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A regular order nobody follows up becomes an order placed on an app.

A follow-up system for a pharmacy is the routine that reaches a customer when a refill is due, a prescription is waiting on stock or a regular has gone quiet. GullySales works on who sends what, to whom, with consent, and which person at the counter owns each reply.

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What follow up systems means

A follow-up system is the set routine for calling, messaging or emailing an enquiry more than once, since most buyers do not decide on the first conversation. GullySales sets the number and timing of follow-ups so an undecided buyer keeps hearing from you until they decide either way.

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For pharmacies

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

  • “The refill runs out before the customer notices”

    A strip finishes on a day nobody marked. The household finds out late in the evening and opens an app that delivers at night. A reminder sent ahead of that day puts your counter in their mind at the moment the choice is made.

  • “A prescription photo with no reply is a lost order”

    A customer sends the prescription at the evening rush and waits. The pharmacy that answers first with stock and a delivery slot takes the order. Follow-up starts with that first reply, and it needs one named person who owns it.

  • “A reminder that sounds like an advert breaks trust and may break the law”

    A note about a refill is a courtesy. A note that promotes a prescription medicine is advertising, which the drug laws restrict. Word the message as a reminder about the household's own order and say nothing about the medicine's merits or price. Check wording with your own adviser.

  • “A regular who stops buying does not announce it”

    The change shows only as a gap in the register. A personal check-in from the pharmacist, asking whether needs have changed, either brings the household back or tells you why they left. A discount pushed into that message does the opposite.

What we do

What we deliver for pharmacies.

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

  1. A refill reminder routine

    The trigger, the wording, the reply option and the consent check for a reminder that goes to a household before its supply ends.

    Result: Customers hear from you ahead of the day they run out.

  2. A prescription reply routine

    A named owner for each incoming prescription, a stock check before the answer, and a delivery slot offered in the same message.

    Result: A prescription sent at a busy hour still gets one clear reply.

  3. A pending order tracker

    A short list of items waiting on stock, each with the customer told and a note of who calls back when it arrives.

    Result: Nothing promised at the counter is forgotten by the next shift.

  4. A lapsed regular check-in

    A script for the pharmacist to use with a household that has stopped buying, built to listen first and offer nothing as a bribe.

    Result: You learn why a regular left and can answer it.

  5. A delivery confirmation message

    A short message to say the order is on its way and a follow-up to confirm that it arrived and was correct.

    Result: Errors at the door are caught while the customer is still reachable.

  6. Opt-out handling

    A simple way for any household to stop reminders, honoured at once and recorded against their name.

    Result: Customers who say no stop hearing from you.

How the result is measured

  • Follow-up completion rate
  • Average number of follow-ups before close
  • Enquiries closed after repeat follow-up

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

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What to capture or send

The moments a chemist follows up, and what is recorded each time.

Refill due for a regular household
The date the last supply ends, read from billing. A short, plain message goes before the strips run out, with consent on record.
Prescription photo awaiting a reply
The time received and who owns it. Replied to with availability and a collection or delivery choice, and logged until the order is closed.
Order placed but not collected
A note that the pack is held for the customer, with the day it will be released. A call, not a push message, for a senior.
Regular who has stopped buying
A gap in the monthly bill. One friendly call asks if something was wrong with delivery or the brand, and the answer is written down.
Delivery confirmation
A line to the customer that the order has left and the name of the rider. Closed when the customer confirms receipt.

Who it is for

This is written for these pharmacies.

  • Independent neighbourhood chemists
  • Pharmacies attached to a clinic or nursing home
  • Hospital pharmacies serving outpatients
  • Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi Kendras and generic medicine stores
  • Multi-outlet local pharmacy chains
  • Franchise outlets of national pharmacy brands
  • Surgical and medical equipment stores
  • Pharmacies stocking Ayurvedic and homoeopathic medicines
  • Twenty-four hour and late-night pharmacies

Not for

It is not the right fit if.

  • No one has consent records for the numbers in the phone, so reminders would reach people who never agreed.
  • The shop cannot deliver or hold a pack when asked, so a reminder would promise what the counter does not provide.
  • You want messages that push a prescription medicine; a reminder should name the refill, not sell the drug.

How it works

How the follow up systems 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

    Measure today's reply time

    From your recent enquiries, we set the time each arrived against its first reply, using the call log, chats, form entries and portal panel. We also count the follow-ups each one got.

  2. 2

    Agree targets and the sequence

    We set reply targets and the follow-up sequence with your team, based on its real hours and workload.

  3. 3

    Write the templates and first-call questions

    The first reply, the quote follow-up and the last attempt are written in your voice and loaded as quick replies. The first-call questions are agreed with your best salesperson.

  4. 4

    Set ownership, tasks and alerts

    Named owners, cover for leave and CRM or sheet tasks go live. App alerts, such as IndiaMART's, are switched on for the right phones.

  5. 5

    Track and adjust

    Reply time and follow-up completion are reported against the baseline, and the routine is changed where it is not kept. How often you are reported to is agreed in writing.

Where this fits

Three pieces of sales work, in this order.

This work sits inside sales process design, at stage 2, qualification. The audit comes before it, and sales management keeps it running.

  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 · you are here

    Sales process design

    One written way to sell, from first enquiry to repeat order.

    Start here if every salesperson sells differently.

  3. 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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How early should a refill reminder go out?
Set it household by household, not by a rule. Work from the date the last supply ran out and how long the family takes to decide, then adjust once you see which reminders get a reply. The pharmacist knows the families better than any template does.
What if a customer never answers the reminders?
Silence is neither an order nor a withdrawn consent. Ask at the next counter visit whether they want to keep receiving reminders, and stop straight away if they say no.
Should a refill reminder name the medicine?
Keep it general, such as that the supply for the household is due. A message can be read by anyone holding the phone, so naming a medicine can reveal a condition. The reason is privacy. The customer can ask the counter for the details.
What if a customer asks us to stop messaging?
Stop at once and record it with the date. Respecting the request is the rule of trust, and a chemist depends on trust. The customer can still ring or walk in, so say that politely and remove the number from every list.
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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