Add or Import Contacts on Mobile

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You can add new contacts to your Mailchimp audience directly from your mobile device. Use the Mailchimp mobile app to enter contact data, scan physical business cards, or import contacts from your device or file.

In this article, you’ll learn how to add contacts to your Mailchimp audience from your mobile device. You'll also learn how to add contacts from a file and undo an import.

Before you start

Here are some things to know before you start.

  • Contacts must have a valid email address. Make sure you have permission to email them.
  • To import contacts from a desktop, check out Import Contacts to Mailchimp.
  • The mobile app only imports the first email address listed for a contact.

Add a contact manually

You can add a contact manually from the Audience or Home menu.

  1. Open Mailchimp’s mobile appon your phone or tablet, then tap the Audience tab.
  2. Tap Add contact.
  3. Enter the contact’s information.
  4. Tap Add (iOS) or the checkmark (Android) to confirm.

Scan a contact

Scan business cards or handwritten notes to capture a contact's email, name, and phone number.

  1. Open Mailchimp's mobile appon your phone or tablet, then tap the Audience tab.
  2. Scroll and tap Scan contact.
  3. Align the contact information within the camera frame, then take the photo.

You can scan one contact at a time. If your handwritten note or sign-in sheet contains multiple contacts, we'll only scan the first. 4. Verify the contact details and tap Add to confirm.

Import contacts from your device

Use the Mailchimp app to import contacts from your device and add them in bulk to your audience.

  1. Open Mailchimp’s mobile appon your phone or tablet, then tap the Audience tab.
  2. Scroll and tap Sync contacts.
  3. Select the contacts you want to add.
  4. Tap Next.
  5. If you have more than one audience, tap the audience name to select the one you want to work with.
  6. Optional: To update existing contacts, toggle the button on.
  7. Optional: If you want to assign tags to your imported contacts, tap Add Tags and choose or create tags as needed.
  8. Optional: If you want to add your imported contacts to groups, navigate to the GROUPS section and select the group that applies.
  9. Tap Import.

Contacts can also be shared with the Mailchimp mobile app from your device’s address book. Locate the contact you want to add to your Mailchimp audience, then tap Share Contact. In the Mailchimp app, confirm the contact details then tap Add.

Import contacts from a file

You can import contacts from a CSV file or if your contacts list is saved in an Excel spreadsheet, you can upload the XLSX file directly to your Mailchimp audience.

  1. Open Mailchimp’s mobile app on your phone or tablet, and tap the Audience tab.
  2. Tap Add contacts.
  3. Choose the audience you want to work with and select the file you want to use.

CSV files up to 200 MB are supported. 4. Tap Next to tag and organize your contacts. 5. Optional: To update existing contacts, toggle the button on. 6. Optional: If you want to assign tags to your imported contacts, tap Add Tags and choose or create tags as needed. 7. Optional: If you want to add your imported contacts to groups, navigate to the GROUPS section and select the group that applies. 8. Tap Next. 9. Match the columns in your import file to the fields in your Mailchimp audience. Swipe through the columns in your import file to match them to the fields in your Mailchimp audience. We’ll match some automatically, but you may need to manually choose the audience field type. Any unmatched columns will not be imported. 10. Tap Import when you’re ready. 11. Tap Confirm. Make sure you have permission from your contacts before adding them as subscribers.

Nice job! The contacts in your file will be added to your audience as subscribed contacts. You’ll receive an email notifying you when the import is complete.

Undo a contact import

You can undo a contact import at any time. When you undo an import, you’ll only remove contacts who were added by that import. You won't remove contacts who were in your audience before the import, and you won't change any data for existing contacts.

To undo a contact import, follow these steps.

  1. Tap the Audience tab.
  2. Scroll and tap View import history.
  3. Find the import you want to undo and tap the back arrow.
  4. Press Touch and Hold to undo import.

The import will display an Undone timestamp on the Import History page.

Next steps

Mailchimp offers a few ways to manage your contacts on the go. To learn more, check out Manage Contacts on Mobile.

About Mailchimp for Android

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