Collect files with a file request link

No account and no email confirmation

The person you ask opens the link in a browser. They see that inbox. They choose files and upload. There is no username on that page, and there is no step that asks them to confirm an email address before the file is accepted.

We do not describe this as a feature nobody else has ever offered. The precise difference from WeTransfer is narrower than that. WeTransfer requires the uploader to verify an email, and that verification may create a free account. On FileInbox.online the uploader does not create an account and does not confirm an email.

This page does not quote WeTransfer prices. Their prices were not part of the check we are willing to repeat here. The email check and the possible free account are the difference we can state.

What you set up

Sign in and create an inbox. Give it a title the other person will recognize, and write a description that says which files you need. Set a deadline if new uploads should stop at a time you choose. Turn on a password when the link should not be open to anyone who finds it. The password stays visible to you so you can copy it into the note you send with the link.

A deadline closes new uploads. The terms do not promise how many days files remain after a deadline or after an account is closed. Paid plans include one month free to try, with no card charge during that month. You can move between plans. On the Free plan, open the inbox to see new files. Email notice and a zip download start on Basic. The pricing page lists the prices.

What the other person sees

The link opens the upload page for that inbox only. They do not see your other inboxes, and they do not see your account. If you set a password, the page asks for it. After a successful upload, the file is listed for you with its name and the time it was submitted.

Files are stored for that inbox's owner. They are not displayed publicly or given to other customers. We do not use those files except to operate the inbox. Files are encrypted on our disk.

What a file request link is not

It is not an API, and it does not sync files to Dropbox or Google Drive. It does not send a file from you to them. It collects files they already have and places them in your inbox.

Use the how-to page for the full steps, and the pricing page for plan caps. Homework, design proofs, and vendor documents are three ways people use the same link.