Importing contacts in PitneyShip Pro

You can import contacts into the system by uploading a CSV file.
Products affected: PitneyShip™ Pro

You can import contacts into the system by uploading a CSV file up to 5 MB in size.

The features and options you see may vary depending upon your role and subscription. If you have any questions regarding your permissions, please contact your administrator.

  1. Select Settings > Address Book.
  2. Select Import.
    Import button on Contacts screen
  3. To download a template that you can use to create your address file, click on the Download a .csv template link.
  4. Replace the sample records in the template with your contacts and save it as a CSV file.
  5. If you want any of the imported contacts to be senders instead of recipients, add a column to the spreadsheet called ContactType and fill it with sender for each contact that you want to be a sender. If the column is not present or is not filled in, then the imported contact will become a recipient. This cannot be changed after importing.
    ContactType field in import file
  6. Select Choose File and select your address file in CSV format.
  7. Select the sharing options for the addresses you're importing:
    • To merge the contacts in your CSV file with your current contacts, select Merge contacts with my address book.
    • To replace your current contacts with the contacts in your CSV file, select Replace contacts (import will overwrite contacts), then select one of the following options:
      • To replace all contacts in the address book with the contacts in your CSV file, select Replace all existing contacts (total overwrite).
      • To replace only your current shared contacts with the contacts in your CSV file and leave your private contacts as is, select Replace only shared contacts (private contacts will be ignored).
      • To replace only your current private contacts with the contacts in your CSV file and leave your shared contacts as is, select Replace only private contacts (shared contacts will be ignored).
    • To make the imported contacts private, select Import contacts as private.
  8. Select Continue.
  9. In the Import Contacts window, match your CSV file fields in the Your CSV Fields column with the PitneyShip Pro fields in the Address Book Fields column.
    Import Contacts field mapping window
  10. Select Import.

UPDATED: 01 June 2023