Email Marketing · Import Guide
How to Import Your Agent List into Brevo
Brevo (formerly Sendinblue) prices by emails sent rather than contacts stored, which makes it a popular home for large lists. The importer accepts CSV, XLSX, and TXT, with attribute mapping and inline attribute creation.
Official Brevo import documentationBefore You Start
- A Brevo account with a contact list created
- Your USAgentLeads CSV — it's already UTF-8, which Brevo requires to avoid character issues
Step-by-Step
- 1
Start the import
Go to Contacts and choose the import option. Upload the CSV (Brevo also accepts .xlsx and .txt).
- 2
Review the preview
Brevo shows a preview of the parsed rows. Confirm the four columns (name, email, phone, state) separated cleanly — if not, the file's delimiter needs fixing before continuing.
- 3
Map attributes
Match each column to a Brevo contact attribute: email → EMAIL, phone → SMS or a text attribute, name → FIRSTNAME/LASTNAME or a custom attribute. Don't skip mapping — unmapped data can't be used for segmentation later.
- 4
Create the STATE attribute inline
Under Contact attributes, click 'Add a new attribute', name it STATE, and map our state column to it. Brevo lets you create attributes without leaving the import flow.
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Confirm the import
Choose the destination list, confirm the file, and let Brevo process it. Every USAgentLeads row has an EMAIL value, which satisfies Brevo's identifier requirement.
Field Mapping Reference
| Our CSV Column | Brevo Field | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Required identifier | ||
| name | FIRSTNAME / LASTNAME | Split first, or use a custom attribute |
| phone | SMS or custom text attribute | SMS attribute expects international format; a text attribute is safer for raw US numbers |
| state | Custom attribute STATE (create inline) | — |
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Get the Agent ListFrequently Asked Questions
Why Brevo over Mailchimp for a large purchased list?
Cost structure. Mailchimp bills by stored contacts; Brevo bills by emails sent. Storing 889K contacts is expensive on contact-billed platforms and effectively free on Brevo — you pay per campaign instead.
My import shows garbled characters — what happened?
That's an encoding issue. The USAgentLeads CSV ships as UTF-8; if you re-saved it in a spreadsheet app, export it again as CSV UTF-8 before uploading.