Uploading Your Contacts

Uploading a spreadsheet of your opted-in contacts is as simple as a few clicks. We know Excel can be confusing, so if you're having trouble check out this quick step-by-step guide to preparing your contacts for uploading.

Chances are your spreadsheet of contacts is a Microsoft Excel file (on a PC it will end in .xls for most versions of Excel and .xlsx for Excel 2007). In order to upload your contacts to Club Texting you'll need to save the spreadsheet as a Comma Separated Values (CSV) file. The screenshots below are using Excel 2007. It looks a bit different from older versions of Excel but the process is the same.

Step One - Make Sure Your Columns Are In The Correct Order
Each row represents a single contact. The first column must be the Phone Number, followed by these four optional fields (in this order): First Name, Last Name, Email, Note.

The following characters will be automatically removed from your phone numbers: ( , ) , - , . , space

Step Two - Save The File As A CSV
You can use the file menu and select Save As or you can use a keyboard shortcut to Save As. If you want to use your keyboard type Alt-F-A on a PC. A Save As dialog will appear. From the Save as type list choose 'CSV Comma Delimited (*.csv)' and save the file.

Step Three - Accept Excel's Warnings
Excel likes to keep files in its own format so it will issue a series of prompts warning you about saving the file as a CSV. Don't worry about these as we are just saving a copy of the file. Your original file will remain unchanged.

Click Yes to the first prompt.

Click OK to second prompt.

Step Four - Upload The File
Your file is ready to upload. Login to your account and click Upload Contacts. On the Upload Contacts page click browse and choose your CSV. Choose the Group you want to add the contacts to, or create a new Group on the fly! Once you're ready, click Add Contacts. We'll handle the rest.