Manufacturing · Chemicals & Specialty Chemicals
Everyone sells the same solvent, so the buyer picks whoever answers first.
A solvent is a specification and a price. