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How to Add Contacts to Seamailer

Create a file to import your contact

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Last Update 6 months ago

When importing your contacts to Seamailer, certain data, such as email addresses and phone numbers, need to be in a specific format to be imported correctly. Therefore, before importing your contacts, we recommend following this article to properly set up the file that contains your contacts' information.

File requirements

There is no limit on the number of contacts you can import at once.
Include only one sheet in your file.
Save your file in one of the following formats and make sure the separator is either a semicolon, a comma, or a tab:

CSV

(Microsoft Excel, OpenOffice Calc, Google Sheets,

XLSX

(Microsoft Excel open format)

Create your file

In this article, for illustration purposes, we will create a .CSV file from scratch to import contacts with default and custom attributes for a yoga instructor. You can easily adapt this use case to your needs by following the requirements and guidelines provided in this article.

Step 1: Set up your file with contact attributes

Open your spreadsheet program (Excel, Google Sheets) to create a new file. You have 3 options to get started
In the header row of your file, add the information you want to import about your contacts. Each cell represents a piece of information that will be mapped to a Seamailer contact attribute and imported.
In our example, we added default attributes like e-mail, first and last name, country code, but also included custom attributes (Birthday, notes, group id, group name).

When you import your file in Seamailer, you will be able to directly create new attributes. You don't necessarily need to create them beforehand.

Step 2: Add your contacts' information to the file

You can now fill up the file with your contacts' information:

You can copy the data from another program or an exported file, or
You can type it directly into the file.

Make sure that each column contains information that corresponds to the attribute in the header row of your file and that each row contains information about a single contact:

Step 3: Verify the format of your data

Now that your file contains all the data you want to import, take some time to ensure that it is correctly formatted. Incorrectly formatted data can result in incorrect information being imported or information not being imported at all.

For instance, here are some things we recommend you check:

The email address of your contacts: ensure that the email addresses in your file are valid and that they aren't missing any part.
The phone number of your contacts: ensure that the phone numbers in your file include the + sign and the country code and that the digits are not separated by any special character.
The multiple-choice-type contact attributes: ensure that the multiple-choice-type contact attributes in your file follow the format.

Step 4: Save your file

Once you have completed and properly formatted your file, save it in either .CSV or .XLSX.

Step 5: Import your file into Seamailer

It's now time to import your contacts' details into Seamailer! You'll find all the details in our dedicated article Import your contacts to Seamailer

That is it! You’ve successfully created a file to import your contacts to Seamailer. Now you can start sending out your campaigns with ease. You'll find all the details in our dedicated article on how Import your contacts to Seamailer.

Contact our support team at [email protected] or check out our Help Center for more detailed tutorials and FAQs.

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