# Moving/Exporting Overflow Contacts

**URL:** <https://community.hubspot.com/t/moving-exporting-overflow-contacts/69717>\
**Category:** CRM\
**Tags:** professional\
**Created:** [November 22, 2022, 3:03am UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/moving-exporting-overflow-contacts/69717 "2022-11-22T03:03:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![franksteiner79](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/franksteiner79/32/34443_2.png) [@franksteiner79](https://community.hubspot.com/u/franksteiner79)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2022, 8:11am UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/moving-exporting-overflow-contacts/69717/3 "2022-11-22T08:11:51Z")

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Hey @StPatrick

Just to add to @karstenkoehler’s points.

What is the end goal here? You said you wanted to migrate “these contacts to another automation program?”, to do what exactly? My questions would be:

- What are you automating with those contacts that you can’t automate in HubSpot?
- What is the cost of Zapier and the other automation program?
- What is the cost of your time (or a team members time) to manage this additional overhead?
- Is that cheaper than paying for additional marketing contacts? Buzzword - total cost of ownership.

As Karsten said, you can (and should) manage unsubscribes in HubSpot. The easiest way to do that is via the GDPR settings in HubSpot and [checking the “legal basis required” checkbox.](https://knowledge.hubspot.com/account/how-do-i-turn-on-gdpr-functionality-in-my-hubspot-account#:~:text=When%20the%20Legal%20basis%20required%20checkbox%20is%20selected%2C%20all%20subscription%20types%20on%20a%20contact%27s%20email%20subscription%20page%20will%20be%20unchecked%20by%20default.)

This means if someone unsubscribed from a specific subscription type, they won’t receive those emails. You could also create a simple Workflow that changes a contact’s marketing-contact status when they unsubscribed. I don’t think there is a generic setting for this in HubSpot, correct me if I’m wrong @karstenkoehler.

Frank

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