Sales Stage for abandoned opportunities

Hi all,

My sales teams would like a new Sales Stage of "Abandoned" to be available for opportunities and revenue line items.  This would allow them to capture an "opportunity" that may have been just a conversation that didn't eventuate into a real opportunity.  They don't like marking these as Closed Lost because a proposal was never really discussed.

I realise there is some complexity here.  The Abandoned stage would need to be linked to the Opportunity Status, although I would prefer that to also say something like Abandoned.  This may have an impact on the forecasting functions.

Any suggestions would be welcome?  How are your teams treating abandoned opportunities?

Regards,

Dave Hodgman

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