Docstoc went live in public Beta today, providing a library of high quality professional documents, forms, templates, presentations, and spreadsheets to business professionals.
Users can find and share any document and organize and access their files with online storage for access anytime, anywhere.
After previewing at TechCrunch40, the site went into private beta. After just over a month, the site launches with 12,000+ documents and 7,000 users. Not bad.
Docstoc also came out of the gate swinging with a pretty clever contest. The company is giving away an Apple iPod Touch every week for the month of November to the user who uploads the most professional documents each week. User can check their status in real time, by going to the “docsters” page and clicking on “most uploads.”
Similar to YouTube and Flickr, Docstoc harnesses the power of user generated content to provide a one-stop source for professional documents that can be shared freely, discovered quickly, and organized for easy access.
Whereas Scribd is a place for any and all things related to documents, Docstoc is the place to go for all content related to business, legal, technology, financial, educational, and creative work, as well as many other professional services industries.
Docstoc makes it easy to find, share, and access any type of content. Users can easily search by categories or by keywords, filter search results by views, downloads, ratings and comments, preview the documents online, and download or store content in online personal file folders for free.
Each user on Docstoc has a profile to facilitate sharing and conversations – social/professional networking is geared around content instead of just contacts. Professionals can receive immediate and objective feedback on the value of their documents and also forge potential business relationships and referral traffic.
Docstoc integrates the most useful features of private online file storage with the ability to store, categorize, and share content found anywhere on the Web. Users can upload their files and mark them public or private, categorize docs in their own personalized directories, organize the files into folders, send documents to their online storage, and share with trusted contacts or the entire community. People can also request content, by keywords or categories, and have it delivered via email.
Files can be added online through email attachments or bulk uploading (which is helpful!).
The company’s recent Series A funding included, Scott Walchek the early stage VC in Baidu, Brett Brewer one of the co-founders of Intermix Media the parent company of MySpace, and Robin Richards the founding president of MP3.com.
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Discussion
Does anyone know where I can store files for my myspace page? I’ve found docusync.com. Are there any others?