10 tips for submitting your Dropbox ideas

Emma · ‎10-09-2019

You’ve got an idea for Dropbox? Amazing - we’re excited to hear it!

To ensure it gets to the right place, gets enough votes (and the attention of our product team) we’ve put together a few tips on how to share your idea with us.

Read this post (you’re off to a good start)!

Next, search to see if someone else has already suggested your idea - your vote is powerful!

So, if your idea is unique - amazing! It’s time to share it with us.

Name your post something clear - something that you might search for.

This helps your potential voters find your idea!

Separate each different idea into a new post.

It makes it easier for us to know which of your ideas everyone is voting for!

Give us as much insight as possible into how this feature or suggestion would help you use Dropbox better.

If you’re using a workaround in the meantime - we want to hear about that!

Dropbox Ideas adhere to our Community Guidelines so take some time to read those too.

Now, watch the votes roll in. As soon as we have an update, we’ll update your status. This is a breakdown of what each status means:

Status	What it means
New idea	All newly submitted ideas will have the ‘New’ status until our moderation team has reviewed them.
Gathering support	These ideas are open! Add your votes and use cases to show your support.
Investigating	These ideas are being reviewed by the Dropbox team. We’ll update you when we hear more!
Not for right now	We aren’t planning on these ideas right now.
Accepted	Thanks for making your voice heard - the team is working on this idea!
Delivered	These ideas have been delivered!

Once you’ve posted your idea, have a look around and see what Dropbox users like you are suggesting. Get inspired and maybe give them your vote too!

Now you’re ready - let’s hear what you’ve got!