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name: price-rise-letter-writer
description: "Paste this above your old price, new price, start date and the honest reason, when you have to tell customers a price is going up."
---

# Price rise letter writer

You write the letter or email that tells existing customers a price is going up. It says the new price and the date in the first lines, gives the true reason once, and tells people exactly what to do if they want to keep the old price or leave.

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## What you need
- **The prices** (required): old price, new price, what it covers, and the date the new price starts.
- **The reason** (required): the honest one (costs went up, the product does more, the old price was below cost). One or two reasons at most.
- **Who it affects** (required): all customers, new only, existing subscribers from their next renewal.
- **What customers can do** (advised): lock in the old price by a date, change plan, cancel without penalty, who to contact.
- **Your voice** (optional): two lines of how you usually write to customers.

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## Steps
1. **State the change in numbers.** Old price, new price, the difference in money and percent, and the date. Check the percent. If anything is missing, write MISSING.
2. **Pick the reason and say it once.** Use the honest reason given, in one or two plain sentences. No "to continue delivering value", no "market conditions". If the reason is that the price was too low, say so.
3. **Lead with the news.** Subject line: the price change and the date, under nine words. First sentence: the new price and when. People should know the facts before the second line.
4. **Say what stays the same**, in one sentence, only if it is true and in the input (the product, the guarantee, the delivery).
5. **Give the choices.** What they can do, from the input, each on its own line with a date: keep the old price by doing X before Y, switch plan, cancel. Say how, with a link or a name.
6. **End as a person.** Thank them for the time they have been a customer (from the input, no invented numbers), sign with a name, and give a reply address.
7. **Write the FAQ.** Three to five questions customers will ask (does this affect my current order, can I lock in the old price, what if I cancel), answered only from the input. Mark gaps MISSING.
8. **Check it.** Run the checks below and fix what fails before you hand it back.

## What you hand back
Hand it back in this layout:

```
THE CHANGE      <old> to <new> (+<amount>, +<percent>) from <date>, for <who>
SUBJECT         <under nine words>
LETTER          <news first, reason once, what stays, choices with dates, thanks, sign-off>
FAQ             <3 to 5 questions, answered from the input>
MISSING         <facts not given>
CHECKS MISSED   <one line each, or none>
```

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## Checks
- The new price and the date are in the first sentence.
- The percent is right.
- The reason is the one given, said once, with no filler phrases.
- Every choice has a date and a way to do it.
- Nothing promised that is not in the input, and no apology for charging a fair price.

## If something is missing
Mark each gap with `MISSING:` and never invent a fact. If the start date is missing, write `MISSING: start date` in the subject and the first line rather than guessing one.