The Relay

FileRelay has a new look!

2011-10-18T00:00:00+00:00

We’re pleased to announce that we’ve completely redesigned FileRelay. The new design presents a professional image while still providing the easiest way to send large files to your friends and family. All of your favorite features are still there with a brand new look and feel including:

Send Large Files - Send files up to 400 MB!
Track Recipient Downloads - Keep an eye on who has downloaded your files and how many times.
Share Files Easily - Sharing is as easy as copying a link. Or let FileRelay email it for you!
Hassle-Free - No configuration or long forms to fill out. Sign up and send!

Check out FileRelay today, and let us know what you think!

Sign in with Facebook, Twitter or Google

2011-06-14T00:00:00+00:00

There are so many usernames and passwords to remember. Now you can sign into File Relay with your Facebook, Twitter or Google accounts. We hope this makes it easier to get going and gives you less to worry about.

It’s easy to add a service to your existing account.

Sign into File Relay.
Go to My Profile at the top of the screen.
Click Manage third-party accounts.
Choose the service you want to add and follow the service’s directions.

File Relay only uses your third-party accounts for authentication. We don’t ask for any other information or access your account in any way.

Please take a look and let us know what you think. Also, check out the benefits of using File Relay.

Upload Improvements

2011-06-13T00:00:00+00:00

Sometimes it’s hard to select the pickup link to copy it, so we added a copy to clipboard button next to it. Now you can copy the link with one click.

We’ve also added a little bit more info when you’re uploading files to a package. You can see the status, upload rate and the percentage complete so you know how the upload is progressing.

Please take a look and let us know what you think. Also, check out the benefits of using File Relay.

Send Multiple Files with Packages

2011-05-06T00:00:00+00:00

From the beginning, our top feature request has been to send multiple files. People wanted to know if they could send more than one file at a time.

Our answer was always, “Of course you can… kind of.” You could always create a ZIP file and share that file just like any other single file. Modern operating systems have this built right in, so anybody could do it.

Simple enough? Nope.

That’s why we created packages. You use a package to combine several files so they can be shared as a group. You can add and remove files anytime and share them just like you could before. You can also add recipients and resend the package, too.

What happened to attachments? To keep things simple, we decided to go with packages as the new way of sharing files. If you have any existing attachments shared in the wild, they’ll keep working, but you won’t be able to make new ones.

See our tour for more information.

We hope this makes sending files even easier.

Let us know what you think.

Hello, File Relay

2011-04-27T00:00:00+00:00

When you want to send a large file to somebody, what do you do? You try email. You’ll probably hit a roadblock, though, because your email service may not let you send attachments bigger than 6 MB. The big guys let you send bigger files, but your recipient may not even get it if their email can’t handle it. And if your file is more than 25 MB, forget about email altogether.

That’s a lot to worry about. You just want to send your file!

We think sending files is frustrating, too. We started building File Relay in 2008 to fix this. Our company sends lots of reports, presentations and other large “deliverables” all the time. We’ve been using File Relay for a couple of years, and it’s helped us out quite a bit.

In 2010 we had the bright idea to open File Relay up to the public and turn it into a real product. We’ve been letting friends and colleagues use it, and we know there are even more people out there who hate dealing with email attachments, too.

File Relay is currently in beta. That’s a geeky way of saying that we’re not exactly sure what it’s going to be. We do know that it’s going to get better, but we need your help.

What are we doing right? What are we doing wrong? What can we do to make sending files easier for you? Please tell us. We’re listening. You can also follow filerelay on Twitter.

Sure, there are other services out there. But we think that File Relay is simpler, cleaner and easier to use than those other guys. We hope you do, too.

Please give us a shot, and sign up for an account today.