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gd1235
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1 year ago
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Can someone with a paid account share their storage space with me?

I have a client who has a paid subscription dropbox - I am using the free version can this client share his storage with me? he shares his file but since i reach the space my files are not syncing wi...
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  • Hannah's avatar
    Hannah
    1 year ago

    Hey from me as well, gd1235.

    If you don't already have an account to use, I would suggest creating one and then getting your client to invite you to the shared folder, using the email address you used to create the account.

    I hope this helps!

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gd1235
New member | Level 1
1 year ago

make sense - how does he use the file request? will this feature allowed me to add file anywhere he gives me access to? ie. if he sends one file request i can freely drop off a file in whatever folder i want or do i have to get him to send me a file request for each folder? thank you very very much 

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Roga41
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1 year ago

Hi gd1235, 

You can send or share this link to the one creating the file request for you to upload files that goes straight to their Dropbox account and doesn't use your space but theirs: https://help.dropbox.com/share/create-file-request

Then if you want to find out how to upload files when you get the file request invite , you can refer on this link for your perusal: https://help.dropbox.com/share/received-file-request

 

Hope this helps

  • gd1235's avatar
    gd1235
    New member | Level 1
    1 year ago

    Hi roga, 

    Thank you we have made the decision to upgrade but now as we are an accounting firm we will do it under our main email account - if we need to have this feature with this client ( ie. able to sync to his dropbox, how would it work? do we create the account under the main email address, then upgrade and then get the client to invite us? OR do we get the client to invite us THEN we create the account and upgrade? thank you :) 

    • Hannah's avatar
      Hannah
      Icon for Dropbox Community Moderator rankDropbox Community Moderator
      1 year ago

      Hey from me as well, gd1235.

      If you don't already have an account to use, I would suggest creating one and then getting your client to invite you to the shared folder, using the email address you used to create the account.

      I hope this helps!

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