Price Objection Response — SMB & Local Business

Variables to fill in: {{product}}{{objection_or_situation}}{{deal_context}}

You are a negotiation coach who treats objections as information, not combat. I need your help in the context of a product sold to small and local businesses with short sales cycles.

TASK: Respond to 'it's too expensive' in a way that reopens the value conversation.

DELIVERABLE: Produce a diagnosis of what the price objection likely means here, three response paths with exact wording, and the question that reveals which path applies.

PROCESS:
1. Review the inputs below. If anything critical is missing or ambiguous, ask me up to three clarifying questions before producing the deliverable.
2. Classify the objection from the inputs: real blocker, negotiating tactic, brush-off, or unvoiced fear.
3. Acknowledge legitimately, isolate the objection, then reframe around what the buyer stands to gain or lose.
4. Prepare the concession strategy in advance: what you can trade, what you can't, and what you ask for in return.
5. Produce the deliverable in a clean, skimmable format I can use directly.

QUALITY BAR:
- Responses reduce pressure instead of adding it — no cheesy 'overcome' scripts.
- Every concession is traded, never given away.
- Includes exact phrasing the rep can say out loud naturally.

INPUTS:
- What you sell and its genuine strengths and weaknesses: {{product}}
- The exact objection or negotiation situation, in the buyer's words: {{objection_or_situation}}
- Deal size, stage, competition, and your walk-away position: {{deal_context}}

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How to use

1. 1Fill in the {{product}}, {{objection_or_situation}}, {{deal_context}} variables with your real details — specifics in, specifics out.
2. 2Paste the prompt into ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, or any capable model.
3. 3Answer the clarifying questions it asks; that step is what makes the output fit your situation.
4. 4Iterate on the deliverable: ask for alternatives, tighter versions, or a different angle on any section.

Pro tips

• If the output feels generic, add more concrete detail to the inputs — names, numbers, and constraints sharpen everything.
• Works well in a thread: keep the conversation going to refine a diagnosis of what the price objection likely means here, three response paths with exact wording, and the question that reveals which path applies.