Once your transaction has received 1 confirmation, return to the payment page, and select Copper Member on the form that appears.

You will now have an additional Copper Member rank displayed in your profile in addition to your main rank.
Yeah, I was expecting something like that, but I'm not getting any option at all. Here's a screenshot:

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