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How does shared business account storage work?
This is probably a simple question, but I haven't been able to find a clear answer. We just created a business account for our small team. We often work with freelancers who need access to edit and u...
The only way for other users to user your quota would be to join your Dropbox team, which would require a new paid license, and the merging of their Dropbox account to your team, which isn't suitable for most users (given their own personal files).
Regarding your second question, edit access also means the ability to delete files from the shared folder, so they could delete your files.
You could use a file request link instead for them to upload files directly to your account, without using any of their quota. This article might also help with more information on shared folders.
Jay
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Dropbox Community ModeratorThe only way for other users to user your quota would be to join your Dropbox team, which would require a new paid license, and the merging of their Dropbox account to your team, which isn't suitable for most users (given their own personal files).
Regarding your second question, edit access also means the ability to delete files from the shared folder, so they could delete your files.
You could use a file request link instead for them to upload files directly to your account, without using any of their quota. This article might also help with more information on shared folders.
Thanks again for your reply!
I guess that all makes sense, but in case there is an opportunity for feedback, this will unfortunately impact our decision to use Dropbox, as we cannot expect every freelancer to have a dropbox account, let alone the available space to work within our large projects. It would make more sense for a business account to have a space quota to which anyone could contribute, but which the company has control over and is outside of any single user's subscription. To use up both account's space feels like double dipping and a little anti-consumer.
Again, I appreciate your responsiveness to our inquiries!
