E-commerce · Grocery & Pantry
A dal that never softens gets blamed on the seller, not the water.
Pulses are cooked daily, so the buyer has strong opinions about it. They know whether a toor dal softens quickly or stays hard, whether it smells fresh, whether the polish feels artificial. An old stock does not cook, and the buyer remembers the seller.
A 90-minute audit call and a written, scored report. Turnaround, reporting and term are agreed in writing after the audit.
In one paragraph
Pulses online are the dals, beans and lentils of an Indian kitchen, such as toor, moong, urad, chana, masoor and rajma, sold whole, split, polished or unpolished and bought for how they cook as much as how they look. GullySales works on how your listings show variety, polish, age and cooking time, and how a household that finds a dal it likes is brought back for the rest of the pantry.
Pulses are also a basket product. A household that buys toor dal buys moong, chana and rajma too, and the seller who lists only one is leaving the rest of the basket to someone else.
Last updated 7 Oct 2026. Product, labelling and advertising rules for grocery & pantry differ by product and change. We describe them in general terms, so check the current position with your own adviser or the regulator before you publish a claim.
Who it is for
This is written for you if you sell pulses online.
- Dal mills selling branded packs in retail sizes
- Traders in toor, moong, urad and chana who want to sell direct to households
- Organic and farm-direct pulse brands with a regional following
- Sellers of dal and rajma sets for hostels, PGs and small canteens
Not for
It is not the right fit if.
- A seller who polishes or colours pulses in ways the label does not say
- A seller who cannot say how old the stock is
How buyers choose
What decides the sale of pulses.
The dal and the dish
Sambar, tadka dal, khichdi, rajma masala. Buyers search by the dish and the name they use at home, which varies between regions.
Polished or unpolished
Many buyers prefer unpolished pulses and ask whether yours are. Others like the look of polished ones. Put the answer on the pack and the page.
Age and how long it takes to cook
New-crop pulses cook faster than old ones. Buyers ask when the lot was harvested or packed, and read reviews that say it did not soften.
Whole, split or with skin
Moong whole, moong dal split, moong dal with skin are three products. The listing that mixes them gets the wrong-product return.
Where sales are lost
What usually goes wrong when you sell pulses online.
In the words sellers use on the first call.
“Customers say the dal never softens”
It may be old stock, or hard water at the buyer's end. Without the harvest or packing date on the page, the review blames you.
“Names differ and the buyer picks the wrong one”
Toor dal, arhar dal and tur dal are one pulse under three names. A buyer who sees only the name they do not use orders the wrong dal, or none, and the one who orders returns it.
“Large buyers want rates by the quintal and we sell by the packet”
A hostel or a restaurant asks for a quote in bulk. Without a route for it, the sale goes to a wholesaler.
The scope
The work we would propose for pulses.
Measured on purchases, conversion rate, cost to win a customer, average order value and repeat purchases. Anything here that needs a platform or tool we have not used with you is confirmed in the audit before it goes in the scope.
- A dal glossary with local namesPages that link the names buyers use in each region to the dal you sell, with how each cooks and which dishes it suits.
- Listings with the grain, the cut and the polishClose-up photographs of whole, split and skin-on varieties, with the polish and age stated on the label and the first listing image.
- Cooking test videosA pot of each dal cooked and timed on a home stove, soaked and unsoaked, shown the way a household would do it.
- A pantry basketA set of the commonly used dals and rajma in household sizes, offered with the first order and as a reorder.
- Institutional quotation routeA form for hostels and canteens, taking the dal, grade and quantity, with a rate sheet reply and a follow-up.
What we do
What you get for pulses.
Each deliverable and what it is there to change.
A pulses name table
A regional list of local names against the pulse you sell, shown on the listing and used in customer replies.
A cooking test set
A timed cooking photograph or clip for each pulse, so buyers can judge softness before ordering.
A polish and age panel
A short statement on each pack and listing about polish, age and source, once your adviser has seen the wording.
A pantry basket page
A household set of the main pulses, with a reorder button and a reminder.
How the result is measured
- Purchases
- Conversion rate
- Average order value
- Repeat purchase rate
- Return rate
- Complaints citing cooking time or the wrong dal
Recorded as a baseline before work starts, so every later report has an honest comparison.
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.
What we need from you
What to have ready before the audit call.
None of it has to be tidy. We read what you have.
- The pulses you sell with crop, packing date and source
- Whether each is polished and how, and the label wording used now
- Complaints on cooking time, wrong product or insects
- Which dals your repeat buyers order together
- Your institutional customers and the quantities they take
Selling in India and abroad
Selling pulses beyond your own market.
Where you sell decides sizes, units, seasons and returns. We work from Bengaluru and have no overseas office, so for a new country we start from your own sales and the platforms you already use.
The Indian pantry overseas
Households abroad buy dals by their Indian names and in familiar brands. Import and labelling rules differ for pulses, so what may be shipped and how it must be labelled is checked with your adviser.
Grocers and importers as buyers
An Indian grocer abroad may take your pulses by the carton and bring a repeat buyer. Look at your own enquiries to see which countries are already asking.
FAQ
Questions about selling pulses online.
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Do I need to state whether my pulses are polished?
How do I stop buyers returning dal for taking too long to cook?
Is it worth selling dal in small packs online?
How much does it cost?
How long is the contract?
How soon will we see results?
Who will actually do the work?
What do you need from us?
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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.
Engagement options
Ways to work with us.
Pick the size of commitment that fits. Every option starts with the free audit.
Option 1
The audit on its own
A 90-minute call and a written, scored report. It says honestly whether you need outside help, and many fixes are ones your own team can make.
Option 2
One fix, scoped
Start with the fix the audit ranks first, such as reply time or follow-up. The fee is in writing before anything starts.
Option 3
An ongoing programme
We run the work, report against the baseline, and you renew on the numbers. The term and the reporting are agreed in writing first.
Option 4
Guidance for your own team or agency
We plan, brief and check the work of your in-house team or current agency, instead of replacing them.
The offer
Start with a free audit of how your pulses 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.
Your next practical step
Get a free audit of how you sell, and a scored report of where the work is.
90 minutes. A written, scored report. No invoice and no obligation.