Select Multiple Files Efficiently
Users are looking for a way to select multiple files at once across different platforms. They are specifically interested in solutions for video workflows, Google Sheets, and multi-page PDF files.
4 people in 4 posts across 1 source · demand low, pain low, competition moderate
The pain
shares of 4 quoted postsWhat goes wrong, and for whom
- Who
- 4 different people
- What goes wrong
- Not classified into a failure type — read the posts below.
- How bad
- 0% of posts are complaints
- Since
- 11 Jul 2023 → 22 Oct 2025
The opportunity
from the same postsWhether this pain leaves room for a product
- Demand
- 4 people raised it · momentum moderate (43)
- Looking for something else
- 50% want an alternative · 50% ask for a feature · 0% mention price
- What the numbers say
- 50% of posts are people looking for an alternative — the clearest sign there is room for a new product. Not shown by this data: whether they would pay.
The pain — what people say
Their asks, who is writing, and the posts themselves
What people were doing
Every post behind this page, by what its author was doing — and when each one was written
- Looking for an alternative250%
- Request250%
Sources
4 signals · 1 sources
Evidence
Raw public posts behind this opportunity — click through to the original
How to automate invoice data copy to Excel in 1 minute is there a way to select multiple files at once?
How to automate invoice data copy to Excel in 1 minute Is there a way to do this with google sheets
How to automate invoice data copy to Excel in 1 minute How can I do this for multi-page PDF file?
Asking how…took a minute, because almost all of the workflow was created prior. I wish I could see the details on the other steps in the flow that are shown in the video because it's taking me over a minute, maybe longer, so far.
Wishes it existed
The opportunity — market and score
Products already there, how the score moved, and what it is made of
Opportunity history
Every score change is stored as a snapshot — click a sub-score to overlay it
Why did it move?
Score 26.5 → 22.8 · 08 Sept 2026, 00:00 → 01:15 UTC
How the score was measured38 measured values behind the seven sub-scores · each shows the value, then the points it earned out of 100Show ↓Hide ↑
Questions about this idea
- Is Select Multiple Files Efficiently a good startup idea?
- It has an Opportunity Score of 22.8, from 4 mentions by 4 different people across 1 sources. Demand is low (0/100), pain low (0/100) and competition moderate (45/100). This measures what people said, not what they paid for — test willingness to pay before building.
- How many people have this problem?
- 4 different people described it independently, in 4 mentions, the earliest from 11 Jul 2023 and the most recent from 22 Oct 2025. The quotes, with dates and links to the originals, are in the Evidence section.
- How crowded is this market?
- Measured competition is moderate (45/100). Low competition can be a real gap or simply thin data — look for competitors yourself before concluding either.
- Is demand for this growing?
- Current status: stable — mentioned at a steady rate. Momentum is 43/100, measured as how often it is mentioned recently compared with before.
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Discussion
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