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Guests & contacts

Building and managing the guest list: adding people, importing a spreadsheet, groups, counts and exports.

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  1. How does the guest list work?Open the invitation from your dashboard and choose Guests. Add guests one by one, import a spreadsheet or pick from your contact book. Each guest gets a personal link, and the list shows who was e-mailed, who opened and who replied. 1 min read
  2. How do I add a guest to my invitation?Open the invitation, choose Guests, then Add guest. Type the name (required), e-mail, phone, how many passes they get and their group, then save. On a published invitation you can tick E-mail the invitation now. 1 min read
  3. How do I edit or remove a guest?On the Guests tab, the pencil icon opens Edit guest, where you can change their details, passes and group, and correct how many are coming. To remove guests, tick them and choose Remove; they stay in your contact book. 1 min read
  4. How do I import guests from a spreadsheet?Open the invitation's Guests tab, choose Import and pick a CSV or Excel file with a Name column. Nimanto recognises Email, Phone, Passes and Group columns, matches existing guests on e-mail or phone, and adds every valid row. 2 min read
  5. What is the contact book and how do I use it?Your contact book, under Contact book in the dashboard, holds everyone you have added to any invitation. Add or import contacts there, give them tags, and add them to a new invitation with From contacts on its Guests tab. 1 min read
  6. How do guest groups and sides work?A guest's Group / side is free text you set when adding or editing them. Groups help you search the list, message one group from Message guests, and read exports. Guests who reply through the shared link land in the group Replied via link. 1 min read
  7. What do the guest counts and filters show?The summary card at the top of Guests & RSVPs shows the headcount coming, the deadline, a reply bar and five counts: Invited, Coming, Maybe, Can't come and No reply yet. Press a count or a filter to see just those guests. 2 min read
  8. How do I export my guest list and replies?Open the invitation's Guests tab and choose Export for the guest list, or switch to Responses and choose Export responses for every reply. Both download a CSV you can open in Excel, Numbers or Google Sheets. 1 min read
  9. Why was a guest's e-mail refused or not sent?An address whose domain cannot receive mail is refused when you add it; a likely typo is accepted with a hint. Later, a bounce, a spam report or an unsubscribe stops e-mail to that address, and the guest row says why. Reach them on WhatsApp instead. 2 min read

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