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Free 45GB of Storage for 6 Months on Dropbox via Upwork & Pixlr

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Free 45GB of Storage for 6 Months on Dropbox via Upwork & Pixlr
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neil on 30/10/2019 - 17:13 dropbox.com (968 clicks)
Last edited 30/10/2019 - 20:32 by 1 other user

Pretty easy way to gain 45GB of space for 6 months.

  1. Login to Dropbox
  2. Open a picture in your account.
  3. Right-click/ Open Button and select Pixlr X
  4. Change image in Pixlr (e.g. Crop) and click Save
  5. In the Save dialog click on the banner
  1. Sign up/Log in to upwork.com. Easy to sign up as a client instead of freelancer. No need to fill in all details.
  2. Click Messages.
  3. You'll see a banner, click Redeem offer .

You'll then be presented with a screen with a code generated. Easy.

Took all of 2 minutes to do both. Make sure you turn your ad-blocker off so it doesn't block showing the banners.

via MrNiceGuy83 on MyDealz & Search85 on MyDealz

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Both referrer and referee will receive 500MB bonus space (up to a limit of 16GB)

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  • notewar on 30/10/2019 - 17:36
    +1

    Nice work. Got mine increased to 25GB with Upwork

  • itsfree on 30/10/2019 - 17:51
    +10

    What happens after 6 months?

    • tanastra on 30/10/2019 - 18:16
      +1

      I was gonna ask same thing

    • seal the deal on 30/10/2019 - 18:34
      +12

      They keep your files in your account but you won't be able to add any new files or new versions of the same file until your usage drops below allowed quota.

  • atlinus on 30/10/2019 - 17:56
    +40

    What is the bargain here?
    It is only a temporary increase of storage and you could get on trouble after 6 momths forcing you to pay excess storage when it scale back.

  • CocaKoala on 30/10/2019 - 18:33
    +3

    https://mega.nz/ offers 50 gigs of free storage for lifetime.

    • askbargain on 30/10/2019 - 18:42
      +9

      15*

    • dyziplen on 30/10/2019 - 19:17
      +1

      But don't you just use mega for uuummmm "stuff"?

    • Agret on 30/10/2019 - 19:51
      +5

      50gigs for old accounts, 15gb for new users. They scaled it back for some reason. Guess enough people weren't hitting the limit to make them any money?

  • Numlock on 30/10/2019 - 18:37
    +12

    Dropbox and Box are by far the best file storage solutions, but it costs too much. My Uni office 365 account gives 1 TB for free forever, but One Drive is a turd to use.

    • mangoed on 30/10/2019 - 19:04

      IMO for Windows users OneDrive is on par with DropBox or better due to tighter OS integration. My biggest complaint was their Andoid app, but they vastly improved it with recent updates (still not perfect, but definitely more usable now).

      • Numlock on 30/10/2019 - 19:15

        OneDrive has poor menu functionality and usability. Doesn't have that comprehensive user menu that Dropbox has.
        When something fails to Sync in OneDrive, be prepared for the onset of PTSD trying to fix it.

        • moorey on 31/10/2019 - 01:28
          +2

          Totally agreed - 50% of the time, it works 50% of the time. What a POS platform.

          Our company uses 365 for emails and has 1TB OD, and yet we went with DB business account for actual usage.

      • [Deactivated] on 30/10/2019 - 19:49

        Agreed. OneDrive Files on Demand is awesome.

        6tb for less than $100 a year is by far the best value too.

        • Agret on 30/10/2019 - 19:53

          Google Drive has files on demand functionality too but frustratingly it only enables it for business accounts on Google Apps platform.

    • Spic3y on 30/10/2019 - 22:11

      Really? I've been having numerous stupid issues with my bosses Dropbox at work (I'm a Google Drive user)

      Did you know, if you only have say 5gb of space available and I share a folder with you with 10gb of files in it, it will push you over your quota!? Even though they aren't your files and are only being 'shared'?

      Also how do you find file information (sizes, resolution etc) via the Web interface?

      I have found Dropbox incredibly frustrating!

    • b3au on 31/10/2019 - 05:32

      Technically the OneDrive from your Uni is OneDrive for Business (aka SharePoint) - the consumer version of OneDrive is much less of a turd.

  • slknv on 30/10/2019 - 18:46
    +18

    Left dropbox a while ago when they limited app/computer installation for syncing to 3 per free account.

