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First Contact Messages 4
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I have seen your (1) website and am contacting you.

御社の (1)ホームページを拝見し、ご連絡させていただいております。
On-sha no (1) hōmu pēji o haiken shi go-renraku sasete itadaite orimasu.
Copy this: 御社のホームページを拝見し、ご連絡させていただいております。
On-sha is a honorific way to say "your company" and typically used in business communication.
Haiken is an honorific version of "see" by which it's obvious that the speaker is talking about the recipient's website.
(1) can be replaced by other words such as brochure, catalog, etc.
brochure: パンフレット panfuretto
catalog: カタログ catarogu
For personal non-business correspondence, use this example.

I have seen your website and am sending (2) the message.

ホームページを拝見し、(2) メッセージをお送りしております。
Hōmu pēji o haiken shi, (2) messēji o ōkuri shite orimasu.
Copy this: ホームページを拝見し、メッセージをお送りしております。
(2) can be replaced by other words such as email, letter, etc.
email: メール mēru
letter: お手紙 o-tegami
You may notice there's no word for "your" included in the sample sentence, but usually the Japanese don't use a word to directly address the other party in formal situations. We do have some second-person pronouns such as anata, kimi or omae, but all of them are for people who are junior (in age, rank, etc.) to the speaker or reserved for close friends or intimate relationship. Instead we use their family names (often with the suffix "-san" or "-sama") or their titles to address them.

I'm contacting you because I'm interested in your (3) product.

御社の (3) 商品に興味を持ちまして、ご連絡させていただきました。
On-sha no (3) shōhin ni kyōmi o mochi mashite go-renraku sasete itadaki mashita.
Copy this: 御社の商品に興味を持ちまして、ご連絡させていただきました。
(3) can be replaced by other words such as service, business, etc.
service: サービス sābisu
business: ビジネス bijinesu
Sasete itadaki mashita is a perfect tense phrase, while sasete itadaite orimasu in the first example is a present progressive tense form. Both forms are appropriate in these examples.
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