Glue Up is an association management platform that brings together membership management, CRM, events, email communications, invoicing and payments, community features and mobile apps. Its platform also includes membership analytics and engagement scoring, alongside integrations with systems including Xero, QuickBooks, Outlook and Zoom (Glue Up).
If you’re weighing up your options, here’s how VeryConnect approaches implementation, configuration and connected member management. Our specialist membership management platform brings together CRM, events, communications, payments, member portals, websites and engagement insight, with a setup process built around understanding your organisation’s particular structure and processes before implementation begins.
VeryConnect can be configured around more complex membership requirements, connect with the systems your organisation needs to retain, and continue developing alongside your requirements after launch.
What VeryConnect offers
A scoped setup built around your organisation
Before implementation starts, VeryConnect works with your team to understand how your organisation actually operates. This can include your member types, application routes, renewal cycles, payment rules, event processes, website requirements, email workflows, reporting needs and existing systems.
This discovery and scoping work shapes how the platform is configured from the beginning. Your team is supported through data migration, configuration, integrations, training and launch, without needing an internal technical team to manage the implementation.
Configuration for more complex membership processes
Membership organisations rarely operate in exactly the same way. You may manage individual and organisational members, different membership tiers, committees, regional groups, CPD, applications and approvals, lapsed members, event bookings, group-level access or specific finance processes.
VeryConnect can be configured around these requirements and adapted to the language your organisation uses. Contacts might be members, companies, fellows, partners, students or another term entirely.
For requirements that go beyond standard configuration, VeryConnect also has an in-house development team that can support more specific functionality and integration requirements.
Connections with your wider technology
Moving membership platforms does not always mean replacing every system your organisation already uses.
VeryConnect can integrate membership data with external systems across payments, accounting, communications, websites, CRM, calendars and professional development. This includes platforms such as Xero, QuickBooks, Stripe, GoCardless, Outlook, Microsoft Dynamics 365, Blackbaud CRM/Raiser’s Edge, WordPress and Moodle.
This allows the membership platform to become a central part of your technology setup while retaining specialist systems that still serve an important purpose.
Ongoing support as your requirements develop
A membership platform needs to keep working as your organisation changes. New membership categories may be introduced, reporting requirements can develop, staff change and new services or integrations may become necessary.
VeryConnect provides a named contact and ongoing support from a team specialising in membership organisations. The relationship continues beyond implementation, with support for configuration changes, new requirements and further development as your organisation evolves.
Core features
- Member CRM for individual and organisational members
- Events, registrations, ticketing and attendance
- Built-in email communications
- Automated renewals and payments
- Invoicing and financial reporting
- Engagement tracking and at-risk member identification
- Reporting dashboards
- Member portal and community
- CPD tracking and certificates
- Mentoring
- Member directories and networking
- Digital membership cards
- Membership website design and build
- Integrations with Stripe, Xero, GoCardless, QuickBooks, WordPress, Squarespace, Mailchimp, Microsoft Dynamics 365, Blackbaud CRM/Raiser’s Edge, Outlook, Moodle, LinkedIn and more
How VeryConnect supports complex membership projects
“We decided on VeryConnect after a thorough review of the market, and they won out from quite an extensive long and then short list. Given the requirements we had against the costs, it was pretty much only down to VeryConnect.
They were very accommodating and supportive throughout development and go-live for two instances of the product and have continued with this support after the launch.”
Chris Chinn, British Society for Paediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes (BSPED)
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Glue Up is a trademark of Glue Up Inc. VeryConnect is not affiliated with, and this page is not endorsed by, Glue Up. Information about Glue Up on this page is based on publicly available information from Glue Up’s website, accessed in September 2026. Product features and services may change over time.