Cold storage operators · CRM
Keep each trader's lots, receipts and rates on one record, so next season starts from last season.
A CRM for a cold storage operator is one record per customer: the crop, the quantity stored, the chamber, the rate agreed, the payments and the history across seasons. GullySales sets up the fields and the routine, so a booking can be traced and next season's calls start from the register.
A 90-minute audit call and a written, scored report. Turnaround, reporting and term are agreed in writing after the audit.
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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Sales and marketing for cold storage operators, the overview.
Last updated 6 Oct 2026.
For cold storage operators
Where it usually goes wrong, and what we would do.
“The register is a diary, a ledger and two phones”
Quantities sit in the loading register, rates in the owner's head and advances in the accountant's book. Nobody can say what one trader stored last year.
“Balance stock is known only at the chamber”
A trader rings to ask how much of his stock remains, and someone walks to the chamber to count.
“History is lost between seasons”
A trader who paid late, complained about sprouting or stored double in a good year is a new name again every season.
What we do
What we deliver for cold storage operators.
Every deliverable, what it covers for you, and the result it is there to produce. Nothing here is an extra.
A record for each trader
Name, agent, crop and variety, district, contact numbers and the language he prefers, kept in one place.
Result: Every call starts from what is known.
A lot register tied to receipts
Each receipt number linked to the lot, chamber, quantity in and quantity out, with the balance on the record.
Result: A balance question is answered without a walk to the chamber.
Rate and advance fields
The rate basis, the date agreed, the advance taken and the settlement date for each booking.
Result: End-of-season disputes have a written answer.
A loss and complaint note
Sprouting, shrinkage, temperature events and claims, with what was found and what was agreed, linked to the trader.
Result: Past problems are not forgotten or repeated.
A season history view
Each trader's quantity and payment behaviour across seasons on one screen or sheet.
Result: Booking calls start with who stored more, less or paid late.
A choice of sheet or software
A decision, after the audit, on whether a shared sheet is enough or software is worth adding, with the fields set up either way.
Result: You do not buy a tool before you know the need.
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.
What to record, and when
What a cold storage operator should record about every trader and lot, and whether a CRM is needed yet.
- Trader and the produce
- Name, agent if any, crop and variety, and the district it came from. Variety matters for storage conditions and for who buys it later.
- Quantity in, receipt numbers and chamber
- Link each receipt number to the lot, the chamber and the bag count in. Add quantity out as stock leaves, so the balance is always on the record.
- Rate agreed and advance taken
- Write the rate basis, such as per bag or tonne for the season, the date agreed and the advance. Disputes at the end of the season come from vague rates.
- Loss, shrinkage and complaints
- Note any temperature event, sprouting or shrinkage reported, the date, what was found and what was agreed. A trader remembers it, so the record should too.
- Season history
- Keep each season's quantity and payment behaviour on the same record. At the next booking call you will know who stored more, less or paid late.
- Do you need software yet?
- A well-kept register or shared sheet is enough for one store while the same few people book, load and bill. Move to a CRM when several people book space or food brands bring contracts and audits with dates.
Who it is for
This is written for these cold storage operators.
- Agricultural cold storage
- Multi-commodity cold stores
- Cold storage for dairy and frozen foods
- Pharmaceutical and vaccine storage
- Cold storage with a transport arm
- Controlled atmosphere storage
Not for
It is not the right fit if.
- You want a guaranteed Google ranking or a guaranteed number of leads. Nobody honest can promise either.
- You need enquiries by next week and have nobody to answer them.
- You want posts and reach reported, not enquiries and orders.
How it works
From your first message to the first report.
No open-ended retainer. Every step gives you something in writing.
First
Free audit call
90 minutes with whoever handles your enquiries: how they arrive, how fast they are answered, where they are lost.
After the call
Written, scored report
Six areas scored, fixes ranked by return and cost. If you want our help, the scope, the fee and the reporting come with it, in writing.
Before work starts
Baseline recorded
Enquiries by source, reply time, conversion and cost per order, written down so every later report has an honest comparison.
After the baseline
The first fix goes live
Usually the cheapest one on the report: reply time, a follow-up sequence or the marketing-to-sales handover.
As agreed
Report against the baseline
What moved, what did not, and what changes next, in plain words. How often you get it is set in writing before work starts.
At renewal
Renew on the numbers
The term ends and you decide whether to continue from the results. The length is agreed in writing before anything starts.
How the work runs for cold storage operators
- 1
Listen to how bookings arrive
The free audit call traces enquiries, utilisation by month and repeat customers.
- 2
Answer with capacity and a rate
A same-day routine.
- 3
Book before the season
A pre-season campaign.
- 4
Fill the idle months
A year-round contract pitch.
- 5
Report on utilisation, not activity
A report on bookings and utilisation against the baseline taken before anything changed.
Proof
What happened when owners fixed this.
Real clients, the work we did, and the result as it was recorded. Where no number was recorded, none is claimed.
Chord Road Hospital
- Situation
- Patients who knew the hospital trusted it. Patients who searched for a department or a treatment in the area did not find it.
- What we did
- Website rebuilt around patient needs
- Search visibility
- Social media on a schedule
- Review management
- Result
- Organic traffic increased 60% within six months
- Online appointment bookings increased 40%
- Social following grew 45%, and engagement on it rose 70%
Hotel Felicity Inn
- Situation
- A traveller compares three hotels on a phone and books one. The website was not built for that.
- What we did
- The site rebuilt around booking
- Photography and one look
- Search work for destination searches
- Content a traveller reads
- Result
- Online bookings increased 35%
- Organic traffic increased 50% within six months
- Positive reviews on Google and TripAdvisor increased 30%
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Why us
Why owners pick GullySales over an agency.
Marketing and sales, as one job
Most agencies stop at the enquiry. We also fix what happens after it: the reply, the follow-up, the quote and the CRM.
The person on the first call does the work
No account managers in between. You are never handed to someone you have not met.
A baseline before anything starts
Your numbers are written down on day one, so every later report compares against something honest.
The fee in writing, split three ways
Our time, your media spend and production on separate lines. You always see what goes to us.
No guarantees we cannot keep
The term is agreed in writing and never a default twelve months. We never promise a ranking or a lead count, because nobody controls those.
One office, and we say so
Nagarbhavi, Bengaluru. We work across India by call and WhatsApp and travel when a session needs to be in person.
#257, 3rd floor, Sri Nanjundeshwara Complex, Nagarbhavi 8th Block, Outer Ring Road. How we work.
The offer
Start with a free audit of how you sell.
It is useful on its own, whether or not you hire us.
What you receive
- A 90-minute call with the person who will do the work
- A written, scored report on the six places orders leak
- Every fix ranked by what it returns and what it costs
- The one thing to do first, and why
- An honest line on whether you need outside help at all
- If you do, the scope and the fee in writing
No invoice. No obligation. No sales script.
FAQ
Questions owners ask before they call.
Not here? More answers, or ask on WhatsApp.
Our loading staff do not write things down. Who updates the record?
Traders only talk on WhatsApp. How do those chats reach the record?
Who owns the data if our manager leaves?
Can traders check their own stock?
Can we publish our rates?
What should we say about temperature reliability?
How much does it cost?
How long is the contract?
How soon will we see results?
Who will actually do the work?
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