Gumroad is a creator commerce platform that lets you sell digital products, courses, memberships, and subscriptions directly to your audience. While Gumroad handles payments and delivery beautifully, it doesn't include a built-in community forum or discussion feature for your customers.

That's where Website Toolbox comes in. You can link directly to a fully featured discussion forum from your Gumroad product pages, or embed it if your setup supports custom HTML. Either way, you get user accounts, moderation tools, and real-time conversations to build a community around your products.

This works really well for:

• Digital product communities
• Course student discussions
• Membership group forums
• Customer support and FAQ boards
• Feedback and feature request boards
• Creator and hobby communities
• Private member groups

This step-by-step guide walks you through the process:

Step-by-Step: Add Your Forum

1. Visit gumroad.com and log in to your account. If you don't have one, click Start selling to create a free account.
2. From the Products dashboard, click on the product where you want to add a forum link, or create a new product if you haven't set one up yet.
3. In the product editor, click on the Description field. This is where you'll add a link or embed for your forum. Gumroad's editor supports rich text formatting, images, and links.
4. You can either embed the forum directly or link to it. Both approaches start the same way. You'll need your Website Toolbox forum URL or embed code:
   1. Log in to your Website Toolbox account or create a new forum if you don't already have one.
   2. Copy your forum URL. You'll need this for the linking approach.
   3. For the embedding approach, go to Integrate Embed → Embed your forum , and copy the embed code.

5. Option A: Embed the Forum

   1. In the Gumroad product description editor, click the Video embed icon (the play button icon in the toolbar) or switch to the HTML/code view if available.
   2. Paste your Website Toolbox embed code (the iframe snippet) into the editor.
   3. Note: Gumroad's product description may sanitize HTML and remove iframe tags. If the embed doesn't appear correctly, use Option B instead.

   Option B: Link to the Forum

   1. In the Gumroad product description editor, type text like "Join our community forum" or "Discuss with other customers."
   2. Highlight the text and click the Link icon in the toolbar (or press Ctrl+K / Cmd+K).
   3. Paste your Website Toolbox forum URL and click Save.
   4. The link will appear in your product description and open the forum when clicked.
6. Click the Save button in the top-right corner of the Gumroad product editor to save your changes.
7. Click the Share button or visit your product's public URL to preview how the link or embed appears to customers.
8. If you chose the embedding approach, copy the URL of your published product page. You can find it by clicking Share in the product editor or visiting your Gumroad profile.
9. If you chose the embedding approach, go back to the Website Toolbox Integrate → Embed → Embed Your Forum section and paste your Gumroad product page URL into the Where is the forum embedded? field.

Single Sign On

Website Toolbox offers a custom SSO integration service starting at $199.

How to purchase custom SSO integration:

1. Log in to your Website Toolbox account.
2. Go to Integrate → Single Sign On.
3. Under Your Website Builder, select Other from the dropdown.
4. Follow the prompts to complete your purchase.

What Your Members Can Do

Once your forum is connected, your members get a full-featured community experience. Website Toolbox includes many more features beyond what's listed here. Visit the Features Tour to see everything that's available.

Frequently Asked Questions