What fields does a Scribble contact have?
A contact needs a name, street address, city, state and ZIP to receive a card. Email, company, job title and dates are optional. Extra spreadsheet columns become custom fields that you can use in messages.
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#Required to mail
| Field | Rule |
|---|---|
| Name | A full name, or a first and last name. The envelope has to be addressed to somebody. |
| Address line 1 | A street line. Required. |
| City | Required. |
| State | A two-letter US state code. California is corrected to CA on import. |
| ZIP | Five digits, optionally with a +4: 10003 or 10003-1234. |
#Optional, but useful
- Address line 2
- Apartment, suite, floor or unit. Written on the envelope when present.
- Never mailed to. It is the key the do-not-mail list matches on, and it is how a re-import recognizes somebody who asked to be removed.
- Phone
- Stored, never used to contact anyone.
- Company
- Available as
{{company}}. Worth having: a message that names the company reads as written for a person rather than for a list. - Job title
- Available as
{{job_title}}. - Birthday
- Month and day only, whatever you import. Drives the birthday trigger.
- Work anniversary
- A full date including the year. Drives the work anniversary trigger and the
{{years}}merge field. - External ID
- Your system's identifier. Set it via the contacts API and Scribble upserts on it instead of creating duplicates.
- Country
- Defaults to
US. Scribble mails inside the US only.
#Custom fields
Any column you do not map to a known field is kept as a custom field named after your header in snake_case, and becomes a merge field. A column headed Personal note becomes {{personal_note}}; a column headed Renewal date becomes {{renewal_date}} and can also drive a date-field automation.
#Address status
Addresses are marked unverified. Scribble checks their format, but does not confirm deliverability. Check the full address with the recipient before sending; see address requirements.
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