Contacts - Allow multiple addresses for a single contact record
Ability to create and save multiple addresses for a single contact record
Purpose: Allow customers to map customer & supplier details against a single contact record

Hi community, we understand your needs in this feature and want to assure you were taking on board all your feedback.
As many of you accustom to this idea will know, multiple addresses requires a complex solution. It's been something we’ve been moving towards for some time and we’ve done a lot of back end work that will allow us to bring it to you in the future.
We have 12 different products within Xero that rely on contact data, as well as many of our app partners. This means that contacts need to seamlessly flow across technology, products and all connections on Xero. And that’s exactly what we’ve been working on.
One of the reasons we announced the retirement of classic invoicing is because many of the features being asked for, just can’t be brought into classic invoicing. The old technology has too many technology limitations to enable this. Change to new invoicing is key to being able to enable us to build features like multiple address details. Between now and September our invoicing team are focused on prioritising the features from classic invoicing that need to be brought across to the new version. Multiple addresses is one of the key features they want to work towards but includes many steps. For example, we enabled it in the back end of contacts last year, but now need to be able to build it into our new invoicing solution. We will keep you updated here of any progression.
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Nino Driussi commented
Zero will never update anything.... We have learned by just watching the pain other Zero users are going thru. We advise our client to beware of this solution for it is not for everyone.
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Emma Rosenblatt (Accounts) commented
If our contact is say ABC Council, we need the ability to put multiple people to this contact. For example, our Customer is ABC Council, and I want 4 contacts for this customer, there are 3 different sales people we talk to who are in charge of purchasing for different areas in the company. On top of that there will be an additional person, accounts payable, that requires the invoice we send.
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Julie Gilchrist commented
I want to be able to add phone numbers for the extra contacts.
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Lynsey Dawson commented
This is a must have feature. So annoying when you have to change the information each time.
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Emma Rosenblatt (Accounts) commented
Please update on the status of this idea.
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Twane Schoombie commented
If we can have the option of choosing the delivery address from a drop down list, it will be great.
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Rach McDowall commented
Kelly, it’s been 7 months and an update is needed. I think it’s important to communicate regularly on the progress. You have indicated that you are WORKING ON THIS and therefor 7 months of programming should have even enough time to make this correction/improvement. I know that some of these requests need to be coded using a more modern platform but fur USER EXPERIENCE & LOYALITY Xero needs to communicate the progress.
Please check all the suggests you have commented on and PROVIDE AN UPDATE, even if the task has taken you longer than expected.
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Allison Le Fevre commented
Come on Xero - you tick the boxes in so many ways but this function is a standard requirement for all business - not just those who take the time to contact you about it.
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Peter O'Shannessy commented
Another disbelief from me that this is not incorporated. Pull the finger out Xero
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Chloe Chambers commented
From what I have discovered, you need to pay a separate company for their interface which doesn't change the Xero accounts function, but gives you better options from the sales POV. Obviously disappointing when most of us were sold Xero on its "capabilities"... We are looking into Stock and Buy, Unleashed and Dear Systems.
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maria Christodoulou commented
I cannot believe this wasn't set up initially! Such an obvious business necessity🤯
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David Lindsay commented
HI
Any update on this?
Has anyone found an app in the market place as a work around?
We will need this when Xero fully integrates with Avatx
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David Lindsay commented
HI
Any update on this?
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Jason Mumbulla commented
Hi Kelly,
I am yet another frustrated Xero user who needs the ability have have multiple address for a contact. We deal with many government departments with different contacts in various internal sections. Creating new contact records for each one as a workaround is just incredibly backwards.
Is there a timeline for the release of this feature?
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Heather Jackson commented
This beginning to cause us more problems as time goes on. We have more clients with multiple locations and the only way to handle the addresses is to set up as a new client. And there is no link between them when there should be. Hurry up Xero!!
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Paula Wyeth commented
Client services multiple addresses that require separate billing contact accounts in Xero but they all go to one real estate agent. He needs the ability to add more detail so he can easily identify the property address when searching the contact name without having the address as part of the contact name.
I hope that makes sense.
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Roslyn Pearse commented
We need to be able to add multiple contacts and email addresses and be able to select different ones for sending month end / year end queries to our clients
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David Baker commented
I thought I would add a bit of technical information, as I have developed applications and databases in the past.
A common flaw when people create contact tables is to restrict the number of addresses that can be added to a contact, by putting that information in the same table. If they used a separate table for addresses (as I believe they do for phone numbers, as you can add multiple ones), then this would be somewhat easier to implement the request. I know, because that is how I do it in my programs.
Unfortunately, if this decision is incorrectly made at the beginning of the database design, then it becomes incredibly difficult the make the change, as you have to update so much stuff to change it (queries and procedures). It is not insignificant. So, unfortunately, I doubt that they will do anything about this.
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Lisa Gaudie commented
Hi Muriel,
Don't hold your breath on getting an update from Kelly or anyone else at Xero on this.
The original request is OVER 10 YEARS OLD. It seems Xero is more interested in changing features that used to work to features that now require multiple clicks in multiple pop-ups to complete the work that could be done with one or two clicks in two screens previously.
Our work around is to create a separate account for each address we service for the same company. But you can't use the same account name more than once, so we add the number of the street address after the business name for each separate service address; NSW Realty 45, NSW Realty 903B, etc.
Good luck!
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Muriel Oliver (primarius.net.au) commented
Hi Kelly
Please may you give us an update on this? I have just successfully convinced a client to move all his businesses over to Xero and guess what no multiple delivery options! He tells me MYOB has a default of 5...I have been trying to convince him forever that Xero is better, now I just do not know what to say...
Thx
Muriel