Import Contacts

Import your address book into BlinkBid using CSV or vCard format.

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Written by Gabrielle P
Updated over a week ago

1. Export your contacts from the source in CSV or VCard format.

2. Log in to your BlinkBid account and go to Address Book.
3. Click “Import Contacts”.
4. Click “Choose file” and find and upload your contacts file.
5. Click “Import”.

Export your contacts from your Apple Address Book in iCloud.

  1. Log in to your iCloud account (icloud.com).

  2. Access contacts (icloud.com/contacts)

  3. Select one or more contacts in the contacts list.

  4. Click the Action pop-up menu in the sidebar, then Choose Export vCard.

Export your contacts from your Apple Address Book on your computer.

  1. Open your Address Book App.

  2. Select one or more contacts in the contacts list.

  3. Drag them to your desktop, a vCard will appear.

From your Google Address Book.

  1. Go to Google Contacts (contacts.google.com)

  2. Select contacts by checking the boxes that appear next to the name.

  3. Click the More menu item and then Export.

  4. Choose Google vCard.

Here is an example of a file format which will be accepted in the import:

At this time we only support imports that have been exported from Google or Apple contacts as described above. If you have a file from another source, the import likely will not work. Unfortunately there is nothing we can do on our side to fix this. So we recommend that you do your best to adhere to the standards outlined above.

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