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Maxing out your Dropbox referrals (how I got 16GB for less than $10)

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Re: Maxing out your Dropbox referrals (how I got 16GB for less than $10)

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If you haven't used Adwords yet, Google has many free $75 and $100 coupons floating around online, so it shouldn't cost anything. I wonder if its fair to Dropbox though if you target people who would have signed up anyways. Also, if you need so much space, there are cheaper alternatives.

Re: Maxing out your Dropbox referrals (how I got 16GB for less than $10)

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post #110

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes, unfortunately you don't get access to the desktop application unless you sign up for a premium plan. Also, the file size limits for upload are lower unless you are a premium user. So maybe don't bother, if Dropbox works for you in the free version.

There's a way around it. It's just WebDav. Here's how to do it on Ubuntu, it works just as well on my Mac: http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/ubuntu/how-to-access-your-box...

Yeah, this really is the best route in most cases anyway. Besides, it's one less thing that you are stuck installing.

Re: Maxing out your Dropbox referrals (how I got 16GB for less than $10)

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Very smart, but is it against the TOS to bid directly on the trademark/company name? Often times it is. That being said, they likely will not care with you being an extremely small player and bringing them 32 new customers. Solid Hack, congrats edit - CPC are going sky high after this :-) people might want to wait for a few weeks to let others forget

There are protected trademarks that are registered with Google that are protected in their system but even then, I believe the rule is you cannot use the trademark in your ad copy but you can still target the term in you list. In many mature industries, the major players have reciprocal agreements in place with their suppliers and even with competitors to not bid on branded/trademarked terms.

I was referring more to affiliate agreements - i.e. I have an affiliate account with Blurb, and I'm bound by a few technicalities like not bidding on Blurb, not writing blurb or posing as blurb on facebook/twitter, etc. If I break that they basically take all my affiliate $$. Not fun!

This is obviously more consumer facing and not really a big deal, so I don't think it would be a problem.

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