How to write an offer
Angebote sollten präzise und umfassend sein. Je genauer Sie schreiben, desto mehr Chancen hat Ihre Firma, den Auftrag zu erhalten. So schreiben Sie perfekte englischsprachige Angebote.
An offer can be in response to an enquiry (solicited), a sales letter to a company (unsolicited), or it can be in response to a call for tender. If you are submitting a tender, there will probably be clear instructions about what you have to include.
For all other offers, or if the instructions in the call for tender are not clear, use these building blocks and check that you have not forgotten anything with the checklist.
Checklist for offers
This is what to include in your offer. If you are writing an unsolicited offer, leave out the first point (reference to enquiry).
CHECKLIST FOR OFFERS
1. reference to enquiry*
2. description of your company*
3. description of your goods or services
4. reference to information material, samples and / or visit by sales rep
5. prices and discounts
6. terms and date of delivery
7 . validity of offer
8. instructions*
9. polite ending
10. enclosure(s)
* as appropriate
Test your vocabulary
Do this exercise to see if your vocabulary is good enough for making an offer. Look at the phrases opposite. In each of them, the verb is missing. Insert the correcct verb in the spaces.
1. to satisfy to ......................... up to your expectations
2. to give to ......................... an order
3. to offer to ......................... a discount
4. to send to ......................... goods
5. to state to ......................... the catalogue number
6. to organise to ......................... an appointment
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Solution
1 meet • 2 place • 3 grant • 4 dispatch • 5 quote • 6 arrange