How can I import the contacts?
You can enter the customer contacts into your system manually, import them from a CSV file or collect them via a widget placed on your webpage.
Manually entering contacts
You can enter the contacts manually in the administration. Each contact can contain a name, surname, e-mail, groups assignment and, mandatorily, a phone number.
Importing contacts from a csv file
If you store your contacts already in a database or an Excel file, you can import them all at once. Separate items of the table are separated by comma, groups by semicolon. Only the phone number is MANDATORY! Save the table as a CSV file.
If you don’t have all the data in the table below, leave the particular column empty (filling a phone number is required). For contacts import, you need to follow all the table items and their order as below, otherwise the file won’t be imported.
If you can’t save the CSV to Excel correctly, you might want to use LibreOffice or a online tool Google Sheets.
TIP: Save the contacts file in UTF8 encoding, Win-1250 or Latin2.
!! State the phone numbers in international format. If the national prefix is not present, the phone number is auto-matically considered Czech !!
- CZE: +420********* (the international format is optional)
- SVK: +421********* (beware: do not state +4210*********)
- AUT: +43*********
- POL: +48*********
- DEU: +49*********
- HUN: +36*********
- ROU: +40*********
A sample of the correct file for import
|
Name |
Surname |
Phone number |
|
Group |
|
Alois |
Mazaný |
+420723321456 |
mazany@filip.cz |
Hasič; Občan |
|
Karel |
Nedbal |
+421602456879 |
karel@nedbal.sk |
|
|
Lucie |
Ospalá |
+420608456987 |
Občan |
|
|
Petr |
Rozmar |
+420725668012 |
petr.rozmar@mail.cz |
Občan |
|
Lubomír |
Opozdil |
+420777304796 |
opozdil@ec.cz |
Hasič |
|
Gustav |
Mareš |
+420606123321 |
gustav.ma@obec.cz |
Zastupitel |
Import the file in the „import contacts“ section
In the following summary of contacts you easily see whether you were able to import all the contacts, number of contacts and number of created groups. If there was an error in some contact row (eg. invalid phone number), you will be alerted accordingly.
Collecting contacts online
Take advantage of the fact the subscribers can register to receive your messaging themselves. See the section Con-tacts -> Collecting contacts. Here, you have two options. GoSMS offers you to generate a link you can send to potential customers eg. by email. Another option is to place a special contact collection widget on your website.