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Email types complianceReviewed September 7, 2026

What is Marketing email?

A marketing email primarily promotes a commercial product, service, or offer rather than completing an agreed transaction.

Who this applies to#

  • Apply marketing-email consent and opt-out controls when the message's primary purpose is commercial promotion

What Marketing email requires#

  • Identify the sender, use accurate routing and subject information, include the required address and opt-out mechanism, and honor opt-outs
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Marketing broadcasts and workflows must pass the contact's channel eligibility checks before sending

What this does not require#

  • A message is not made transactional merely by adding an order detail below prominent promotional content

Common mistakes#

  1. Calling promotion operational
  2. Hiding the sender
  3. Continuing after opt-out

Marketing email checklist#

  • Classify the primary purpose
  • Confirm eligibility
  • Identify the sender
  • Include opt-out

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