Medical supplies distributors · WhatsApp marketing

Send the rate list and the stock position to buyers who agreed to receive them.

WhatsApp marketing for a medical supplies distributor is sending stock lists, rate revisions and dispatch updates to hospital stores, chemists and clinics that have agreed to hear from you, from a business number with a person behind it. GullySales sets up the opt-in record, the message templates and the reply path.

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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 WhatsApp marketing means

WhatsApp marketing is sending updates, offers and reminders to customers on the app most Indian buyers already check daily. GullySales sets up business WhatsApp, writes the message templates and keeps the list consented and current.

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Sales and marketing for medical supplies distributors, the overview.

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For medical supplies distributors

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

“The rate list travels as a forwarded PDF”
It reaches people who never asked for it, and the old rate keeps circulating after the principal has revised prices. A buyer quotes your own stale list back to you.
“The relationship lives on a rep's personal number”
A chemist or a store keeper messages the rep who visits. When the rep leaves or changes phones, the stock queries and the order history go with the rep.
“Chemists want one answer: is it in stock”
A chemist standing at a counter with a customer needs a reply in minutes. A broadcast of fifty items does not answer that, and a slow reply sends the chemist to the next stockist.

What we do

What we deliver for medical supplies distributors.

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

An opt-in record for each buyer
A sheet of every store keeper, chemist and clinic contact who agreed to messages, with the date, how they agreed and which list they chose, kept by a named person.
Result: You can show how each number came to be on your list.
A business profile with the right facts
A WhatsApp Business profile carrying your trade name, address, delivery area, hours and a catalogue of your fast-moving lines, in place of a personal number.
Result: A buyer messaging you sees a business, not a stranger.
Message templates for the trade
Short templates for a stock update, a rate revision, an order confirmation, a dispatch note and a payment reminder, each written in plain words and approved before use.
Result: Every rep sends the same clear message.
Separate lists for hospitals, chemists and clinics
Segments by buyer type and by product line, so a lab hears about reagents and a surgical store hears about dressings.
Result: A buyer gets messages that concern what they buy.
A reply path with a named person
Who answers, in which hours and what happens after hours, written down, with a handover to a call when the buyer wants to negotiate.
Result: No stock query waits unseen in an inbox.
Orders and replies traced to messages
Orders taken after a message tagged to the message that prompted them, set against the baseline.
Result: You can say which messages bring orders.

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How the result is measured

Messages delivered
Reply rate
Enquiries from WhatsApp

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

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What must be in place first

What a medical supplies distributor needs in place before sending a single WhatsApp rate list to buyers.

Opt-in record for every contact: Write down who agreed, when, how and to which list. A buyer who gave a visiting card is not the same as one who said yes to messages. Ask once and keep the proof.
A business profile and number, not a rep's phone: Use a WhatsApp Business account with your trade name, address and hours. Move accounts from personal numbers one by one, with the rep making the introduction.
Templates for stock, rates and dispatch: Write each template in a sentence or two, with the item, pack and rate date. Check WhatsApp's current business policy and pricing for which messages need approval and who pays.
Opt-out in every message: Tell the buyer how to stop messages, by replying or by telling the rep, and act on it the same day. A chemist who cannot stop a list blocks the number.
A human reply path: Name the person who answers stock queries, the hours covered and where a question goes after hours. A list that cannot answer back is a flyer, not a service.
No patient data in any message: Never send a patient's name, prescription or diagnosis in a trade message. Keep to items, packs and rates. Data protection law applies, so ask your adviser if unsure.

Who it is for

This is written for these medical supplies distributors.

General consumables and disposables distributors
Surgical and OT supply distributors
Hospital equipment dealers selling beds, monitors, suction and oxygen systems
Home healthcare suppliers selling or renting wheelchairs, beds and concentrators
Diagnostic kit and reagent distributors serving labs
Orthopaedic support, brace and rehabilitation product suppliers
Single-brand authorised distributors covering a district
Sub-stockists supplying chemists and surgical stores

Not for

It is not the right fit if.

You have no record of which buyers agreed to receive messages, so a broadcast would go to contacts who never opted in.
Your rate list changes through the day and nobody owns updating it, so messages would carry stale prices.
The business number is a rep's personal phone, so a rep leaving would take the buyer list with them.

How it works

How the whatsapp marketing 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
Read the chats you already have
We read how customers write to you, which questions repeat and where a chat goes quiet. The repeated questions decide what gets automated first.
2
Sort the list and the permission
Contacts who asked to hear from you are separated from numbers that only sit in a phone book. We agree the wording new contacts will see before they say yes.
3
Choose the app or the API
One phone and a small team can stay on the ordinary app. Several people on one number, templates or a CRM link need the API through a provider, which is its own piece of setup work.
4
Write the replies and the plan
The greeting, away message, saved replies and handover rule are written in your words and approved by you. The message plan and its templates follow.
5
Connect the record and test
Each link carries its source line and each chat lands in the CRM. We test on real phones, including a customer who asks for a person.
6
Read the unanswered questions
A question the first reply could not answer becomes a new saved reply or a fixed handover. Stop requests are watched too, with the number's quality rating where the API is used, since both show a message plan that has gone too far.

Where this fits

Three pieces of sales work, in this order.

This work sits inside sales process design, at stage 0, foundation. The audit comes before it, and sales management keeps it running.

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.
Step 2 · you are here
Sales process design
One written way to sell, from first enquiry to repeat order.
Start here if every salesperson sells differently.
Step 3
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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Tell us what you need

Should we use broadcast lists or the WhatsApp Business API?

Broadcast lists suit a small, consented set of regular buyers and a handful of messages. The API suits larger lists, templates and several staff answering one number. Check WhatsApp's current business policy and pricing before choosing, as both change.

Can we run a group with all the chemists we supply?

A group exposes every member's number to the others, and rival buyers see your rates. Prefer one-to-one messages or a broadcast with consent. If the chemists want a group, tell them who is in it and keep rates out.

Our reps use their own numbers. Is that a problem?

Yes, for the reason in the first answer: the relationship leaves with the rep. Move accounts to the business number, keep the rep's name on the chat and have the rep introduce the change to each buyer in person.

Is the WhatsApp catalogue useful for us?

For a short list of fast-moving items with pack sizes, yes. For a large catalogue of codes, no, as nobody scrolls it. Keep to the short set of lines that chemists and clinics order repeatedly, and send the full list on request.

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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