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Add your contacts to HoneyBook

How to import leads and clients into your HoneyBook account

Updated this week

Whether you’re booking your first client or you're joining HoneyBook hundreds of clients deep, we aim to make it easy to get those connections imported and recorded in HoneyBook. Once your contacts have been added, you can always access your full list under the Contacts page.

📣 Note

For accounts with multiple team members: each moderator, admin, super admin, and account owner has access to all contacts, across the entire team, in their contact list. Basic team members can see contacts only that they added themselves or are in a project with.

Private contact notes are private and visible only to the team member who wrote them.


Add individual clients


Add an individual client and create a project

  1. From the top navigation bar, click + NEW > select New Client

  2. Enter the client's name and email (required), plus any other details

  3. Click Add

You've now created both a client and a project, and you'll be taken right to the project workspace. From here, you can update the project details and start sending out emails and files.


Add an individual client without creating a project

  1. From the top navigate bar, click Clients > Contacts

  2. Select Add Contact > Client/Lead

  3. Enter the client's name and email (required), plus any other details

  4. Click Add

Once added, you'll be directed right to the client workspace where you can get started adding the client to projects and sending files.


Import a list of contacts

Import a CSV file without creating projects

If you have a list of contacts outside of the system, you can add them to your HoneyBook contacts list all at once using a CSV file upload.

File requirements

Your file must meet these requirements to be accepted:

  • The file must be in .CSV format

    • You can save any Google Sheet or Excel file as a .CSV file by selecting File > Download/Save As > Comma Separated Values (.csv)

  • Up to 500 contacts can be added at a time

  • Maximum file size of 2MB

  • At minimum, the contact’s email must be included

  1. From the top navigation bar, select Clients > Contacts

  2. Select Add Contact > Import Data

  3. Drag and drop your file or select it to upload

  4. Match the file columns to their related HoneyBook fields

    • Unmatched fields will not be uploaded

    • If your file doesn’t have column headers, uncheck the box next to My file has headers and use the drop-down menus to label what each column holds

  5. Review the list of contacts you’ll import

  6. When you finish reviewing, click Import

Import Google Contacts without creating projects

  1. From the top navigation bar, select Clients > Contacts

  2. Select Add Contact > Import Google contacts

  3. You'll be brought to a pop-up

    1. If you haven't connected your Gmail account to HoneyBook yet, select Connect Gmail account and follow the prompts

    2. Once you've connected your Gmail account, you'll see a list of all of your Google contacts. Check off the ones you'd like to import, or check the box to the top left to select all

      1. You can also use the search bar to search for specific contacts

  4. When you're ready, click Import

The selected contacts will be added to your Contacts list in HoneyBook.

Import a CSV file and create projects


Still have questions? Feel free to send us a message by clicking the Question Mark icon on any HoneyBook page. Our team is always happy to help!

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