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Rick H.5
3 months agoExplorer | Level 3
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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.
1 Comment
- Jay3 months ago
Dropbox Community Moderator
Status changed:NewtoOpenThanks for sharing this potential enhancement. This idea is now live and open for feedback.
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