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A lead that lives only in a salesperson's phone leaves when the salesperson does.

A CRM for a car dealer is the single record of each buyer, from portal enquiry and walk-in to booking, delivery and the first service. GullySales sets up the stages, owners and reminders in your dealership CRM or a simpler tool, and trains the team to use it.

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Scope, fee, reporting and term are agreed in writing after we have read your brief and spoken to you.

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What CRM means

A CRM is the record where every enquiry, call and quote is kept against a customer, replacing separate notebooks, spreadsheets and memory. GullySales sets up or cleans an existing CRM and reports from it by enquiry outcome rather than by activity logged.

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Last updated 5 Oct 2026.

For car dealers

Where it usually goes wrong, and what we would do.

  • “Three systems, none of them complete”

    The manufacturer portal holds the portal lead, the finance partner holds the loan file and the salesperson holds the walk-in on a notepad. Nobody can say where one family stands, so the manager asks around instead of looking.

  • “A pipeline stage that means something”

    If every lead sits at 'interested' there is no pipeline, only a list. Stages that match the real journey, such as test drive done, quote sent, finance in process and exchange valued, tell the manager which call to ask about.

  • “The record has to survive a resignation”

    When a salesperson leaves, the warm buyers leave with them unless the notes, the model and the last conversation sit in a shared record. The next person should be able to call and sound informed.

  • “Sales and workshop should see the same customer”

    The service desk knows the car is old and the bills are rising. The sales desk does not. A shared record lets the workshop mark an upgrade candidate, and lets sales see the service history before calling.

What we do

What we deliver for car dealers.

Every deliverable, what it covers for you, and the result it is there to produce. Nothing here is an extra.

  1. Stages built on your actual sales journey

    Pipeline stages from enquiry to delivery, with the exit rule for each, so a lead is moved only when something has happened.

    Result: The manager reads the true state of the pipeline at a glance.

  2. Every lead source feeding one place

    Portal leads, website forms, calls, WhatsApp and the walk-in register brought into the same record with the source tagged.

    Result: No enquiry exists only in a phone.

  3. An owner and a next action on every record

    A rule that no lead stays without a named owner and a dated next step, with an alert when the date passes.

    Result: Overdue follow-ups show up before the buyer goes cold.

  4. Exchange and finance fields captured

    Space for the old car, its valuation, the finance route and the approval status, so the quote and the loan stay linked.

    Result: The salesperson sees what is holding the booking.

  5. A workshop-to-showroom flag

    A simple marker the service desk sets for owners with an ageing car, passed to sales with the history attached.

    Result: Upgrade conversations start from a known customer.

  6. Team training on entering the data

    A walk-through for salespeople and the front desk on what to record, in the moment, and why it protects their own leads.

    Result: The record is filled in as the day goes, not rebuilt on Saturday.

How the result is measured

  • Enquiries logged in the CRM
  • Data completeness
  • Reports generated from CRM data

Recorded as a baseline before work starts, so every later report has an honest comparison.

Read the full CRM implementation and customisation page

Fields worth keeping

These are the fields a car enquiry needs so it survives a resigning salesperson.

Source of the lead
Portal, brand site, walk-in, hoarding, radio, workshop or referral. Chosen by whoever creates the record, and read at the review of spend.
Model, variant and colour shortlisted
Taken in the first conversation. Lets the manager see demand for a variant and the stock to hold for it.
Exchange car details
Make, year and expected value, with the date it was valued. Entered by the sales executive and updated when the valuer sees the car.
Finance route and documents pending
Cash or loan, which papers the buyer still owes. Entered by the finance desk and used to chase without repeating questions.
Owner, next action and date
One name and one dated action on every record. A record without them is the first thing the sales head checks.

Who it is for

This is written for these car dealers.

  • Authorised new car dealerships for mass-market brands
  • Premium and luxury car dealerships
  • Electric vehicle dealers and experience centres
  • Multi-brand pre-owned car dealers
  • Manufacturer-certified used car outlets
  • Commercial vehicle and taxi fleet dealers
  • Dealer groups with several showrooms and workshops
  • Rural and semi-urban dealer outlets

Not for

It is not the right fit if.

