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The owner wants billing and stock in one place, and the demonstration turned into a feature tour.
A company does not shop for business software on a whim. The owner has a spreadsheet that has stopped coping, or an accountant who has said it is time. The buying takes weeks, involves two or three people, and ends in a decision to move the whole team's work onto a new system.
A 90-minute audit call and a written, scored report. Turnaround, reporting and term are agreed in writing after the audit.
In one paragraph
Business software is the accounting, billing, inventory, CRM, HR and ERP products that a company runs its daily work on. GullySales builds the pages that match each product to a kind of business, and follows every demonstration until the company signs or says no.
Last updated 7 Oct 2026.
Who it is for
This is written for you if you sell business software online.
- Sellers of billing, accounting and GST software for shops, traders and small factories
- Makers of ERP or inventory systems for a particular trade, such as pharma distribution or garments
- CRM, HR and payroll products aimed at companies with a few dozen staff
- Implementation partners who sell and set up another company's business software
Not for
It is not the right fit if.
- Products that need a six-month enterprise process with a tender. A marketing page will not shorten that.
- Sellers with no one to run the demonstration and the data set-up. The buyer will not do it alone.
How buyers choose
What decides the sale of business software.
Searches that name the trade
The owner types inventory software for a medical store or HR software for a company with a hundred staff, not ERP. A page written for that exact trade is the one that gets opened.
Will it handle my invoice and my taxes
Before features, the buyer wants to see a GST invoice, an e-way bill, a stock report in their own format. A screenshot of the real thing does more than a paragraph.
What happens to my existing data
Moving from Tally, Excel or an older package is the worry under every question. A buyer who cannot see how the old data comes across will not start.
Who else like me uses it
The owner asks for a reference in the same line of work and the same size, and often calls one. A list of customers by trade is a sales tool here.
Where sales are lost
What usually goes wrong when you sell business software online.
In the words sellers use on the first call.
“Our demonstration shows everything and the buyer remembers nothing”
A tour of every module overwhelms a person who came to fix billing. The demonstration should start from the three tasks the buyer named in the enquiry.
“They say yes and then the set-up never happens”
The sale is not closed until the data is in and staff are using it. Without a named person on your side for set-up, the buyer's enthusiasm fades and they ask for a refund.
“The accountant tells the owner to stay with the old package”
The accountant is often a silent decision maker. A page and a short document written for the accountant, covering reports and returns, is part of the sale.
“Support questions fill the sales team's day”
When help is not written down, the same questions go to whoever picks up the phone. Help pages and videos protect the time that should go to new buyers.
The scope
The work we would propose for business software.
Measured on trials, paid conversions, retention and churn. 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.
- Pages by trade and by taskOne page for each trade you serve and each job the product does: stock for a hardware dealer, attendance for a factory, quotations for a contractor. Each is written around that buyer's documents.
- Demonstration request and preparationThe request form asks the trade, the number of users and the current system, so the demonstration is built around the buyer's work rather than a standard tour.
- Customer references by tradeWith permission, short descriptions of how a customer in each trade uses the software, plus a reference call the buyer can ask for.
- Follow-up after the demonstrationEach demonstration gets a summary sent the same day, a date for the next call, and a note of who else must agree, such as the accountant or a partner.
Migration and set-up pages
A plain description of how data comes across from the commonly used older packages, what you need from the buyer, and who does what. This is the part that gets a hesitant owner to start.
What we do
What you get for business software.
Each deliverable and what it is there to change.
A page for each trade you serve
A set of pages naming the invoices, reports and approvals of that trade. They are what a search for the trade lands on.
A demonstration brief
A one-page sheet filled in before every demonstration: the buyer's three tasks, current system and decision makers. It keeps the session short and relevant.
A data migration checklist
The list of what the buyer sends and in what format, with who does each step. It removes the fear of switching.
An accountant's note
A short document for the buyer's accountant covering GST reports, ledgers and year-end. It answers the objection before it is raised.
How the result is measured
- Demonstration requests
- Demonstrations attended
- Trial or pilot starts
- Paid conversions
- Renewals
- Churn, with the reason recorded
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.
- A demonstration login, or a recorded demonstration
- A list of trades and sizes of company you already serve
- Sample reports and invoice formats the software produces
- Your last demonstrations and which ones signed
- Details of the set-up and support you provide after purchase
Selling in India and abroad
Selling business software 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.
Tax and invoice formats differ
A product built around Indian GST needs a different invoice and tax set-up elsewhere. Pages for a foreign buyer say which countries the product supports, and which it does not.
Gulf and nearby markets first, if the data says so
Your own enquiry and sales data show where buyers already come from. We start with those countries, and the language and time zone for support follow from that.
FAQ
Questions about selling business software online.
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Do I need a free trial for business software?
How do I answer the buyer who says Tally is enough?
Is it right to publish my prices?
How long is the contract?
How soon will we see results?
Who will actually do the work?
What do you need from us?
What if we are not happy with the work?
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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 business software 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.