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Build a page that answers the catering question before the phone rings.

A website for a cafe needs to show the menu, the seating, a way to enquire about catering or a booking, and a link to the delivery apps. That is what a searcher actually wants before they call. GullySales builds and keeps this current.

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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 website means

A website is the page a customer lands on after searching, clicking an advert or scanning a code, and it decides whether they call or leave. GullySales builds and maintains sites that load quickly, explain the offer plainly and make the enquiry form or phone number easy to find.

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For cafes and coffee shops

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

  • “The menu has to be readable, not a photograph of a printed card”

    A blurry photo of the physical menu frustrates a searcher checking prices or dietary options on their phone before deciding to visit.

  • “A catering page pays for the whole website”

    A single well-written page answering quantity, delivery and pricing questions for catering can bring in enquiries worth more than the rest of the site combined.

  • “Delivery app links belong on the homepage”

    A visitor deciding between ordering in or walking down should find the Swiggy and Zomato links immediately, not after searching for them.

What we do

What we deliver for cafes and coffee shops.

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

  1. A readable digital menu

    The full menu built as real text on the site, with prices and dietary notes, not a photo of the printed card.

    Result: A visitor checks prices and options on their phone without squinting.

  2. Catering and events page

    A page answering quantity, pricing and delivery questions for group and office orders.

    Result: A catering enquiry arrives with the details already answered.

  3. Delivery app links on the homepage

    Visible Swiggy and Zomato links placed on the homepage, not buried in a footer.

    Result: A visitor deciding between ordering in or visiting finds the right link at once.

  4. A simple booking or enquiry form

    A form or WhatsApp link for table and group bookings, built to work on a phone screen.

    Result: A visitor can ask about a booking without picking up the phone.

  5. An update routine for menu and hours

    A simple process for updating the menu, prices and hours on the site whenever they change.

    Result: A visitor never arrives to find the website was wrong.

How the result is measured

  • Page load time
  • Bounce rate
  • Enquiries from the website

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

Read the full website design and development page

What the page must show

What a cafe's website must show before someone walks in.

The menu as text, with prices and veg marks
Type the menu out with prices, veg and non-veg marks and notes on milk alternatives and gluten. A photograph of the printed card is hard to read on a phone and cannot be searched.
Seating, Wi-Fi and power sockets
Say how many people the cafe seats, whether there are tables with sockets, if the Wi-Fi is free and any rule on laptop hours. The work-from-cafe crowd decides on exactly these points.
Opening hours, including the odd days
Give the hours for each day, the festival closures and the last order time. Make them match the Google Business Profile, since a visitor who finds a closed shutter does not return.
How to find the door
Add a map pin, the nearest landmark, which floor or lane the entrance is on, and where to park. Many cafes sit behind a gate or on an upper floor that a first-time visitor cannot see from the road.
Group, birthday and catering enquiries
State the smallest group you take, whether a table can be held, what advance is needed and whether outside cakes are allowed. Give a form or WhatsApp link that asks for date, headcount and budget.
Photographs of the room in daylight and in the evening
Show the actual seating, the counter and the quiet corners. A guest picking a place to work or meet wants to see the light and the crowd, not only the coffee.

Who it is for

This is written for these cafes and coffee shops.

  • Independent single-outlet cafes
  • Specialty coffee roasters with a cafe
  • Cafes inside co-working spaces
  • Bakery cafes
  • Cafe chains opening new outlets
  • Cloud kitchen and delivery-only cafes
  • Cafes attached to bookstores or art spaces
  • Late-night and student-area cafes

Not for

It is not the right fit if.

  • The cafe has no menu photographs and no stable hours, so a site would show old information.
  • You expect the site to replace the Maps listing, when guests will still find you on the map first.
  • Nobody can update the menu and catering page, and the site would age as soon as it is built.

How it works

How the website 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

    Confirm structure and content

    We agree the page list, what each page must answer, and who supplies the text and photographs, before any design starts.

  2. 2

    Design the templates

    The home page, a service page, a location page and the enquiry page are designed first, on phone and desktop, and shown to you.

  3. 3

    Build and test

    The site is built and checked on real phones and the common browsers. Every form, call button and WhatsApp link is tested end to end.

  4. 4

    Load real content

    Actual copy, images and information replace placeholders. Pages are read through once by you, since you spot wrong details we cannot.

  5. 5

    Check before launch

    Tracking, page titles, the sitemap and the privacy page are checked on the staging site. If an old site exists, its addresses are mapped so old links still land somewhere.

  6. 6

    Launch and hand over access

    The site goes live and we record the domain, hosting, content login and analytics in your name. The first live enquiry is traced to confirm tracking works.

Where this fits

Three pieces of sales work, in this order.

This work sits inside sales process design, at stage 1, prospecting and lead generation. 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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Tell us what you need
Does a small cafe need a website at all?
Yes, even a simple one, mainly to support the Business Profile and hold information that does not fit on a social media page.
How often does it need updating?
Whenever the menu, prices or hours change, since outdated information sends customers away frustrated.
Should the website menu match the delivery app prices?
Keep them the same unless there is a reason, and if the delivery prices are higher, say so on the page. Delivery apps charge commission, so many cafes price differently, but a guest who sees two prices for one item remembers it. Check the apps' current rules on price parity.
How do we show a menu that changes with the season?
Keep one master menu and mark seasonal items with the dates they run, then take them off when they end. Edit the site the same day the counter changes. A coffee shop's menu that is wrong online is noticed first by regulars.
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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