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Strategically, this feels really odd. Dropbox has been clearly making a move towards the enterprise space recently. Seemingly, for the standard reasons, better
by SkyPuncher 4y ago
Strategically, this feels really odd.
Dropbox has been clearly making a move towards the enterprise space recently. Seemingly, for the standard reasons, better margins, bigger deals, easier revenue retention, etc.
This is 100% consumer focused. I have a very hard time believing this functionality will be around for the long haul. I simply don't see how this plays into the enterprise strategy.
- TheJoeMan 4y agoI actually filled out a survey from Dropbox seemingly years ago about this feature! I think there are many file types to “sell” other than photos. For example, my Fiance saw someone trying to sell a pre-made wedding planning excel spreadsheet.
- halJordan 4y agoI think it's chasing a very long tail. There seems to be a tremendous amount of people who have digital goods and accept payment via cash app or Venmo or PayPal and then provide a dropbox/google drive link in exchange. Dropbox isn't not doing anything more than monetizing what already happens and it will help legitimize these transactions by linking the payment and the product.
- contravariant 4y agoHow is this consumer focused? It seems to be intended for creators specifically (though perhaps not big corporate ones). Frankly this one of the few features they've added that I can understand the use of. Other than perhaps the way they've made it vaguely easier to 'ignore' a folder (though there's still at least 2 ways to do so, both somewhat inconvenient).
- SkyPuncher 4y agoTechnically, I think this would be B2B2C. I don't anticipate businesses would be the primary purchasers of these digital goods. This seems primarily aimed at individual consumers.
- xdfgh1112 4y agoEspecially after they added and removed other features like their collaborative text editor and photo manager.