WebAsyst Contacts Features

1. Connect
2. Add contacts
3. Organize subscription
4. Customize contact fields
5. Collaborate
6. Send SMS
7. Send bulk emails
8. Usable interface

All you need is an Internet connection and one of the browsers listed:

Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari or Opera.

No additional software is necessary.

There are two ways to use WebAsyst:

First option: Create an account on our server

Your files and data are stored on a secure, high-availability server cluster, and are accessible via Internet 24/7. Alternatively, you can use an SSL secured connection to protect your data while in transit. SSL encryption is widely used by payment systems, financial and governmental institutions to prevent hacking of transferred data.

Second option: Download and install software on your own server

WebAsyst applications are server scripts developed using PHP programming language. WebAsyst scripts, installed on your own server will perform identically to those installed on our. All features and functions available in our server accounts will be accessible in your own installed copy of the scripts. More detail on scripts.

One contact at a time

Fields in the contact entry form are grouped into sections (Contact, Phones, Home, Business). You can hide unnecessary fields by clicking on Fields button and deselecting them.

Importing existing contact lists

Most likely you already have a number of contacts in your email client address book (e.g., “Outlook”) or PIM software. You can export from your PIM software to CSV (Comma Separated Value) text format and easily import to WebAsyst Contacts.

Address book import

Outlook Express and The Bat! Export formats are predefined.

Plain text file import

You can import any CSV structured file with the list of contacts in it. Once uploaded it will be analyzed and you will simply have to match the file's fields and those of your contact database record.

WebAsyst Contacts service allows you to create subscription forms and embed them as widgets into any web page. Information entered by visitors will be automatically added to a specifically assigned folder of WebAsyst Contacts.

The widget constructor allows you to specify which fields will be in the form, its color and size, and to define the folder where entered information will be stored.

Learn more about Signup Form widget.

Built in constructor allows you to customize contact record fields. You can add new fields and sections or change existing ones to suit your needs.

When adding a new file, you can specify its name, type, and other properties. Field type defines what kind of information may be entered. For example, the “eye color” field offers a drop down list of 4 possible predefined values.

Share contacts with other users

Your WebAsyst account has a “Users” directory, where you can create new users and give them access rights to contact folders in your account. Every user will have a personal login and password to enter the system. Once inside, users may access only those parts to which they have been given access.

WebAsyst Contacts allows separate setup of access rights to each folder. There are several levels of access rights which may be assigned:

• Read — user can see list of contacts inside the folder and view their details, but is unable to change them, delete or add new ones
• Write — in addition to Read functions, user can edit and delete contacts within folder
• Full — all of the above and the ability to create and delete sub folders

User groups and access rights

It is often necessary to assign identical access rights to a number of users at one time, based on their role within a team or organization. WebAsyst offers powerful capabilities to do so. This simplifies system management where there are a large number of users from different departments or branches.

Instead of giving necessary rights to each user personally, simply create a group, specify its access rights, and then add member users to the group. Every user will inherit access rights that were set up for the group.

Each user can be a member of several groups and can have his own specifically set permissions. Effective rights will be a combination of personal and group rights of the user.

If your contacts have mobile numbers on file, you can SMS them by simply selecting them and choosing Send SMS menu option:

All messages are sent immediately, and their contents kept in the log which is available to account administrator. Average message cost is from $0.05 to $0.15 depending on the recipient’s country and mobile provider (more than 550 providers in 183 countries supported).

System administrator can also set limits of allowed outgoing SMS for each user.

Send plain text email messages to several contacts

You can send plain text emails directly from WebAsyst Contacts to a number of recipients. Simply select them, and then use Send email menu option.

Send rich emails using WebAsyst Mail service

Rich format newsletters, announcements, and event notifications to a large number of your contacts (thousands at once) can be prepared and sent using WebAsyst Mail service.

Using Contacts, prepare a list of recipients including individually selected contacts, search results, or entire contact folders. Create a message in Mail service and send it to all contacts in the list.

WebAsyst Contacts interface is very user-friendly and has no learning curve. Folders navigation panel is on the left, and the main working area, where current folder's contacts are displayed, is on the right.

Copy/move/delete contacts and folders

Managing contacts and their folders is similar to managing files on your computer. You can move folder with all its contents to a new place, make a copy of it in another folder within the system, or delete it.

Groups of selected contacts can be moved to another folder, used to create a list, or added to an existing one.

Search contacts and store results

Search function allows you to find those records that include key terms in any of the fields. Contacts found can be managed just like folder contents: copied, moved, deleted or stored as a list.