Send a Boot and Wader Inquiry

Your inquiry checklist

• Name the boot or wader line, and name every line in a multi-line programme.
• Name the wearer group for each line, in plain terms.
• Describe the ground, the water or mud depth, and whether the wearer walks, stands, or does both.
• Name the season, the months of use, and the layers worn underneath.
• Ask how sizes are set, what to measure, and what to check on a sample.
• Ask what documents are available on request for your order.
• Ask how packing and labelling are handled for delivery.
• Share your quantity and target date to get MOQ and lead time for your order.
• Before payment, confirm the quantity, the target date, and every commercial term that applies to your order.

A checklist sent in full, in one message, saves rounds of follow-up questions. It also creates the order record: the brief, the reply, and the confirmation kept together, ready to repeat for the next order with only the changes noted.

Inquiry form

After you send the form

Keep a copy of the message sent, including the line, the wearer, the ground, the season, the quantity, and the target date. When the reply arrives, check it against the checklist above, and ask about anything not covered before confirming. If a sample is offered, check fit, shaft height, sole pattern, and lining against the ground and season in the brief, and wear the sample as it will be worn before confirming the order.

For repeat orders, start from the previous inquiry record, change only what needs changing, and send the new quantity and target date with the changes noted. That habit keeps repeat orders consistent across seasons and wearer groups.

Keeping the inquiry record

An inquiry record is worth keeping because it is the template for the next order. File the brief, the reply, the sample result, and the confirmation together, and note the line, the wearer, the ground, the season, and the quantity for each. When the next season arrives, the new inquiry can start from that record and change only what needs changing, instead of re-deciding every line from scratch.

Records also help when a programme grows. A new wearer group, a new ground, or a new season can be added to the existing record as a separate item, while the lines that already work stay unchanged. That way a growing programme stays consistent, and the supplier sees the whole picture in every new inquiry rather than a fragment of it.