When you open the Database section and click Contacts, you're looking at your entire customer universe. Here's what each piece does:
Core Contact Info (The Basics)
1. Profile Column
Shows contact names, their profile pics and their phone numbers. Quick visual reference to see who's who. If someone's uploaded a photo (rare but happens), you'll see it here. Otherwise it's their initials in a colored circle.
2. Tags Column
Those blue labels? Tags. Use them to mark VIPs, problem customers, wholesale buyers, whatever categories make sense for your business. You can filter by these later too.
3. Created At When this contact first entered your system. Could be from:
Their first WhatsApp message
Instagram DM
Website chat
Manual import
Any touchpoint really
Timestamp shows exact date and time. Useful for tracking how long someone's been in your funnel.
4. Custom Fields
This is where it gets interesting. See those values like "lead_collection": "collected"? Custom fields let you store anything:
Lead source
City
Birthday
Shirt size
Whatever helps you sell better
You define these fields, then use them in automations and segments.
Navigation & Controls
6. Search Bar
Type any name, number, or email. Searches happen live as you type.
7. Chat button
Opens the chat in your inbox for that particular customer.
8. Import Button
Bulk upload contacts via CSV. Supports big lists (thousands of contacts). Make sure your CSV has headers that match Spur's format or you'll waste time fixing import errors.
Way more thorough information on how to import contacts here.
9. Add Contact
Allows you to add one singular contact at a time.
10. Actions Menu
Those three dots on the right. Click for options:
Edit contact details
Add tags
Delete contact
11. Filter Dropdown Currently showing "All" but click this to filter by:
All contacts
Active Contacts (the ones you've sent a message to at least once in the last 30 days)
12. Channel Icons Shows where this contact came from or where they're active:
WhatsApp (green phone icon)
Instagram (camera icon)
Facebook (messenger icon)
Website chat (globe icon).