Gated

Founded 2021

Filter unwanted emails by charging senders a donation

You can use Gated to stop unwanted emails from crowding your inbox while supporting charitable causes. When an unknown sender emails you, the system automatically redirects the message and asks the sender to donate to your selected nonprofit to get through. Once the sender donates, their email arrives in your primary inbox, and future messages are automatically allowed. You can review filtered messages at any time, manage your sender allowlist, and track the total donations generated through your incoming communication.

What Gated does

Connect your Google Workspace or Gmail accountSelect a preferred charity to receive incoming sender donationsReview and approve senders to add them to your allowlistCheck quarantined cold messages in a separate folderMonitor total donation amounts collected on your behalfAdjust sender challenge settings and donation thresholdsDirects cold emails away from your primary inboxRequires unknown senders to donate to reach youSupports multiple non-profit organizations for donationsAllows trusted contacts to bypass filtering automaticallyProvides daily summary digests of filtered messagesTracks total charitable funds raised from incoming emails