Learn how to add contacts (recipients) to an Email Invitation so you can email people your survey. Or import contacts directly in your SurveyMonkey Contacts, then use them in Email Invitations.
To add contacts using an import method:
Check out the below section if you see any errors. To add or remove contacts, you can manage your contact group.
You can type in or copy and paste a list of email addresses directly in the Send To field. Just pop them in and hit enter.
There is a limit to how many people you can send to, as well as how many messages you can send in one day: Sending, Import & Character Limits
If you see an error about invalid emails or that “something went wrong” when you try to send or schedule a message, it means you may have:
You can send one invitation email per email address per collector, by default. When you Invite More and add a contact that was already sent an invitation from the collector, we automatically remove them from your contact list before sending your new message. Enterprise customers may be able to Allow duplicate invites when they choose to Invite More.
Anyone can create a new Email Invitation collector for the survey if you want someone to take a survey more than once. If you want to send someone your invitation message again, anyone can send them a one-off reminder.
Also, don’t send to a Listserv, distribution list, or email alias (since only one person from the list would be able to take the survey). Instead, add the individual emails from the list.
You can’t send messages to people who have opted out or bounced. Ask them to opt back in if they want to take your survey. Then, create a new email invitation collector to send them the survey (the old collector will continue to list them as opted out or bounced).
You can check for opted out or bounced emails in the Recipients tab under the Sent column.
If you imported or added a contact list that wasn’t formatted correctly, you won’t be able to send your message. Here are some tips to fix the errors, then try to add contacts again.
You can remove contacts from draft or scheduled emails. From the Overview tab, click Resume and expand your contact group in your email invitation, or manage your contact group.
When you're sending a Reminder or Thank You message, you don't upload contacts from scratch. Instead, you can choose from the people you've already invited.
Click Edit Recipients in any Reminder or Thank You message to remove recipients. You can remove up to 1,000 recipients.
To update someone's data in the Recipients tab:
SurveyMonkey doesn’t sell or use your contact’s email addresses for any reason other than to send your survey, as explained in our Privacy Notice.
To access your contact list in SurveyMonkey, log in and click your username in the upper-right corner of your account. Then click Contacts.
What | How To |
| Create a group | At the bottom of the left sidebar, click + New Group. Adding contacts to a group allows you to easily add the contacts to an Email Invitation just by typing in the group name in the Send To field. |
| Browse contacts | Scroll to the bottom of the contact list and use the left and right arrows to navigate. |
| Find a specific contact | Use the search bar in the upper-right corner. You can search by the first three characters in any field. At this time, you cannot search by domain, and there is no wildcard search available. |
| Edit a contact | Click the contact's email address from the list. A small window will pop up where you can make changes. Edits you make to a contact are reflected in the Recipients tab in existing Email Invitations. |
| Delete a contact | Go to the All Contacts group and check the box next to the email address you want to delete from Contacts. There's a button at the top to Delete Permanently. This action only deletes their data from Contacts. If the contact was sent a survey invitation via email or text message, you may have to also delete the recipient's data from the collector and delete the individual's response to fully remove a recipient's personal data from your account. |
| Export contacts to a CSV | Click the down arrow to the right of a group in the left sidebar. The limit is 10,000 contacts per export, so you may need to organize your contacts into smaller groups and export the groups separately. |
TIP! You can use these contacts to send people Email Invitations to take your surveys.
Contacts are unique to your account. When sharing surveys, you can only send email invitations to email addresses stored in your Contacts—you can't access contacts belonging to other members of your team.