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Hugo42
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2 years ago
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Using Dropbox as a photo library accessed by multiple others

Hi Everyone. Can you help please. I currently manage a photo library on Dropbox through my Essentials level account, and the library is 60GB and growing. For my audience of 50 people who want access to view and download all the images as they are uploaded, will they all have to purchase better than Dropbox Basic level accounts to gain access due the library size? Is there another way as I am not sure each client company will be happy paying out for 25 or so Dropbox Plus accounts (even though I know it is much cheaper than any other solution!). Is Dropbox Teams are possible solution ? Can the client company set up one Dropbox Plus account called say, access@clientcompany.com and all their team use that single email to gain access to the photo library ? 

 

Thanks so much !

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  • Mark's avatar
    Mark
    2 years ago
    Hugo42 wrote:

    Can the client company set up one Dropbox Plus account called say, access@clientcompany.com and all their team use that single email to gain access to the photo library ? 

    No. 

    Sharing of accounts would be against the T&C's and could cause the accounts to be removed with all data permanently lost. 

     

    However, if they just need download and view permissions why not just use a Shared Link? 

    www.dropbox.com/links - that doesn't take up space on other peoples accounts and in fact doesn't need an account at all 🙂

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  • Mark's avatar
    Mark
    Icon for Super User II rankSuper User II
    2 years ago
    Hugo42 wrote:

    Can the client company set up one Dropbox Plus account called say, access@clientcompany.com and all their team use that single email to gain access to the photo library ? 

    No. 

    Sharing of accounts would be against the T&C's and could cause the accounts to be removed with all data permanently lost. 

     

    However, if they just need download and view permissions why not just use a Shared Link? 

    www.dropbox.com/links - that doesn't take up space on other peoples accounts and in fact doesn't need an account at all 🙂

  • Hugo42's avatar
    Hugo42
    New member | Level 2
    2 years ago

    Hi Mark,

     

    Very many thanks - I think I will encourage the used of Share Links 🙂

     

    Best wishes

     

    Hugh

  • Theresa's avatar
    Theresa
    Icon for Community Manager rankCommunity Manager
    2 years ago

    Hi Hugo42 , I am glad to see your query has been resolved 🙌.

    I'm Theresa, a Community Manager here at Dropbox. I’m really interested in learning about the innovative and creative ways people, like yourself, utilize Dropbox in their photography workflows 👩‍💻🤓.
     
    If you're open to sharing, I'd love to hear how you maximize Dropbox for your projects 💌.
     
    Also, in case you haven’t checked it out yet, I highly recommend joining the Photographers group. It's a great place to connect with others who use Dropbox in imaginative ways and to pick up new tips and tricks ✨.
     
    Looking forward to hearing your Dropbox story!
     
    T 🎃 (Dropbox Community Manager)

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