# Membership tips, guides & updates

Learn how to build, grow, and monetize your membership site.

### How to Send Emails with Gately: Campaigns, Transactional & Automation
Gately gives you everything you need to send emails — from one-off campaigns to automated transactional messages. Here's how to get started with all of it.

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### Add Authentication, Bookmarking & Social Login to Your Framer Site with Gately
Framer makes beautiful websites. Gately makes them dynamic. Here's how to add login, Google OAuth, bookmarking, page protection, and member-only content to any Framer site — without writing backend code.

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### Gately Embeddable Chat Widget
Once enabled, the chat widget is automatically injected into your Gately Help Center—no additional configuration required.

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### Why We Built Gately: Solving the Database Setup Problem for Creators
Before Gately, every creator building on Framer hit the same wall: database setup. Here's the story of why we built Gately and how it removes the backend burden entirely.

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### Building Gately Made Me Understand Commitments
As the journey unfolded, I began to realize something much deeper: building a product is less about having the perfect idea or writing flawless code, and more about the power of commitment.

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### Build a Helpdesk in Framer with Gately Webhooks
Open your Framer project and insert a form on the page. Add fields like name, email, and message so visitors can describe their issue. Label the form as Support Request or Submit a Ticket to make it clear that it connects to your helpdesk.

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### Supercharge Your Framer Site with Gately
Turn your Framer website into a dynamic platform with memberships, subscriptions, and powerful web apps — all without heavy coding.

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### Building Thriving Membership Sites
Discover the latest trends, technologies, and strategies shaping membership and subscription sites in 2025, and learn how to build a thriving, future-ready community.

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### Can You REALLY Build a Full Web App in Framer Using Just Components?
Framer has undergone a remarkable transformation in recent years. What started as a sophisticated prototyping tool has blossomed into a robust web design and development platform.

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### Why 70% of Membership Products Fail
The truth is, launching a successful membership site requires more than just slapping a paywall on some content. It demands a deep understanding of your target audience, a compelling value proposition, and a robust strategy for engagement and retention. Let's delve into the common pitfalls that plague membership products and explore practical solutions to overcome them.

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### A Complete Guide to Setting Up Your First Membership Site with Gately
Before diving into the technical aspects, it's crucial to clearly define your niche and understand the value you offer to potential members.

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### How Gately Connects to Stripe to Power Memberships and Payments
Inside Gately, you can create products for your memberships, subscriptions, or one-time offers. The magic happens behind the scenes.

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### Effortless SSO Authentication in Gately
Within your Gately project settings, you'll find the SSO configuration panel. This is where you'll input the necessary information for your chosen identity provider (IdP), such as Google or GitHub.