    • Agret on 30/10/2019 - 19:53
      +3

      Yeah pretty stupid limitation. Install it on your phone, tablet and desktop and you have no install left for your laptop??

    • danvrev9 on 31/10/2019 - 08:10

      Not to mention the constant security breaches…

      • Mikeyphoto48 on 31/10/2019 - 10:17

        You just mentioned them.

  • doperst on 30/10/2019 - 18:47
    +7

    I don't understand why Dropbox has only two plans - 2TB and 3TB.
    I only need maybe 10-20GB, and don't want to pay $15 every month for 1.98TB which I'll never use..

    • ts13 on 30/10/2019 - 18:53
      +8

      You can pay a server farm in China $5USD or smth to max out your referral storage. You can get up to 20-25gb of storage by maxing our your referral and doing all the standard things (linking social medias, camera roll, etc.)
      Edit: see these guys all doing it for £5

      • ozbargainer88 on 30/10/2019 - 19:13
        -4

        Dude just store your data in China!

      • OnlineShopper123 on 30/10/2019 - 19:53

        Does it work?

      • Mibo on 30/10/2019 - 21:47

        Or do it yourself with a virtual machine and a vpn.

    • Crownanchor on 30/10/2019 - 19:24
      +1

      You could use Vultr and install NextCloud which gives 25GB for USD5 per month. Or someone like SSD Nodes is very good alternative to Vultr.

      Or get a deal on Office 365 which gives 500GB for OneDrive.

      Mega NZ

      Or self host NextCloud/OwnCloud

      Or the free Dropbox as someone posted above.

      So many options, plus other free/paid cloud storage providers

      • Agret on 30/10/2019 - 19:54
        +1

        Office 365 is 1tb not 500gb. They also have Office 365 Home which lets you make an additional 5 users each with their own 1tb of storage.

      • jeffr on 31/10/2019 - 01:36

        hi I am looking to set up Nextcloud - what's the easiest way? It appears there are many different installation methods for each VPS. While I can build a PC and install Windows, it appears that I need to learn a bit more in order to set up Nextcloud on one of these platforms

        thanks

    • [Deactivated] on 30/10/2019 - 20:00
      +3
      1. you need 30 minutes of spare time.
      2. Laptop/PC/Tablet/Phone
      3. dropbox account
      4. open dropbox and use https://10minutemail.net/ (refer to temporary email and repeat)
      5. Refer 32 times to get a max 16 GB referral bonus.
      6. have fun!

      Note: sometimes you may get an error(may due to IP address), change the device or wifi/data and it should work)

      • ts13 on 30/10/2019 - 20:55
        +3

        I don’t think it’s that simple. Dropbox requires that person to make an account and install the program. I don’t quite understand how it’s authenticated.

        • [Deactivated] on 30/10/2019 - 21:18
          +2

          Yes, install Dropbox on Android login, uninstall and repeat.

    • spaceflight on 30/10/2019 - 20:50

      Wasabi will give you 1TB for $5.99 (USD) will month.

      It is still more data than you need but it is cheaper.

    • doperst on 30/10/2019 - 23:32

      Thank you everyone for all the valuable information.
      I'm using Dropbox shared folders to collaborate with other people, so it will be difficult to switch to another service.
      I'll try to add some free storage with referrals.

  • lancedefrance on 30/10/2019 - 19:14

    I get an error message when trying to open an image with Pixlr
    something went wrong when loading the image .. please try again later …

    • A s h on 31/10/2019 - 00:16

      Try this, I had the same issue:
      1. Go to pixlr.com
      2. Search for Dropbox till you get to the 25gb banner
      3. Click on banner and it will generate a code for you

      No need to open file in Pixlr this way.

      Cheers

  • ts13 on 30/10/2019 - 19:30
    +2

    e.g. I have 22.5gb storage and I haven't paid a cent for subscription fees. It's just from referral bonus and other lifetime bonuses. Has been temporarily larger too from things like campus cup, etc. But I migrated most of my documents for uni/work to OneDrive for windows compatibility, and nativity. Also get 1tb of storage with 365 for free as a student. I still use my Dropbox for misc things. It handles shared folders and stuff a bit better, and I find more people tend to have it installed for such occasions.

  • philmarcracken on 30/10/2019 - 19:34

    do all that shit. or use Duplicati to a spare box

  • kaleidoscope on 30/10/2019 - 19:41
    +3

    Unless you’re going to pay for that 45GB from 6 months onwards, I don’t see the point of this.

