When a client lowballs you, the natural move is to explain why you're worth it, or to drop your price. Both cost you money. This prompt writes the calm reply instead: if they want to pay less, they get less.
Here's how it works, the prompt itself, and what a real run looked like.
How it works
- Paste the prompt into Claude. Fill in your price and what it includes, and paste the client's message.
- WHAT THEY REALLY SAID: Claude reads their message in one line (budget, testing you, or comparing you to someone cheaper).
- WHAT NOT TO DO: the reply you're tempted to send that would cost you money.
- MY REPLY: your answer in under 80 words. It never defends or discounts your price; it offers a smaller version of the job for their budget and ends with an easy yes-question.
- IF THEY PUSH AGAIN: one short line.
- WALK-AWAY LINE: the lowest deal to take, and a polite line that ends it.
Free, for your email
Get the full setup steps + the copy-paste setup prompt
The rest of this guide (4 more sections, 1 copy-paste prompt) opens right here. The setup prompt, one paste into Claude that sets it all up, comes by email only. Use your real address.
Unlocks: The prompt · A real run · Good to know · Sources
50,000+ follow where these guides come from. No spam, unsubscribe in one click.