Product Overview¶

Last reviewed: March 17, 2026

BeFam is a mobile-first genealogy and clan operations platform designed for Vietnamese family clans that need both cultural continuity and practical daily coordination.

Why BeFam Exists¶

Families are now distributed across cities and countries. People still care about heritage and clan participation, but modern schedules and distance make coordination much harder.

BeFam addresses this gap by combining:

lineage clarity (who belongs where, and how members are related)
operational continuity (events, funds, scholarship workflows)
secure access (right member, right clan, right permissions)

Who BeFam Serves¶

clan owners and clan administrators
branch leaders and branch administrators
members across generations, including those living far from home
families onboarding new members through review workflows

Core Capabilities¶

Genealogy and relationship clarity¶

structured genealogy by clan and branch scope
relationship commands for parent-child and spouse links
interactive genealogy reading with contextual member details

Clan operations in one workspace¶

dual calendar events (solar and lunar)
funds module with transactions and running balance
scholarship program and submission/review baseline
profile and settings workspace baseline

Secure membership and governance¶

phone OTP and child-access sign-in
member-claim session linking
discovery and join-request workflow

Billing and subscription lifecycle¶

annual tiered plans by member count
VNPay-first checkout flow in mobile UX
explicit payment states: success, pending settlement, failed/canceled
entitlement activation only after confirmed successful payment processing