Manufacturing · Casting & Foundry
Our die is paid for and the machine is idle between two big customers' schedules.
A die caster's economics are simple and hard. The die is expensive, the machine is expensive, and the shop earns only when the machine is running a part someone has already ordered. So the sales problem is not finding one-off jobs. It is finding the next buyer with a repeat part, before the current one reduces their schedule.
Scope, fee, reporting and term are agreed in writing after we have read your brief and spoken to you.
In one paragraph
Aluminium die casting means forcing molten aluminium alloy into a steel die under pressure to make thin-walled, repeatable parts in volume. GullySales helps die casters show the part range, tonnage and finishing they run, so buyers with a drawing and an annual quantity send it to the right shop.
Those buyers sit in lighting, automotive, electrical housings, pump bodies and consumer appliances. They find a die caster through a vendor development engineer, a trade show or a search for tonnage and alloy.
Last updated 16 Oct 2026.
Who it is for
This is written for you if aluminium die casting is what you make or sell.
- Pressure die casting shops with cold-chamber machines and in-house or outsourced tool rooms
- Shops that already supply automotive or lighting buyers and want a second sector
- Die casters that also trim, machine and powder-coat the casting
- Units with idle capacity on one or two machine tonnages
Not for
It is not the right fit if.
- A shop buying a first machine and looking for customers before it can show a sample. Get one approved part first.
- A trader who gets castings made in several shops and cannot say whose die is whose.
How buyers choose
What decides the sale of aluminium die casting.
Die ownership and who pays for it
The buyer decides whether they own the die and keep it at your plant, or you own it and amortise it in the piece price. Buyers compare this on the quotation, so it has to be explained at the first reply.
Tonnage, shot weight and cavities
The engineer checks whether your machine range fits the part. A shop that lists its tonnages and typical part envelope is shortlisted faster than one that says all sizes.
Vendor registration and a first-article approval
Automotive and lighting buyers often put a new supplier through a vendor form, a plant audit and a sample run. This takes a season, and the buyer is checking whether you will still reply in the fifth month.
Alloy and porosity questions
The drawing names a grade and an acceptable level of porosity or a leak test. Buyers want to hear that you tested these before, not that you will try.
Where orders are lost
What usually goes wrong when you sell aluminium die casting.
In the words owners use on the first call.
“Our machines are idle between two customers' orders”
The shop depends on release schedules from a few buyers and has no pipeline for the gaps. Enquiries are handled when they arrive and chased never.
“Buyers ask for a die cost and then disappear”
A die quotation is a large number, and the buyer goes quiet to compare or to seek approval. Without a scheduled call, the shop learns of the loss when the die is made elsewhere.
“Everyone thinks we only make small housings”
The shop has run bigger parts and machined assemblies, but the website shows three photographs. A buyer with a larger part never calls.
The scope
The work we would propose for aluminium die casting.
Measured on qualified enquiries, quotation requests, follow-up on each quotation, trial orders won and repeat orders. Anything here that needs a platform, directory or tool we have not used with you is confirmed with you before it goes in the scope.
- A page for each tonnage band and part typePages for housings, covers, heat sinks and machined assemblies, each saying which machines run them and what alloys are used.
- Prospect lists of die-cast buyersA list of lighting makers, pump makers, electrical assemblers and automotive tier-two firms within reach, built from public sources and your existing customers.
- Die-cost quotation follow-upA call plan for each die quotation: when to ask for the decision, who else is involved and what would change the answer.
- Capacity message for idle tonnagesA short, specific message to prospects when a machine band is free, tied to the parts you can run on it.
A vendor-registration pack
A single folder with company profile, machine list, quality records and sample approval history, so each new vendor form takes an hour and not a week.
What we do
What you get for aluminium die casting.
Each deliverable and what it is there to change.
A machine and tonnage sheet
A one-page list of machines, part envelope, alloys and secondary operations, so an engineer can judge fit without a visit.
A die-quotation template that explains the die
It sets out die cost, ownership, expected life and piece price in a form a purchase committee can read.
A prospect list by sector
Named buyers in lighting, appliance, electrical and automotive supply with the part they probably buy from a die caster.
A vendor-registration folder
The documents buyers ask for, collected once and kept current.
