Transfer files, gammas and sites between workspaces
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Mike Saasleadflow
I have a former employee who put all of the documents for my company in his workspace. I want to be able to transfer/duplicate them to my own workspace
Nik Payne (Gamma design)
Merged in a post:
Gamma, Why Is Site Transfer a Breakup Ritual?
Maria Ginsbourg
I invited a friend to Gamma and, trusting my judgment, she upgraded to PRO. I built her a site under my own workspace—because I know how to build sites and Gamma’s editor is actually amazing. But then I tried to transfer the site to her.
Big mistake.
Apparently, transferring a site between workspaces is not a feature Gamma offers—unless you count a multi-step ritual that feels like trying to summon a demon with poor documentation.
Here’s the "super simple" ritual:
Add your friend to your workspace (surprise! That’ll be $)
Share the site with them
Promote them to admin (if you can find the right share settings)
Grant full access (This step is actually confusing since the descriptions under "full access" and "edit" are identical)
Have your friend revoke your access and kick you out of your own wokspace :-(. This felt very weird.
Beg customer support for a refund and wait and wait and wait
Delete your workspace, and pray that the site will transfer over
All this to move a single site. No “transfer ownership” button. No “send to another workspace.” Gamma, I love you, but this process feels like a cursed maze or trap designed to get people to pay for extra memberships. Either way, the process reduced my trust in Gamma.
Please—let me just click a button that says “make this theirs” and move on with my life.
Nik Payne (Gamma design)
Hi Maria,
Thanks for the feedback. As you've observed—trying to transfer a site, or any other gamma isn't a smooth process because we haven't designer or engineered anything for this quite yet.
I wish I had good news—"we'll build it tomorrow!"—but the reality is this isn't something we'll be able to improve for a little bit. We're a tiny team of 35, and we're currently doing some big data remodeling to make sites more robust.
What I did do was crosspost this to the team slack, and I'm going to cut a ticket for this. So it's logged somewhere
Sorry for the hassle,
Nik
Maria Ginsbourg
Nik Payne (Gamma design) Hey Nik,
Appreciate the honest response—and I totally get it. You’ve got a small team doing big things, and I’m rooting for you. That said, I’m glad this got dropped into Slack and turned into a ticket.
For all the marketing teams and web design firms out there, I’m looking forward to the day when “Make Owner” is just a button—not a headache.
—Maria
Nik Payne (Gamma design)
Thanks for weighing and answering this question Maná Sistema Estratégia Proyectos. Yeah, we don't have an automated way to transfer files, but sharing it with the right permissions allows others to duplicate a copy directly into their workspace
Eliahou Aboukrat
Bonjour, de quel stockage s'agit-il ? Google Drive ou ?
Maná Sistema Estratégia Proyectos
En mi caso preparo diferentes docs que envío a mis clientes y se duplican. En su caso el empleado debería enviarle enlace de cada documento con permiso abierto como editor así podrá duplicarlos en su espacio. Espero le sea resolutivo @ēlenika.digitalproject
Paula SB
Maná Sistema Estratégia Proyectos ¿cómo lo haces? no lo consigo...