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FMCG distributors · Lead generation

Find the next outlets to cover and the next company to represent.

Lead generation for an FMCG distributor means finding the shops, wholesalers and institutional buyers that are not on your beat yet, and finding the companies about to open a territory. GullySales works on the outlet map, the capability profile and the enquiry log that turn those names into first orders and appointments.

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Scope, fee, reporting and term are agreed in writing after we have read your brief and spoken to you.

FMCG distributors: show a real physical business scene illustrating Beat plans and outlet master. Group outlets into beats by day, record each outlet’s type, owner and phone, and see which shops were visited and which placed no order.

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 FMCG distributors, the overview.

Last updated 18 Oct 2026.

For FMCG distributors

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

  • “An uncovered street is a lead list already”

    Every locality on the town map has shops your salesmen have never entered. Setting the beat routes against the map shows which lanes, markets and new colonies sit outside coverage, and each uncovered shop is a prospect with an address and a phone to call.

  • “A company announcing a territory is a lead with a deadline”

    Brands tell their regional managers first and the trade press later. A distributor who hears late sends a profile after the shortlist is made, so watching which companies are expanding in your district matters more than a general mailer to every brand.

  • “Institutional buyers search for a supplier, not a salesman”

    A hostel warden or a caterer looks for a bulk supplier on Google and WhatsApp and does not see your kirana beat. Without a listing and a rate sheet, that enquiry goes to the wholesaler who picked up the phone.

  • “A lead with no named salesman goes nowhere”

    A shop owner mentioned at the godown counter, a caterer's call to the owner's phone and a sub-distributor's message all vanish unless one person is assigned and one register records them.

What we do

What we deliver for FMCG distributors.

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

  1. Uncovered outlet map

    Beat routes marked on a town map, with shops outside coverage listed by locality so each salesman holds a named set to visit.

    Result: A list of uncovered shops by locality, each assigned to a salesman.

  2. Brand watch list

    A list of companies expanding in your district, with the regional manager's role and the date you last wrote to them.

    Result: You can see which companies you have written to and which you have not.

  3. Capability profile

    Outlet count, towns, vehicles, godown space, brands held and collection record in one file, ready to attach to a message.

    Result: One file that answers a sales manager's first questions.

  4. Enquiry log

    One sheet where every call, WhatsApp message and counter enquiry is entered with its source, its owner and its next step.

    Result: Every enquiry carries a name and a next step.

  5. Institutional rate sheet

    A catalogue and rate sheet for hostels, canteens and caterers, with a Google Business Profile so a buyer searching for a supplier finds you.

    Result: A rate sheet you can send straight back to a bulk enquiry.

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 or send

What the beat register should record about a shop before it becomes an outlet.

Shop name and lane
Write the shop name with the lane or market it sits in, so two shops called Sri Lakshmi Stores are never merged and a salesman can find the right one.
Brands the shop already stocks
Record which company codes are on the shelf. It tells you which of your lines the shop does not carry yet and which rival distributor supplies it.
Who places the order
Note whether the owner, a son or a counter boy decides. The person who counts stock on a Sunday is the one your salesman should speak to.
Cash or credit asked
Capture what the shop expects on first order. A request for thirty days on day one is a collection risk the owner should see before the van loads.
Company contact for a territory
For a brand lead, note the area sales manager's name and the territory under review, so your coverage details reach the right desk when it opens.

Who it is for

This is written for these FMCG distributors.

  • Distributors for packaged food, biscuits and snacks brands
  • Home and personal care distributors for soaps, detergents and toiletries
  • Beverage and bottled water distributors with chilled-outlet coverage
  • Staples and edible oil distributors serving wholesalers and kiranas
  • Dairy and ice cream distributors with cold-chain vehicles
  • Multi-brand FMCG distributors holding four or five company codes
  • Super stockists who supply sub-distributors in several towns
  • Modern trade and institution suppliers to supermarkets, canteens and hotels

Not for

It is not the right fit if.

  • You have no salesman free to visit a new shop within the beat, so new leads would only sit in a list.
  • You hold only one company code and have no credit policy yet, so every new outlet would arrive without terms.

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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Where do new retailer leads come from?
From the town itself: shops in streets and markets your salesmen have not entered, new colonies, and shops that buy from a wholesaler today. We map them against your beat and hand each salesman a list.
Can you find us brands that want a distributor?
We build the watch list of companies expanding in your district and prepare your profile. Whether a company has a territory open is the company's decision, and we cannot promise an appointment.
Should we pay for online ads to get retailers?
A shopkeeper orders from the salesman who visits and the number that answers, so ads do not reach the person who orders. Spend goes first on the map, the register and the follow-up.
Should we count a shop as a lead before it orders?
Count it as an outlet lead only after a salesman has seen the shop and noted who orders. A phone number alone is a name in a list. The beat register should show the visit date, the brands on the shelf and the credit asked.
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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