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Rick H.5
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4 months ago
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Feature Request: Enable Bills, Receipts, Documents to be Automatically Stored in Dropbox

Imagine if Dropbox created a feature whereby a user could instruct Dropbox to automatically download bills, receipts, or certain other documents from a {SOURCE} when any designated {SOURCE} generates a new bill, receipt, or other allowed document type.

WHAT IS BEING REQUESTED? Here's how this feature might work:

  • User asks Dropbox to provision "Automatic Download Feature" for {LIST_OF_DOCUMENT_TYPES} from {SOURCE_X}.
    • Example sources: banks, credit unions, brokerage accounts, insurance companies, utilities, Amazon.com & other retailers, credit card providers, mortgage companies, county tax authorities, payroll providers, cellular phone providers, cable TV providers, FasTrak, PayPal, Stripe, et al, and et cetera.
  • If {SOURCE_X} is a "new" relationship, Dropbox establishes contractual, business, and technical relationships with the source provider.
  • Dropbox & {SOURCE_X} enable user to grant appropriate permissions (e.g., authorization and access credentials), configure target Dropbox folders, et cetera.
  • Whenever {SOURCE_X} generates a new instance of a supported document type for User, a copy is automatically sent to Dropbox (pushed by {SOURCE} or pulled by Dropbox) and filed in the user's designated DB folder(s).
  • Users bask on the beach, drinking Mai-Tais, comforted by the knowledge that they have secure archives and are saving a significant amount of time. (Joyful rounds of Kumbya are optional.)

IS THIS POSSIBLE? YES!

FileThis, a very well-intentioned company, used to offer this service. UNLIKE DROPBOX, I suspect (and transparently admit I do not know) FileThis could not acquire a sufficient number of paying customers for the idea to be worth their while.

  • This issue is unlikely to be a problem for Dropbox.

Please help us, Obi-Box, you are our only hope!

Thank you for considering this request.

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  • Walter's avatar
    Walter
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    10 days ago
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    This idea has been closed due to inactivity. 

    Thank you for your suggestion, and if you have another idea to share, please do! 

  • Jay's avatar
    Jay
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    4 months ago
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