The prompt
Score 10 of 10, Excellent
Use it when You are raising prices and want a short, honest notice with the date and the reason, without apologizing too much or burying the change.
- {{business_name}}
- {{price_change}}
- {{effective_date}}
- {{reason}}
- {{what_softens_it}}
- {{customers}}
- {{contact}}
- {{signer}}
Full prompt and why it works
Prompt
<change> Business: {{business_name}} What is changing: {{price_change}} Effective date: {{effective_date}} Reason, in my words: {{reason}} Anything that softens it: {{what_softens_it}} </change> <audience> {{customers}} </audience> <constraints> - State the change, the old and new prices if I gave them, and the date within the first three sentences. Customers should not have to hunt for the number. - Give the reason in one or two plain sentences, from what I wrote. Do not inflate it or add causes I did not mention. - Mention only offers, held prices or extra value that I listed. Do not invent discounts, new features or improvements. - No over-apologizing, no "exciting news", and no exclamation marks. - Tell customers how to ask questions, using: {{contact}}. </constraints> <format> 1. Email: a subject line that names the change, for example "Our prices are changing on [date]", then a body of 100 to 180 words, signed by {{signer}}. 2. A short version of under 50 words for a sign in the shop, a social post or a website banner. </format> <task> Using the details above, write a price increase notice for our customers. It should read as straightforward and respectful, the way you would tell a regular customer face to face. If the effective date or the new price is not given, write [date] or [price] where it belongs and say so at the top, rather than guessing. </task>
Variables
- {{business_name}}
- Your business name.
- {{price_change}}
- Which products or services change, with the old and new prices if you will share them.
- {{effective_date}}
- When the new prices start.
- {{reason}}
- The real reason, in a sentence or two.
- {{what_softens_it}}
- For example "current prices held for bookings already made", or "nothing".
- {{customers}}
- Who receives it, for example "regular clients of a hair salon".
- {{contact}}
- How customers can ask questions.
- {{signer}}
- Who signs it, for example the owner's first name.
Why it works
- Format. The change, the price and the date come within the first three sentences, plus a short version for a sign or a post, so the notice works wherever customers see it.
- What to avoid. No invented reasons, discounts or improvements, because customers notice when a price notice dresses itself up.
- If unsure. A missing date or price is marked in the draft and flagged at the top, never guessed.