Creating and managing the custom contact attributes is very simple.
You can create custom up to 50 contact attributes based on plan (Basic, Startup, Growth, Pro, Enterprise)
To create an attribute, log in to your Cheerio Dashboard and head to the manage profile section. Here you will find the option to manage contact attributes.
Here you will see 2 different types of attributes: Default and secondary.
Default Attributes Default attributes are attributes created by Cheerio itself like name, email, phone no., created at, and updated at.
Secondary Attributes
Secondary Attributes are the attributes that you can create by yourself as per your requirements.
Creating an Attribute
You can different types of attributes on Cheerio. Each attribute requires a set data type to be followed. Here is the list of all the data types you can create.
Textfield: Any text up to 200 characters
Paragraph: Any text up to 2000 characters
Date: To collect date in DD/MM/YYYY format
Time: To collect time in HH:MM format
Timestamp: To collect date and time simultaneously like DD/MM/YYYY, HH:MM
Dropdown: To create a dropdown field with a list of options to select
Number: Any numeric value
Phone: To collect phone no with country code
Email: To collect email
Website: To collect the website
Link: to collect the custom link
Currency: To collect the amount with the country's currency
Now here are the steps to create an attribute
Step 1: Click the "Create Attribute" button on the top left. A sidebar will open

Step 2: Add a name for your attribute like email, or alternate email, and select a relevant data type from the dropdown. In this case, we can select email.

Step 3: Click the "Create Attribute" and it's done. Your attribute will be added to the secondary attributes tab.

Step 4: Click and hold the attribute to enter the repositioning state.

Step 5: Drag and drop at the desired position where you want it to appear on your contact page.

Note: Attributes follow the same positioning on the contacts page. so if you want any of your attributes to appear first on your contacts page make sure to reposition them.