Systems and methods for uploading documents to a document database by using an efficient drag and drop interface is provided. The drag and drop interface includes a persistent and movable drop box rendered on an operating system. The drop box is preconfigured to access a document database to upload documents. Furthermore, the drop box is persistently available on a desktop of the operating system, wherein one or more objects can be dragged and dropped for upload to the document database from any other interface or from the desktop, whereupon documents corresponding to the one or more objects are uploaded to the database based on preconfigured destination locations to which to upload.