# Introducing dShr.es – Simple Dropbox sharing

April 9, 2012 · Josh Strange · Tags: App, Copy, Download, drop.sh, dropbox, DropShare, dSha.re, dShr.es, git, Github

Source: https://joshstrange.com/2012/04/09/introducing-dshr-es-simple-dropbox-sharing/


Over the past few days I have been working on a little side project called [dShr.es](http://dShr.es "dShr.es"). It was originally going to be called Drop.Sh/are but after buying that domain name, creating all my graphics, and coding about 90% of it I read the [Dropbox branding guide](https://www.dropbox.com/developers/reference/branding "Dropbox Branding Guide") which states: Do not prefix your app name with "Drop.". So I had to go look for a new domain name. I then found dSha.re and dSh.re were open and not too expensive (I had already dropped $99 on Drop.sh). Unfortunately I do not live in Europe and therefore cannot buy ".re" domain names (Side note: If you do live in Europe I would be happy to pay for the registration fee + 20%  to get those names registered and pointed at my name servers). I finally settled on dShr.es and dShar.es.

dShr.es makes sharing files via Dropbox very simple. All you have to do is link your Dropbox account with dShr.es and then choose a file from your Dropbox to share. dShr.es will give you a link that you can share with friends/family/anyone. When your recipient(s) go to the provided link they can either download the file directly or copy the file to their own Dropbox.

dShr.es is a very simple app and all the source code is available on [Github](https://github.com/joshstrange/dShr.es "dShr.es Source Code")