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Agricultural commodity traders · Lead generation

Find the millers, processors and exporters who need your grade, not every passing enquirer.

Lead generation for a commodity trader means finding buyers who purchase your grade in lots, on a repeat basis, and getting a sample and a rate in front of them. GullySales works on the buyer lists, the first approach and the record of who replied.

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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 lead generation means

Lead generation is the combined work of every channel that brings in a new enquiry, whether from search, adverts, referrals or a stall at an exhibition. GullySales runs these channels together and reports the number of enquiries each one produced, not the activity behind it.

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Sales and marketing for agricultural commodity traders, the overview.

Last updated 18 Oct 2026.

For agricultural commodity traders

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

  • “A buyer who asks the rate may only be checking the market”

    A phone call that opens with the price of a variety may be a comparison, not an intention to buy. The trader who sells on every such call loses time. Asking the commodity, the grade, the lot size and the destination separates a mill that needs stock from someone collecting numbers.

  • “The best buyers are listed in nobody's phone”

    Processors and exporters outside the home mandi buy through a sourcing desk, not through the person who happens to stand in the yard. They never meet the trader. Reaching them means finding the mill, naming the procurement contact and sending a profile and sample offer to that desk.

  • “Season decides which lead is worth a call”

    A pulse buyer is no use when the crop is off the market, and a spice processor wants stock before its own run begins. Leads are grouped by commodity and crop calendar, so the call to a buyer lands when you hold the lot they would want.

What we do

What we deliver for agricultural commodity traders.

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

  1. A target list of mills, processors and export houses

    Named units by commodity and region, each with the sourcing contact and the grade they are known to buy.

    Result: The list shows buyer, commodity, region and contact, ready for the first call.

  2. A first-approach note per commodity

    A short message with the grade, the origin, the lot size you move and an offer of a sample, written for a procurement manager.

    Result: Each commodity has its own note, with no rice message sent to a spice buyer.

  3. Enquiry capture for every channel

    One sheet that records phone calls, trade-listing enquiries and WhatsApp messages with the commodity, grade, quantity and destination.

    Result: Every enquiry carries four fields, so the serious ones are easy to pick out.

  4. Sample-to-order tracking

    A register of samples sent, what the buyer tested and whether a lot followed.

    Result: You can see which samples turned into orders and which went quiet.

  5. Lead source review

    Each buyer tagged by how they first reached you, read against your invoices.

    Result: The partners can see which source brought buyers who paid and bought again.

How the result is measured

  • Enquiries generated
  • Cost per enquiry
  • Enquiries by source

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

Read the full demand and lead generation page

What to capture

Record these on every buyer enquiry.

Four fields separate a mill that needs stock from a caller who is checking the market.

Commodity and variety
Write the exact name the buyer uses, such as a rice variety or a chilli grade, so the right lot and the right note are matched.
Lot size wanted
Record the quantity in quintals or vehicle loads. It tells you whether the buyer purchases in lots or only samples the market.
Delivery place
Note the mill, port or market yard. It decides the vehicle plan and whether the weighment happens at your end or theirs.
Sourcing contact and desk
Name the person who places the order, not only the person who rang. The next call goes to the one who decides.
Season of need
Mark when the buyer runs short, so the lead is called when you hold stock and not after the crop has left the market.

Who it is for

This is written for these agricultural commodity traders.

  • Grain and rice traders supplying millers and wholesalers
  • Pulse and dal traders serving processors and retail chains
  • Spice and dry chilli traders selling to masala makers and exporters
  • Oilseed and edible oil raw material traders for crushing units
  • Fruit and vegetable aggregators selling to markets and organised retail
  • Cotton, jute and fibre traders supplying spinning and processing units
  • Jaggery, sugar and sweetener traders
  • Cashew, areca and plantation crop traders buying from growers' groups

Not for

It is not the right fit if.

  • You hold no stock you can describe by grade, so a buyer who asks for a sample has nothing consistent to be sent.
  • Nobody in the firm can take a procurement desk's call during the buying hours, so new enquiries would go cold at the first ring.

How it works

How the lead generation 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

    Understand your capacity

    We ask how many enquiries your team can answer well, who answers after hours, and what a good enquiry looks like. Without this, the system fills a funnel nobody is watching.

  2. 2

    Audit current sources

    We read your call log, WhatsApp chats, enquiry sheet and platform dashboards. The baseline is recorded: enquiries by source, reply time, conversion and cost per order.

  3. 3

    Strategise the channel mix

    Search and maps are chosen for people ready to buy, ads for people who are not yet looking, and content and referrals for trust.

  4. 4

    Implement capture and follow-up

    Pages, forms, tags, the lead record and the first-reply message are built and tested end to end. We submit test enquiries ourselves before any media money is spent.

  5. 5

    Measure and optimise

    Enquiries are traced to source and judged by what became orders, not by volume alone. Channels that fill the sheet with poor enquiries are cut back. 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 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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Should we chase every enquiry that comes in on the phone?
No. Ask the commodity, grade, quantity and place of delivery first. A buyer who answers all four is a lead. One who asks only for the price is a market check, and the call should stay short.
How do we find buyers outside our own mandi?
Start from the mills, processors and exporters that buy your commodity, and find the sourcing contact at each. We build that list and the first note. Whether a unit buys depends on its own needs and quality checks.
Should we buy a list of mills and exporters?
Build your own instead. A bought list rarely names the sourcing contact or the grade each unit buys. A list made from your past enquiries and the trade directories gives the procurement name, the commodity and the region, which is what the first call needs.
Does the crop calendar change how we hunt for buyers?
Yes, it sets the order of the work. A pulse processor needs stock before its own run, and a spice maker before its season. Group leads by commodity and calendar, and approach each group when you hold the grade it would want.
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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