To be mystified by WeTransfer - what’s it FOR??

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BernardBlacksBreakfastWine · 28/01/2025 13:36

I am obviously missing something as there must be a reason for its existence?

I was recently required to send a short video to a company. They requested I use WeTransfer. Fine - I did it. But why couldn’t I just attach the file to my own email? It was less than 60 seconds of video.

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imaginationhasfailedme · 28/01/2025 13:40

Even if it's a short video, they sometimes exceed the size limit available for sending by some email accounts. My gmail is 20mb max attachment and if I need to send anything bigger, I'll do it by wetransfer. Very straightforward, free (unless you're sending loads all the time) and doesn't fill up the email storage

ispecialiseinthis · 28/01/2025 13:39

Some files are much to big to send by normal email and WeTransfer allows you to do this - I have used this frequently for lectures and presentations that I send ahead of a conference in case I have any IT issues with my laptop on the day.

Gizlotsmum · 28/01/2025 13:37

My kids dance school use it to transfer music files to multiple students. Makes sense and makes the emails smaller

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