Share files with clients privately

Put the files a client needs in their portal instead of attaching them to emails. Each person opens it from their own link, and you can see who downloaded what.

Updated 8 November 2026

Sending files to a client

  1. Put the file in File Drop

    Upload it to File Drop, Raq.com's file store, if it isn't there already.

  2. Share it in the portal

    Pick the file and give it a label and a short description. It appears in the client's Documents list.

  3. Your client opens it

    They can view or download it once File Drop's security check on the file has passed.

  4. You see the download

    Each view and download is in the portal's activity with the person's name, and you get a notification in Raq.com.

Getting files back from a client

Send a file request from the portal. Your client uploads from the same page, with no account.

How much
Your client uploads up to 10 files, 5 GB in total, with an optional note. Each file request takes one upload.
How long
A file request stays open for 30 days, or until your client uploads or you cancel it.
Where it arrives
The files are encrypted when they are stored and arrive in Secure Send. You see the number of files and their note on the request, and get a notification in Raq.com.
Opening them
You can open the upload once, within 24 hours of it arriving, so download the files when they come in.

Who can open the files

  • Only the people you invite

    Everyone in a portal sees its shared files. Each person has their own link, so you know who opened what.

  • Access you can take back

    Remove someone and their link stops working straight away. Archive the portal and every link to it stops.

  • Kept out of search results

    Portal pages tell search engines not to index them and browsers not to keep a copy.

  • Unsharing leaves the file alone

    Stop sharing a file and it leaves the portal but stays in File Drop.

Questions

Can I share a whole folder?

Not as one item. Share the files you want one by one. Each appears in the portal with its own label and description.

Does my client need an account to download or upload?

No. The link in their invitation email opens the portal, and they download and upload from there.

Can I see whether a client has downloaded a file?

Yes. Each download is recorded in the portal's activity with the name of the person who downloaded it.

What happens to a file when I stop sharing it?

It disappears from the client's portal. The file itself stays in File Drop.

Set up a portal for your next client

Sign-up goes through Raq.com. It opens ready for your first portal.