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A buyer reads a service complaint before reading about your showroom.

At a dealership most reviews are about the workshop, and the new car buyer reads them anyway. GullySales separates the profiles that can be separated, puts the review request at delivery, and writes the replies to a billing complaint without an argument in public.

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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 reputation management means

Reputation management is watching what is said about your business across Google, social media and review sites, and responding to it before it changes a buyer's mind. GullySales monitors mentions, drafts responses to negative reviews and flags recurring complaints back to your team.

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Last updated 5 Oct 2026.

For car dealers

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

  • “Delivery day is the moment nobody asks”

    The family is photographing the car with the garland on it and will agree to anything. Ask then, through the sales consultant, rather than from the office three weeks later.

  • “The angry reviews name a bill, not a car”

    Accessory charges added late, an estimate that grew, an insurance renewal nobody explained. The fix sits in what the desk says before the money is taken.

  • “Pre-owned buyers read reviews as a risk check”

    Somebody spending on a used car is looking for stories about the RTO transfer and hidden damage. A reply describing how you handle transfers is read by all of them.

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. Separate profiles for sales and service

    Where the workshop has its own address or phone line, a listing of its own with categories, photographs and hours.

    Result: The showroom listing stops carrying service complaints.

  2. The review asked for on delivery day

    The sales consultant asks while the paperwork is being handed over, with a short link inside the delivery folder.

    Result: Reviews come from the happiest hour of the sale.

  3. A reply routine built on the job card

    Every service complaint answered with the job card number, the person handling it and a date, without a public argument about who is right.

    Result: Readers see a dealership that answers.

  4. The billing conversation fixed before the money

    Accessory charges, insurance options and the estimate explained and signed off before the invoice is raised.

    Result: The complaint stops being created.

  5. The transfer process explained in public

    What you do about the RTO transfer, the insurance and the inspection on a pre-owned car, published and repeated in replies.

    Result: Cautious buyers get their doubt answered early.

  6. A read across every branch

    What the reviews said, by branch and department, with the recurring ones taken to the workshop and the accessories desk.

    Result: The causes get dealt with rather than answered.

How the result is measured

  • Average rating
  • Response time to reviews
  • Negative mentions resolved

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

Read the full online reputation management page

What to do with each review

How to answer each kind of review a car dealership gets.

Praise for a salesperson at delivery
Thank the buyer and name the salesperson if they did. Ask at delivery, with the keys in hand, whether they would write it up. Praise for the sales team matters most on the showroom listing.
A workshop complaint on the showroom listing
Reply that the service centre is handled separately, give the service manager's contact, and ask Google or the portal to move it only if it is on the wrong listing. Keep sales and service profiles apart.
A complaint about the bill, the job card or the add-ons
Pull the job card and the customer approval. If extras were added without a signature, say so and put it right. Reply with what you found and offer a meeting with the service manager.
A complaint about the delivery date or accessories fitted
Check the booking confirmation and what the manufacturer allocated. Say what the buyer was told and when. If the delay is the manufacturer's, say so without blaming them for it.
A pre-owned buyer saying the car had hidden problems
Reply with the inspection report and warranty terms you gave at sale. Offer a re-inspection. Never argue about the odometer or accident history in public, and keep the paperwork on every used car.
A complaint that is really about the manufacturer
Say that you will pass it to the brand's customer care and, if you can, give the case number. Reply politely, since the buyer will read your reply as proof that someone is listening.

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.

  • You plan to ask customers for reviews only when they are happy, which platforms and readers notice.
  • No one is named to reply to reviews, and a complaint left unanswered stays on the page buyers read.
  • You intend to pay for reviews or write them yourselves, and you should not do either.

How it works

How the reputation management 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

    Search your name as a stranger would

    We search the business, its main product names and the owner's name, on a phone and a laptop, and record what appears.

  2. 2

    Catalogue every mention

    Reviews, news, listings, social posts and forum threads are sorted into accurate and positive, accurate and negative, and wrong. Each group gets a different action.

  3. 3

    Agree the replies and the owner of each

    Replies are drafted and approved by you. Anything involving a refund, a clinical matter, a legal claim or a named employee goes to the right person in your business before anything is posted.

  4. 4

    Fix what you control

    Listings, profile details and your own pages are corrected, and pages worth ranking for your name are strengthened with accurate information.

  5. 5

    Monitor and report

    The agreed places are checked on the agreed schedule. The name search is repeated and compared with the first record.

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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Can we stop service complaints landing on the showroom listing?
Partly, by giving the workshop its own profile where it has a separate address or phone line. Beyond that, answer each one with the job card number and what is being done. A page of answered complaints reads very differently from a page of ignored ones.
A customer is angry with the manufacturer, not with us. Do we reply?
Yes, as the dealer who will chase it. Give the complaint number raised with the company, who is following it and when you will check again. Silence reads as the dealership washing its hands.
A salesperson left and a customer reviewed them by name. What do we do?
Reply without discussing the person. Thank the customer, say the dealership is looking into it, and offer a named contact. Check what was promised before the person left and honour what is reasonable.
Can we ask the manufacturer to remove a review about the brand?
No, the dealership cannot, and the brand will not remove a real one either. Report a review only if it breaks the platform's rules, such as abuse or spam, and otherwise reply helpfully. Check the platform's current rules on what can be reported.
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.

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