Gated - Reduce unwanted email, support your favorite cause

Hi everyone! 👋 You get too much irrelevant email. And no matter how many hours you spend or new tools you try, it just keeps coming. We feel your pain. In fact, my co-founder Andy was so sick of his chaotic inbox that he hacked together a solution for himself… which has evolved into a much-loved product we’re thrilled to share with you here today! Gated is the free, easy way to stop inbox noise – and support your favorite nonprofit at the same time. HOW IT WORKS tl;dr When you get an email from an unknown address, that sender is challenged to donate ($2 minimum) to your chosen nonprofit in order to deliver their message. *WITH GATED, YOU CAN… 🎧 Quiet the noise of distracting emails —- 43% less email in your inbox, on average. 🎯Finally see the messages that matter —- A more relevant inbox with only emails that are worth your attention. ❤️ Support your favorite nonprofit —- Raise dollars and brand awareness for a worthy cause. But don’t take our word for it. Go see what our users have to say at: gated.com/users. Or read the internet chatter about what we’re building at: gated.com/love In fact, it was one of our users - Rob Wilson, Sr. Engineering Manager at Calendly - who came up with our tagline: “The noise-canceling headphones for email.’ 🎧 Our small, fully-remote team is deeply passionate about giving everyone back control over their attention - and our journey begins in email. Are *you* ready to help shape a future in which humans can be focused and productive, in the face of ever-increasing digital distraction? We’d love for you to try our product (and give us feedback) as we continue to improve Gated for everyone. (And why not?! It’s free and you can get started in less time than it takes to pour a fresh cup of coffee!) Thanks so much for checking out our product today. Melissa Cofounder & Head of Marketing

Hi fellow productivity geeks. I’ve spent 20 years building sales and marketing engines at unicorns 🦄 including Upwork, Box, and Culture Amp. And… I will admit…. My teams have sent billions of emails and caused a lot of pain! But I’ve also been overwhelmed by email myself. So, in 2019, I hacked a solution with Airtable, Zapier, and Venmo. I spent the past few years building Gated and am excited to share it today. If you have also felt the pain of a chaotic inbox, welcome. We built Gated for you! This idea has definitely been tried before and I have studied every attempt (we even have some of the folks who tried before as investors). Our approach isn’t about locking down your inbox but reducing the noise to help everyone. I know that none of us want another productivity tool. That is why we designed Gated to work with your existing email client. We don’t help you manage the mess faster (there are tons of tools for that). We stop the mess from ever happening. Oh ... its also completely free for users. We don't believe you should have to pay to clean up the mess;) And when an email does get to your inbox, you know it is worth your attention! It’s a whole new way to think about our inboxes - and our attention. If you’re curious to learn more - check out our manifesto at gated.com/manifesto or send me an email and experience Gated for yourself: andy@gated.com (you’ll likely get a “challenge email” but I guarantee a reply to anyone who donates!)

This is such a life saver of a product - it is actually one of these products that makes you pause and think: "how come no one thought about this earlier?". Gated is making my day so much more productive and lets me filter cold inbounds much better. Delivered by a world class team.

This seems like a smart way to turn a source of daily pain into a triple win: a win for me, a win for the truly qualified sellers who reach out to me, and a win for my favorite charities. Boom. Congrats on the launch!

Just wow 🤩! I’m blown away! This is really amazing! Congrats Melissa, Andyr and the entire Gated team! 🚀

Damn! A really interesting take at decluttering inboxes, can't wait to see how far this goes

@melissa_moody Congratulations on the launch! This is an extremely useful product! I will surely give this a try. All the best and great work :)

This is awesome! My email is always 95% full and its normally unknown senders, time to clean up my email for a good cause

I love Gated. Congrats on the launch and here’s to taking back control of our attention and our inboxes!

If you love spam and don’t like money going to charity, then you should avoid Gated. For everyone else, try it out!

Hey!! @melissa_moody Congratulations on the launch :)

@melissa_moody superb idea! No more annoying emails in my inbox Congrats on the launch 👍

This concept is incredible. Though for a busy CEO/Founder that needs to get certain emails I was a little hesitant to try it - I can say though, that watching my inbox go from floods of emails to just the ones that matter was incredible. Thank you for building this product, I can't wait to see where it goes next!

Congratulations on the launch @melissa_moody. So great to see Gated #1 on PH today. I've been using Gated for over a year and it's transformed the way I handle my inbox. It's no longer this daunting, never-ending battle. Now I enjoy it-- and look forward to reviewing emails from those who really intend to reach me. I've also been able to raise funds for a cause I care about at the same time. Great work team-- up up and away!

I love Gated! And I live producthunt!

I’m proud to bring Gated to the Product Hunt community. It’s been a special opportunity in my career to work on a product that delivers a lot of value to you while raising awareness and money for a cause you care about. To top it off, it’s 100% free – without productizing you or your data. For too long, big tech has had the massive upper hand in commanding your attention. Gated's top priority is empowering you to have autonomy over your focus in this attention economy, reduce digital noise, and make decisions about when you can be reached and by whom. From students to experts, interns to executives, in both our personal and professional lives, we all can do more and become our better selves when we are focused on what matters most to us. Gated is here to help.

Congrats team Gated !! Good luck on the launch. Can't wait to see how the product evolves!

My first question was, how do you make money? Then I realized that you were offering to donate $2 to an unknown sender. So you have a percentage of that $2? That's a great idea!

Congrats on the launch!

Love Gated!!