HOW TO QUOTE PROFESSIONALLY

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[b]A professional quotation should had better include the following:
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1.  in the company's standard stationery, with name of the company, address, tel no., fax no., e-mail address, etc., if by e-mail, an attachment in excell or pdf format should be better;
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2.1 the seller's contact person, his basic information (tel no., fax no., e-mail address, etc.), which might be different from those in Item 1, which is the information of the company, maybe the one of the Administration Ofiice;
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2.2 the seller's quotation no. and the buyer's enquiry no. or reference e-mail with date;
:ODI]:YQ8a+Q 2.3 item, product and its speciation, unit, quantity, unit price, ext. price, total price, currency;
ZHs!qA`,G 2.4 exw price, fob ***port price, cif***port price and the last one should alse be written in CAPITAL(insurance, packing and handling, inland transportation,freight, etc. if any);l:P#}s7u `sA
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2.7 contract applied (say, the Seller's Standard shall be applied, available upon requirement); k/[H;\,n8e]n_b l
2.8 quotation date;
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2.11 gross weight and net weight (in kilogram and pound);
.`*^2@F5d5L`q 2.12 packing (carton or others);
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A9JDd2o2\ 3. subject of your letter;
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4. ending;
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5. signature(with printed one, signature[if by e-mail, better with an electronic one], position, department, company, etc.)..RV%J+l0q"G1@
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6. after you letter (e-mail or fax), better confirm with your counterpart whether he received it or not. you might further ask their opinions on your quotations, depends.z7}p?fP_1p

v @N2v0N1o*?2E#p Of course, it is not the so-called standard one. There are some other formats too, say there is a small table before the contact of the letter, with several options, say only for information, for notification, for reply, etc..)\8O^+kI$W
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Look before you leap. For some small companies, it might be too lengthy and completely unnecessary while for some big ones, it's better to be as full as possible.[/b]

I think it should be:

clear, complete, and on time

Reply #1 NORTHGUY(LONG)'s post

hi, North guy

|'E/q;c%E      most of your points I agree, just a little of them I disagree, because I do not state them in the quotation.
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      Anyway, I have to thank you because I have a better idea of how my quotation should be improved..:lol

[quote]Originally posted by [i]NORTHGUY(LONG)[/i] at 2008-3-10 15:10 [url=http://forum.fobshanghai.com/redirect.php?goto=findpost&pid=3225176&ptid=318950][img]http://forum.fobshanghai.com/images/common/back.gif[/img][/url]!N6R M#B8n+K-i
2.1 the seller's contact person, his basic information (tel no., fax no., e-mail address, etc.), which might be different from those in Item 1, which is the information of the company, maybe the one of the Administration Ofiice;
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2.2 the seller's quotation no. and the buyer's enquiry no. or reference  ... [/quote]
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b+H`t4Ev W 1. Thanks for the further information, for that thread, i just find it in CFOB and find it might be useful so i copied it here. ^^#L1B b?/Bpx)@)Z
2. for content, i think some can be included in[color=Red] P/I[/color], not quotation.:lol
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For more, I think it is good to make a documentary file on the clients all the information refered and the process of the production.

A profession quotation list includes many points,to make them simply:
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Simple, clear and in time

Sometimes, clients will ask for more information by a list like below:Z4~7H/vq o'[J
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Nanya Group company has requested following information.
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- Country of origin
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But I always reply him very simplily at the first email. If he's a potential client, i think he/she will reply me for more point. Otherwise, i'm lazy to reply all details for every email.

What's more, lots of your real customers do know the main information about the product, so it is no need to offer all details at the beginning, we can deal with more in the near future if he/she really want to do business with u. And sometimes, i feel that they're all business people, so that some of them are busier than us. ..

thanks for your sharing, now i learn about how to quote

There are so many items,I cann't believe it.

in time

I think the one of the important thing is you can reply the inquiry in time.But sometimes,/x-qb9vS,jo |

,n @9K'_\$Xkd3P I cann't  ,I must waiting for the manger's quotion.What should I do?

It's nice to read the detail info about the quotation. I have little experience in quotation and I must to learn more from all of you.

I think the quotation should be simple, quick and should contain the shipping rule, payment term ,packing term and lead time as well.

Besides , I think the logo of company is also an important part of an quotation. :lol

Reply #8 mazy's post

I agree with u. many clients are professional than us about products

[quote]2.2 the buyer's contact person and his basic information[/quote].sX2k;HhA8CK
is his basic information also necessary to show in the quotation?

thanks for your sharing, now i learn about how to quote

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our quotation include most of the item, and some others includ O'ty of 20', O'ty of 40', and carton size and weight...lY D!q)c.j

0m xv9I/x,] it really a hard job to do that...:lol

[quote]Originally posted by [i]mazy[/i] at 2008-3-10 22:18 [url=http://forum.fobshanghai.com/redirect.php?goto=findpost&pid=3225315&ptid=318950][img]http://forum.fobshanghai.com/images/common/back.gif[/img][/url]
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w What's more, lots of your real customers do know the main information about the product, so it is no need to offer all details at the beginning, we can deal with more in the near future if he/she really want to do business with u. And sometimes, i feel that they're all business people, so that some of them are busier than us. .. [/quote]lp;JY*R
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your point is great ,haha ,no bad

simple and in time is enough!! :)

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o{t fi8VY2a Not everything must be involved in a quotation, some of it can be remarked in P/I .

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Maybe this is just that I need to learn very hardly.

thanks sharing ,i think simple and in time is enough