Importing customers into ShopKeep.com can be done using a .csv file.  You must let us know you want imports turned on for you by emailing support@shopkeep.com.  
You can use the .csv or .xls template files below to create a customer import file. If you use excel to create your customer import, when you are done editing, save the file as a csv file.  

Some notes and more information on each field is found below.

Customer file import notes:

(1) Customer_ID, First_Name and Last_Name are required all other fields can be blank 
(2) If Tax_Exempt field is used, set it to "true" otherwise blank 
(3) If Last_Visit field is used, you may need to use this format: 2011-07-01
     other date formats should work though: ex. UTC format 2011-07-01T15:00:00-0500 
(4) Your customer import files will need the following recommend header line as the first row/line in the csv file:
Customer_ID,First_Name,Last_Name,Email,Address,City,State,Zip,Phone,Tax_Exempt,Last_Visit,Rewards_Points,Notes

Customer file field notes:

(1) Customer_ID - required field, it must contain a unique number.  If you don't have one just make it up with consecutive and unique numbers. DON'T LEAVE BLANK 
(2) First_Name - required field 
(3) Last_Name - required field 
(4) Email - can be blank 
(5) Address - can be blank 
(6) City - can be blank 
(7) State - can be blank 
(8) Zip - can be blank 
(9) Phone - can be blank 
(10) Tax_Exempt - can be blank, if used, set it to "true" (don't enter the quotes) otherwise blank 
(11) Last_Visit - can be blank, will default to the time of upload, if used you may need to use this format: 2011-07-01 
(12) Rewards_Points - can be blank, if used it should be numbers only. e.g. 1, 2, 3, 4.5, 5.35. 
(13) Notes - can be blank, this can be whatever text data you want to enter
 

This is an example of a csv file.  CSV data is just plain text data that can be edited and created with programs like notepad.  CSV files are a great way to transfer simple text and numeric data from one system to another.  

Customer_ID,First_Name,Last_Name,Email,Address,City,State,Zip,Phone,Tax_Exempt,Last_Visit,Rewards_Points,Notes 
1001,FirstName,LastName,email,address,city,state,zip,555-555-5555,,,25,customer notes go here 
1002,FirstName,LastName,email,address,city,state,zip,555-555-5555,,,50,customer notes go here 
1003,FirstName,LastName,email,address,city,state,zip,555-555-5555,,,40,customer notes go here 
1004,FirstName,LastName,email,address,city,state,zip,555-555-5555,,,60,customer notes go here 
1005,FirstName,LastName,email,address,city,state,zip,555-555-5555,,,80,customer notes go here
1006,FirstName,LastName,,,,,,,,,,this record has no data for the email and address fields
1007,FirstName,LastName,,,,,,,,,,a comma with no space is used when a field is empty

Template Files

One of these these template files will help you get started. For large files the excel template will probably be the best one to use. Just remember to save the file as a csv file when you are done editing. However if you feel comfortable working with the csv file format you can use that template as well. Always be sure to load your final csv file into a spreadsheet program to check it over and make sure all columns line up correctly with the headings.