This is the only chapter you may take a number from. If anything else in the book disagrees, this one is right: tell John Cooper. Read it before your first customer conversation, and run the pre-quote check whenever a number goes in writing. Quoted words are approved wording: use them as written. Pending decisions carry their register number. Nothing AMBER is quoted until the named person confirms it.
RememberSeven things to unlearn since September. "All four products" is now "every feature and Holly, in every seat". One licence per person, never six platforms (D13). The D18 wording replaces the year-one annual contract. No free trial; payment at sign-up. No commission figure (D19). Company pages are AMBER. No "competitors aren't waiting".
The lessons
- 01The price3 min
- 02Every rule on the price3 min
- 03Who may agree what1 min
- 04The price moment3 min
- 05Negotiation under the no-discount rule4 min
- 06Procurement and law firms3 min
- 07Value illustrations8 min
- 08Special cases1 min
- 09Payment, VAT, refunds and the written quote2 min
- 10The conversations that go wrong2 min
- 11Checks before quoting, and papering a deal1 min
- 12Still pending1 min
Source document: maktura-commercial-answers_v6 · Launch build, October 2026