Right now you can upgrade someone to a "marketing contact" and have the change go into effect immediately, but when you do the reverse, the change goes into effect once a month, at the end of the month. This is not idea. If I'm downgrading someone to a "non-marketing contact" it's because I explictly do not want them to receive marketing emails, starting from today. If this doesn't go into effect immediately, i run the risk of pissing off email recipients and being flagged as spam. If Hubspot is worried about how this would affect billing, don't be: billing should be based on the number of contacts who were tagged as "marketing contacts" at any point during the month, not just on the last day of the month. Overall, Hubspot will likely be able to bill more. And while I can't speak for everyone, I can say that I personally have no issue with paying a bit more to ensure that I don't accidentally send marketing emails to folks who don't want to receive them.
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