In a previous post we discussed steps to strategic negotiation, here we simply give you some areas of potential negotiation to consider.
Think about your business, your customers and your products and / or services. What are you prepared to negotiate on and what is an absolute no-no for negotiation?
You could negotiate on:
- product or service
- specific attributes of your product, service or offer
- promotional material or publicity
- sale terms
- volume
- quality
- delivery time
- maintenance or after care service
- guarantees you offer
- length of contract
- altered specification
Notice I haven’t put price in this list – if you are a service provider then this is even more relevant – try to negotiate by adding value to the original offer by altering some of these areas until you have an agreement from your customer. If you drop your price as a service provider then really the client will have to query why you didn’t offer him the reduced price to start with and you probably won’t get the business anyway.
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