Can we have bulk import of custom objects? pretty please! | Voters

Can we have bulk import of custom objects? pretty please!

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Corey Dierdorff

Can we please have the ability to bulk import custom objects. Example, car lot has a spreadsheet of cars to use as custom objects. It would be amazing to have the ability to bulk import these for inventory management.

October 26, 2024

Aayush Singhal

Merged in a post:

🚨 CRITICAL GAP ALERT: Custom Objects Import Functionality - Business Impact Assessment

Steeve Kunakey

Fellow GHL partners, we need to address an elephant in the room that's undermining our client acquisition and retention strategies.
THE SITUATION: After successfully demonstrating GHL's innovative capabilities to prospects, we're hitting a massive roadblock during implementation. Clients with existing CRM databases (ranging from 5K to 500K+ records) cannot import their custom object data. Period.
BUSINESS IMPACT:
Client hesitation post-sale: "Wait, you're telling me I need to manually re-enter years of structured data?"
Competitive disadvantage: HubSpot and vTiger users can seamlessly migrate their custom objects
Implementation timeline explosion: What should be a 2-week migration becomes a 3-month manual data entry project
ROI questioning: Clients start second-guessing their investment when facing this operational reality
THE DISCONNECT: We're selling sophisticated automation and workflow capabilities while forcing clients into Stone Age data migration processes. This creates cognitive dissonance that damages our credibility as strategic technology partners.
ESSENTIAL MISSING FEATURES:
Custom Object CSV Import (basic table stakes functionality)
Calculated Fields during Import (competitive parity requirement)
Dynamic Custom Field Creation (import-time field mapping)
Bulk Data Validation Tools (enterprise-grade data integrity)
COMPETITIVE REALITY CHECK: When prospects compare migration experiences:
HubSpot: "Import completed in 2 hours"
vTiger: "Custom objects mapped automatically"
GHL: "Please hire data entry staff for 3 months"
STRATEGIC RECOMMENDATION: This isn't about "nice-to-have" features - it's about removing fundamental barriers to enterprise adoption. Every day without these capabilities is a day we're leaving revenue on the table and questioning our positioning as a comprehensive business solution.
CALL TO ACTION: GHL Product Team - we need a public roadmap commitment on custom object import functionality. Our clients' success depends on seamless data migration, not heroic manual efforts.
Who else is experiencing this implementation friction? Let's quantify the collective impact and accelerate this critical development priority.

2 days ago

Nathan Klug

any update on a timeline for this?

David Sonshine

This is available using a marketplace app Custom Object Importer for now

Michiel de AutomateDoctor

David Sonshine i saw one but its 15$ a month. is yours free? thanks!

David Sonshine

Michiel de AutomateDoctor ay im sorry Michiel but I needed to charge for this tool - it has server usage overhead and god knows how many hours I spent planning, building, testing, deploying and troubleshooting. Good news it looks like GHL is building this manually.

Michiel de AutomateDoctor

David Sonshine i understand. will it work for the whole account or just specific subaccount? any chance I can try to see if it does what I need and pay later?

Matt Graves

this would be extremely helpful to have and make objects so much more usable at scale

Estefany Cordero

We need this Feature ASAP.

Brian Nori

I agree this is very needed. Thank you.
This is an excellent feature however without the import feature (which I assumed was there) it forced me to put a hold on adoption until a solution is met. 
This feature is great for startups, but seems useless for any business in motion as manual entry simply is not an option and splitting systems is never a good idea. 
Thank you.

Samantha Dionisio

Any ETA please

Martin Mejia

Please you need this is a basic thing

Blake Gatewood

Please add bulk import for custom objects!!! They are pretty useless without it and can’t really utilize GHL without being able to do that.

Anshuman Shrivastav

When is this coming? Would have expected this to go live in the summit

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