A call plan for open die quotations
Each quotation has an owner and a next date.
How the result is measured
- Die-cost quotations requested
- Quotations with a decision date set
- Vendor registrations started and completed
- Sample approvals
- Repeat releases per new customer
- Machine hours sold against idle hours
Recorded as a baseline before work starts, so every later report has an honest comparison.
How it works
From your first message to the first report.
No open-ended retainer. Every step gives you something in writing.
First
Your brief
You tell us what you need in a few short steps: your business, what you want, where enquiries come from and how they are handled.
After the brief
A conversation and a written scope
We read it, then talk with whoever handles your enquiries. If you want our help, the scope, the fee and the reporting come in writing, and nothing starts before you have read them.
Before work starts
Baseline recorded
The numbers this work is meant to move, such as enquiries, quotations, orders, visits or renewals, written down so every later report has an honest comparison.
After the baseline
The first fix goes live
The fix we agreed to start with is put in place and measured against the baseline, whether that is a reply, a follow-up, a page, a listing or the handover between marketing and sales.
As agreed
Report against the baseline
What moved, what did not, and what changes next, in plain words. How often you get it is set in writing before work starts.
At renewal
Renew on the numbers
The term ends and you decide whether to continue from the results. The length is agreed in writing before anything starts.
What we need from you
What to have ready before we talk.
None of it has to be tidy. We read what you have.
- Machine list with tonnage and age
- Alloys you run and the parts cast in each
- Quotations for dies sent in the last year and their outcome
- Customer list with parts and annual volume as you know it
- Sample parts or photographs, with finishing options
Export and new regions
Selling aluminium die casting beyond your home market.
Where you sell decides standards, documents, payment terms and freight. We work from Bengaluru and have no overseas office, so for a new region we start from your own enquiries, your existing buyers and the directories you already use.
Overseas OEMs and their sourcing agents
Housings, covers and heat sinks are bought by overseas OEMs through agents who handle many shops. Start with the export enquiries you already get and the agents who sent them.
Die ownership across borders
A foreign buyer often wants to own the die and have it shipped back at the end. Say so in the first reply, and settle payment terms before tooling starts.
FAQ
Questions about selling aluminium die casting.
Not here? More answers, or ask on WhatsApp.
How do die casting buyers find a new supplier?
Should we quote the die and the piece price together?
Can we win automotive work through marketing?
How long is the contract?
How soon will we see results?
Who will actually do the work?
What do you need from us?
What if we are not happy with the work?
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Why us
Why owners pick GullySales over an agency.
Marketing and sales, as one job
Most agencies stop at the enquiry. We also fix what happens after it: the reply, the follow-up, the quote and the CRM.
The person on the first call does the work
No account managers in between. You are never handed to someone you have not met.
A baseline before anything starts
Your numbers are written down on day one, so every later report compares against something honest.
The fee in writing, split three ways
Our time, your media spend and production on separate lines. You always see what goes to us.
No guarantees we cannot keep
The term is agreed in writing and never a default twelve months. We never promise a ranking or a lead count, because nobody controls those.
One office, and we say so
Nagarbhavi, Bengaluru. We work across India by call and WhatsApp and travel when a session needs to be in person.
#257, 3rd floor, Sri Nanjundeshwara Complex, Nagarbhavi 8th Block, Outer Ring Road. How we work.
Engagement options
Ways to work with us.
Pick the size of commitment that fits. Every option starts with your brief and a conversation.
Option 1
The conversation on its own
A call after you send your brief. It says honestly whether you need outside help, and many fixes are ones your own team can make.
Option 2
One fix, scoped
Start with the fix that matters most, such as reply time or follow-up. The fee is in writing before anything starts.
Option 3
An ongoing programme
We run the work, report against the baseline, and you renew on the numbers. The term and the reporting are agreed in writing first.
Option 4
Guidance for your own team or agency
We plan, brief and check the work of your in-house team or current agency, instead of replacing them.
Your brief
Tell us what you need, and we will read it before we call.
Eight short steps about your business, what you want and who decides. Most questions are a tap, and you can skip any you would rather answer on the call.
Your next practical step
Tell us what you are trying to grow, and we will read it before we call.
Eight short steps, mostly taps. Skip anything you would rather answer on the call.