  • harveyworld on 30/10/2019 - 19:42

    Many thanks - offer came at a good time as need to transfer some files to my folks overseas.

  • Okayy on 30/10/2019 - 20:02
    -8

    Doesn’t justify as a bargain.

    • Lizard Spock on 30/10/2019 - 20:08
      +1

      Your comment is un-Straylian

  • belongsinforums on 30/10/2019 - 20:16
    +3

    Google drive school accounts are unlimited

    • Lizard Spock on 30/10/2019 - 20:32
      +1

      School Librarian: Excuse me! Are you a student at this school?
      Homer: I think it's pretty obvious that I am…(homer holds up a pencil with a paper flag reading 'school' attached) Go School!

    • spaceflight on 30/10/2019 - 20:51
      +2

      I'm never going to pass year 12 because of this!

      • belongsinforums on 30/10/2019 - 22:32
        +1

        Some people on ozbargain source education accounts to get cheap apple products. Similar dealio here

        • nofate on 31/10/2019 - 10:04

          EDU accounts don't offer the "team drive" function. Team drive is required to bypass the 750gb upload/day google cap it at. Also EDU accounts are routinely pruned.
          Best to spend $15/month on a Biz acc.

  • ShootingStar3388 on 30/10/2019 - 21:27

    Thanks OP!

  • Posts on 30/10/2019 - 22:14

    Setup your own free/open source private cloud syncing service. Don't trust other companies to hold your data, and your info.

    • belongsinforums on 30/10/2019 - 22:33

      Isn't anything connected to the internet inherently insecure?

      • Posts on 31/10/2019 - 20:07

        You use a private VPN to connect to your machines, then you use a syncing program to sync the files. They can even do revisioning.

    • AncientWisdom on 31/10/2019 - 18:18

      What's the best one? I'm not terribly happy with Resillio (used to be BT Sync)

      • Posts on 31/10/2019 - 20:08

        I use a combination of ZeroTier for the private VPN, and Syncthing to sync the files. All free, all open source. You pay for your own storage, no ongoing costs.

        • belongsinforums on 31/10/2019 - 21:22

          so you just keep a server running all the time at your house? like one of those media boxes?

  • bigbadboogieman on 30/10/2019 - 22:26

    Box.com was offering 50GB for life a few years ago. I made two accounts and linked them. Still using those two accounts.

  • oztechenthusiast on 30/10/2019 - 23:04

    Out of curiosity, how do you check what days the bonus storage will expire? I don't seem to see it in my 'plan' section on my personal account.

  • [Deactivated] on 30/10/2019 - 23:08

    Thanks. got 25GB.

  • Mitch889 on 30/10/2019 - 23:24
    -1

    Dropbox is such trash. Terrible transfer speeds, and taking up your space when people send you files is just ridiculous.

  • avendr on 31/10/2019 - 01:02

    Thanks mate!

  • vetopower on 31/10/2019 - 05:31
    +1

    I find Dropbox the best in terms of usability, but they are terrible in terms of price. The price hike this year (almost $60 more per year!) was outrageous.

    • Tardvark on 31/10/2019 - 14:38
      +1

      Dropbox is a market leader in terms of consumer cloud storage solutions. But the reality is their being gradually beaten into the ground by Microsoft and Google who are best in breed for enterrprise storage. Dropbox has forsaken their consumer market though and is gradually bleeding them by increasing pricing and offering plans that don't meet customer needs, usually under the guise of an 'upgrade'. They should spend less on marketing speak and more on just delivering better plans. Dropbox is too expensive and doesn't compete on features. Since they launched on the stock market they have lost 50% of their share price in a year and its been in decline since. They company doesn't return a profit either and its been operating at year on year losses for at least the past 5 years.

  • MegsB on 31/10/2019 - 05:37

    Just wondering if we need to be new to all those services to participate? I'm but but I'll give it a try

  • wjb on 31/10/2019 - 13:02

    Not sure if the coupon code is unique.

    Try login and redeem free 45GB here:
    https://www.dropbox.com/coupon?code=argu8tppotfv

    • Tardvark on 31/10/2019 - 14:33

      They're unique.

  • spinferno on 27/11/2019 - 10:32
    +1

    to get the pixlr upgrade, I:
    - signed up on pixlr
    - verified my email
    - clicked here: https://pixlr.com/dropbox/redemption?from=pixlr_home

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