10 Best Performing Credit Email (Letter) Templates to Onboard Customers Smoothly in 2024


This e-book provides templates for 21 most effective credit and collection letters that will help you communicate better with your customer. The e-book is a culmination of our work with credit and collection experts over more than 700 credit and A/R transformation projects across the world.

Contents

Chapter 01

Executive Summary

Chapter 02

10 Best Performing Credit Email (Letter) Templates to Onboard Customers Smoothly in 2024

Chapter 03

The 11 Unbeatable Collection Email (Letter) Templates

Chapter 04

Summary and Next Steps

Chapter 05

About HighRadius
Chapter 02

10 Best Performing Credit Email (Letter) Templates to Onboard Customers Smoothly in 2024


2.1 Welcome email/ Credit approval

Sample email 2.1 is written to welcome and establish credit terms with the customer. Best-practices:

  • Be warm and clear – remember this is the first email which the customer is going to receive
  • Clearly specify the credit terms with details such as <due-dates>, early payment discounts, service charges for late payments
  • Attach the credit policy

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2.2†Request for trade reference

Sample email 2.2 is written to get credit information from trade references Best-practices:

  • Clearly specify the required information from the customer
  • Remind the customer to attach the required document
  • Clearly redirect the customer by providing link to the portal

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2.3†Request for bank reference

Sample email 2.3 is written to get credit information from banks. Best-practices:

  • Request for all the information required from the bank
  • Clearly mention that the customer?s credit application has been attached for their reference
  • Specify the link where they can fill in the information
  • Provide a link to the portal to upload the bank reference document

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2.4†Collateral certificate renewal

Sample email 2.4 is written to remind the customer to renew the collateral certificate before the expiry date Best-practices:

  • Clearly inform about the expiry of the previous document
  • Clearly spell out the date by which the certificate will expire
  • Remind the customer to attach the required document

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2.5 Tax certificate renewal

Sample email 2.5 is written to remind the customer to renew the tax certificate before the expiry date Best-practices:

  • Clearly inform about the expiry of the previous document
  • Clearly spell out the date by which the certificate will expire
  • Remind the customer to attach the required document

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2.6 Credit information letter

Sample email 2.6 is written requesting the customer for some additional credit information required to complete the credit application Best-practices:

  • Clearly specify the credit information that you require
  • Redirect them to the portal to fill in the details

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2.7 Refusal of credit extension

Sample email 2.7 acknowledges the request for a credit extension by the customer, but then informs the customer why it cannot be set up Best-practices:

  • Inform about rejection of credit extension
  • Clearly specify the reason for rejection of the customer?s request
  • Call out for the total value of the outstanding or past-due invoices
  • Offer convenient payment options
  • Attach the original invoices to avoid further to and fro in requesting invoice information

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2.8 Credit limit upgrade

Sample email 2.8 is written to inform the customer regarding the extension of their credit limit Best-practices:

  • Clearly mention the existing credit limit
  • Specify the extended credit limit
  • Offer reaching out directly to you

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2.9 Blocked order

Sample email 2.9 is written when the customer?s order gets blocked due to outstanding payments Best-practices:

  • Use this as a polite reminder regarding the approaching credit limit
  • Include the details of the invoices, amount and promised payment date
  • Offer convenient payment options
  • Attach the original invoices to avoid further to and fro in requesting invoice information

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2.10 Sales notification (Internal)

Sample email 2.10 is written to the sales team regarding new customers and extended credit limit for existing customers Best-practices:

  • Clearly specify the account name
  • Clearly Specify the corresponding updated credit limit

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