Every important file I sent used to leave as an attachment.
Pitch deck. Proposal. Contract. A ZIP of a prototype.
The other person got a copy. I lost the original the moment I hit send. If they forwarded it, I would never know. If they never opened it, I would sit in the dark and follow up anyway.
That is a bad way to run a deal. It is also how almost everyone still shares work.
The attachment is the product leaving the building
An email attachment is not a share. It is a handoff.
Once the PDF sits in someone else's Downloads folder, you cannot:
- see whether they opened it
- see how long they stayed
- stop a casual download
- take the link back if the round moved on
You can send a newer version. They will still have the old one. You can write "confidential" on slide one. That does not make the file confidential.
I built TiniDrop for the moment after send — the part most tools ignore.
One link. The file stays with you.
The workflow is intentionally small:
- Drop a PDF, ZIP, HTML page, or image.
- Get a short link.
- Share the link. Not the file.
The recipient opens it in the browser. You keep the original.
On paid plans you can turn the link view-only, add a password, set expiry, and see who opened it. Free is enough to feel the difference: a live URL in seconds, a view count, no infrastructure.
What I refused to build
I did not want another "all-in-one workspace."
Founders do not need a CMS to send a deck. Agencies do not need a VPS to show a client a page. Students do not need Git to host an HTML assignment.
They need a clean URL, a viewer that actually renders, and a way to know the other side showed up.
TiniDrop is document intelligence for that moment:
- Share — a link instead of an attachment
- Track — opens, time on page, return visits
- Control — view-only, password, expiry, document rooms
Try it
Upload something you would normally attach.
If the link feels better than the attachment, you already understand the product.
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