Preparation & strategy
Negotiation preparation with a method behind it, not a blank document
Interests before positions. Your walk-away before your target. Packages instead of splitting the difference. Ten minutes per deal.
Prep · Practice · Live · Debrief
What it does
How it works on a real deal
Every issue, red line and walk-away in one tracker
Price, term, scope, SLAs — each issue carries your target, your red line and its priority in one board the whole account team edits together.
Three equivalent packages, ready before they ask
Equivalent simultaneous offers — packages you value the same but that trade different issues — scored against both sides. Their choice tells you what they care about.
It reads your contracts, so the strategy starts grounded
Upload the MSA, the proposal, last year's pricing. DealQ folds renewal clauses, notice periods and the concessions you already made into the strategy and the live cues.
A counterpart estimate, not your worst fear
From your context and documents, DealQ estimates the other side's alternatives, constraints and pressure points — and re-estimates as meetings happen.
FAQ
Questions people ask
How long does preparing a negotiation take?
About ten minutes, because it starts from the meeting, the account and whatever you have uploaded rather than a blank page. You spend that time correcting its assumptions.
What if I disagree with the plan it gives me?
Then change it — every red line, package and assumption is editable, and the live coaching is checked against your version, not ours.
What is the professor’s actual involvement?
A negotiation professor at one of the UK’s leading business schools advises DealQ on the method: how preparation is structured and which frames the coaching uses. The advisory relationship is to the company, not an endorsement from the school.
Does it work for negotiations that are not sales deals?
Yes. Fundraising, supplier terms, partnership agreements and senior hires use the same frame — it assumes there is something to trade, not that you are selling software.
Bring your next renewal to the demo
Thirty minutes on a live deal. We prepare it with you, show the cues on your own numbers, and answer the security questions.