  • The team keeps leads on personal phones and has no wish to change, so a system would stay empty.
  • You have not decided the sales stages, and a tool set up before that holds stages nobody uses.
  • You want the workshop and showroom to share records but have not agreed who may see what.

How it works

How the CRM work runs

The work itself, in order. How an engagement starts, from your brief to a written scope, is set out on our method page.

  1. 1

    Map the sales process

    We sit with the people who sell and write down how a deal moves from enquiry to payment, including where it stalls.

  2. 2

    Agree stages, fields and owners

    Each stage gets a name your team already uses and a proof that the deal has left it. We agree which fields are required at which stage, and who may change what.

  3. 3

    Build on a copy

    Pipeline, fields and views are built on a trial copy where the CRM offers one, or in a separate pipeline where the plan allows. Live work stays untouched.

  4. 4

    Connect channels, then switch on automations

    Channels are connected first. Each automation is then switched on separately, so a misfiring rule is easy to find.

  5. 5

    Test with real deals

    The people who will use the CRM run open deals through it. Gaps are fixed before the whole team switches over.

  6. 6

    Switch over and trim

    Once real use shows which fields stay empty and which stages nobody uses, those are cut and the handover record is updated.

Where this fits

Three pieces of sales work, in this order.

This work sits inside sales management. A target, a review routine and someone who owns the number.

  1. Step 1

    Sales audit

    Find where deals are being lost and what to fix first.

    Start here if you cannot say where orders are lost.

  2. Step 2

    Sales process design

    One written way to sell, from first enquiry to repeat order.

    Start here if every salesperson sells differently.

  3. Step 3 · you are here

    Sales management

    A target, a review routine and someone who owns the number.

    Start here if the team has targets and no routine.

Tell us what you need Your brief is read before we call. Scope, fee and term in writing.

FAQ

Questions owners ask before they call.

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Do we need to buy a new CRM?
Not necessarily. If your manufacturer supplies a dealer management system, we work out what it already does and fill the gaps. If it does not fit, a simpler tool the team will actually open beats an expensive one they avoid.
Our salespeople resist logging leads. What helps?
Show them it protects their own commission. A booking tracked in the record cannot be given to a colleague by mistake, and the follow-up reminders save them from remembering forty buyers. Resistance falls when the tool does work for them.
Can the CRM handle both new and used cars?
Yes, with separate pipelines. A pre-owned buyer compares individual vehicles and inspection details, while a new car buyer compares models and finance. Keeping the two apart stops reports from blending them into one confusing number.
Can one record handle new cars, used cars and the workshop?
Yes, if the customer is the record and each purchase hangs from it. A dealership sells three things to the same people, so the workshop job history helps the upgrade call. Keep separate stages for new and used cars, as the buyers and papers differ.
How much does it cost?
There is no price list, because the work differs by business. The fee is scoped after we have read your brief and spoken to you, and put in writing before anything starts, split into our time, your media spend and production.
How long is the contract?
The term is agreed in writing after we have spoken, along with the fee and the reporting. It is never a default twelve months, and renewal is decided on the numbers against the baseline recorded at the start.
How soon will we see results?
It depends on the trade, the channel and what is already in place. After we have read your brief and spoken to you, we say what we would expect to move first and how it will be measured against the baseline. Nothing here is guaranteed.
Who will actually do the work?
The person you speak to before anything starts. We work from one office in Nagarbhavi, Bengaluru, with no account managers in between.
What do you need from us?
Your brief, and a conversation. After that, access to whatever this work touches, such as your website, your accounts or your enquiry record, and time with the people who handle your enquiries.
What if we are not happy with the work?
Tell us and the plan changes. Everything is reported against the baseline, so a number that is not moving is visible to both sides. The term is in your written scope, and the refund and cancellation policy sets out the rest.

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