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You will be billed for any Subscription Fees due at the beginning of each Billing Cycle.
If you cancel a subscription, you may continue to use the canceled service until the end of your then-current subscription term. The subscription will not be renewed when your then-current term expires.
Google may change its offering of billing options (including by limiting or ceasing to offer any billing option) upon 30 days' notice to Customer and any such change will take effect at the beginning of Customer's next Order Term.
"if you elect to downgrade to a lower tier or plan during a billing cycle, your downgrade will not be effective until the end of that billing cycle, and you will still be charged for that entire billing cycle...Excerpt from Mailchimp's Standard Terms of Use
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The clause states: “if you elect to downgrade to a lower tier or plan during a billing cycle, your downgrade will not be effective until the end of that billing cycle, and you will still be charged for that entire billing cycle...”
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