Don't remove Dropbox Showcase !

I agree as well.   I think some of the drag and drop tools could be a little more intuitive.  (Sections having a light border while editing to show they move around as a unit, etc.) but the tool should not disappear.

Showcase fills a very important niche between the simplicity of Transfer and the something like "Sites" on the big G.  I sub to both services, but I think it's important to have quick and easy publishing options for a variety of needs.  I spent a fair amount of time making guides in Showcase that I can easily update and share out to people. Not happy about having to recreate in Paper or a third party app.

To Whom it may Concern,

Honestly, reading the link about why it's being discontined is even more infuriating.

https://help.dropbox.com/files-folders/share/showcase

it states:

"Through feedback from users, Dropbox determined that showcase was being used primarily to deliver final files and gather analytics"

1. Who cares why users are using it? You offered it, and we have invested in it. We are using it because it's a unique presentation tool that is extremely helpful for our needs. And now you are yanking it away, because we are using it for reasons you don't like as much? Literally WTF. This is the most ludicious explanation I can imagine.

2. Feedback from what users? I wasn't asked, and I use Showcase as my EPK. It's remarkably effective for this purpose.

Showcase was the perfect name for it and why we were using it - it's a SHOWCASE for our services and product! It was super helpful and now it's being taken away because we are using it and loving it. That's bold moves.

Furthermore, it's the reason I upgraded my subscription.

Taking it away has eroded my faith and goodwill in Dropbox. I will be migrating my files elsewhere.

I am honestly infuriated. This is bad business!

And think about the free marketing it was!

I have sent so many ppl to Dropbox Showcase that didn't already have dropbox.

I even shared it with other of my artist friends who started using it!
This is beyond disappointing.

And now all the time wasted being bummed out about it and writing this post.

I've said my piece, onward and upward.

Personally, I think what was lacking in Showcase was the personalized branding tool, which is what they are implementing. However, the functionality is not what I personally needed, as there is no actual branding of the folders, just the link to the folder.

If somehow, the Showcase could evolve to a more mini-website basis, where you can edit the entire background, add logos etc and share links to folders (not just singular files), I think that would become more useful. I agree that showcase should not be discontinued, but evolved to meet the needs of more customers (like myself), who rely a lot on the visual aspect of branding.

I agree fully.  There is no reason to delete a service that many use cause others use it differently.  PLEASE KEEP IT UP!!! 

This Honestly was the only thing that separated Dropbox from their competitors and the main reason for a biz subscription. I never received anything asking about the usefulness of showcase.

I'm glad someone has posted this.

Removing Showcase is very upsetting to those of us at organizations with very few resouces.

I personally trained my colleagues to use this and it has been used in grant applications and other important uses where we counted on them being available to our constituents long-term.

I think that if people knew about this resource, especially if marketed to designers at nonprofits and schools, it would have been more widely used.

I really hope dropbox changes their mind on this.

Yes, exactly!

I really think dropbox should do a new poll of their showcase users. I, like many others on this thread did not receive any questionnaire about dropbox showcase.  I hope they make the right choice and keep this thing going -- they'll no doubt be losing quite a few user paying user if not.

Please keep showcase. I use for precicely it's intended purpose. and I upgraded my dropbox account in order to access showcase. now you're taking that away. Not happy, Jan!

Is anybody of Dropbox earing us? Would be very, very nice to see some people of the staff saying something.

Hi again guys,

I flagged this thread in my Dropbox Support ticket. They've informed me in no uncertain terms that they've made the decision to shut Showcase down. There's basically no hope. 

There is indication of new tools being created but nothing available at prtesent. For those like us - running a business, this is devastating news. 

From all research - the closest thing avaialbel is Paper. But for those of us relying on adding media content and havign the ability to allow clients/collaborators to download; Paper is ineffective. 

I'll spend the festive period looking at other products. Unless DropBox can present a new possibility, I may be forced to pull my account and take the business elsewhere.