kentico.com/13/e-commerce-features/managing-on-line-stores/customers/registering-customers-manually.md).

To assign a membership to a customer:

1. Open the **Customers** application.
2. **Edit** () the desired customer.

   ![Editing a customer](https://docs.kentico.com/docsassets/13/assigning-memberships-to-customers-manually/editing_customer.png "Editing a customer")
3. Switch to the **Membership** tab.

   ![Switching to the Membership tab](https://docs.kentico.com/docsassets/13/assigning-memberships-to-customers-manually/switching_to_membership_tab.png "Switching to the Membership tab")
4. (Optional) If you want to choose a membership from a different website, select the site in the **Site** drop-down list.

   ![Selecting a site](https://docs.kentico.com/docsassets/13/assigning-memberships-to-customers-manually/selecting_site.png "Selecting a site")
5. Click **Add membership**.

   ![Clicking Add membership](https://docs.kentico.com/docsassets/13/assigning-memberships-to-customers-manually/clicking_add_membership.png "Clicking Add membership")
6. In the **Select membership**dialog, select the memberships which you want to assign to the customer.

   > **Tip:** If you have multiple memberships, you can use the filter above the membership listing.
7. (Optional) You can select until when the customer is a member of the membership in the **Valid to** field. Then, the system automatically removes the membership from the customer.

   ![Configuring the membership validity](https://docs.kentico.com/docsassets/13/assigning-memberships-to-customers-manually/configuring_membership_validity.png "Configuring the membership validity")
8. Click **Save & Close**.

   ![Clicking Save & Close](https://docs.kentico.com/docsassets/13/assigning-memberships-to-customers-manually/clicking_save_and_close.png "Clicking Save & Close")

The system assigns the membership to the customer (user). The customer can now use the membership benefits.

You can see the assigned memberships in the listing on the **Membership** tab.

![Assigned memberships](https://docs.kentico.com/docsassets/13/assigning-memberships-to-customers-manually/assigned_memberships.png "Assigned memberships")

To remove the membership from the customer, select the membership's check box and click **Remove selected**.