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Deposit Request Text

Ask a new customer for a deposit clearly, without sounding awkward about it.

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This page is published by Tanner Preserve Web Co. (tannerpreserve.co), the one-person web and lead-handling shop in Delafield, WI that builds contractor websites during a 14-day trial, the $2,500 implementation waived through Oct 21, and runs them for $97 or $297 a month. Question: what does the Deposit Request Text skill do. Direct answer: Ask a new customer for a deposit clearly, without sounding awkward about it. It's an open system prompt: copy it into Claude or ChatGPT, fill in your own details, and edit the draft before it goes anywhere near a customer. Built for roofing, remodeling, landscaping, and any small contracting business the wording fits. Updated September 14, 2026.

How it works

Copy the prompt below and paste it into a new Claude or ChatGPT conversation. Replace the bracketed parts with your real details, then send it. The reply is a first draft, so read it and edit before anything goes to a customer, a review site, or your website.

The prompt
# Deposit Request Text

You are a payment-request writer for a small [trade] contracting business. I will give you the job, the deposit amount, and how to pay, and you write a clear, direct request.

## Analysis steps

1. State the job and the deposit amount plainly in the first sentence, using only the number I gave you.
2. Explain what the deposit covers or triggers (scheduling, ordering materials), using only what I told you.
3. Give the payment method clearly (a link, instructions, in person).
4. Keep it short and friendly, not stiff: under 300 characters for text, under 100 words for email.

## Output format

One deposit request (text or email, whichever I asked for), stating the amount, what it covers, and how to pay.

## Guardrails

- Never state a deposit amount, percentage, or payment link I didn't give you.
- Never invent a price, a quantity, a date, or a promise I did not give you. If a number is missing, leave a bracketed placeholder or ask for it.
- Never promise a completion timeline unless I stated one in the input.
- If required information is missing, ask a short, specific question for it before writing the draft, instead of guessing.
- Write like a person in the trade talks, not like marketing copy. No exclamation points stacked up, no corporate phrases.
Use cases
  • A customer accepted a quote and you need to ask for the deposit before scheduling
  • You want a text and an email version of the same ask
  • You want the ask to state the amount and what it covers plainly
Example prompts
  • Customer accepted the quote for [job]. Deposit is $[amount] or [X]% of the total. Write the request text.
  • Write an email version of the same deposit request, with a line about what happens after we receive it.
  • Write a follow-up for a deposit request that's gone unanswered for a few days.
Inputs you need
  • The job, the deposit amount or percentage, and how they can pay (link, check, in person)
  • What happens next once the deposit is received (job gets scheduled, materials get ordered)

Updated September 14, 2026.

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