---
title: "Member Profile - Manage Points"
description: "Add points manually to a member’s profile with descriptions and date"
url: https://help.fanmaker.com/en/articles/356-member-profile-manage-points
collection: "Member Profiles"
updated: 2026-10-19
language: en
---

# Member Profile - Manage Points

Add points manually to a member’s profile with descriptions and date

Click a member from the **Members** list, then open the **Points** tab to add or remove points by hand.

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## What you'll see first

Four cards across the top: **Total Earned**, **Total Spent**, **Available Balance**, and **Expiring (30 days)**. Below them, a **Points Detail** card breaks the same numbers out line by line.

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## Award Points

Click **Award Points** and fill in:

**1.** **Points to Award** — how many points to add.

**2.** **Apply On Date** — defaults to right now. This only pre- or post-dates the award in the member's activity feed; the points land immediately either way.

**3.** **Public Description** — the reason the member sees in their activity feed.

**4.** **Private Notes (admin only)** — internal notes for your own record keeping. Members never see this.

Then click **Award Points** to commit.

> **Warning:** **Heads up:** Backdating an award also backdates when those points expire, so a pre-dated grant can expire sooner than you expect.

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## Deduct Points

**Deduct Points** works the same way — **Points to Deduct**, **Apply On Date**, **Public Description**, and **Private Notes**. The modal shows the member's current available balance so you can see what you're working against before you commit.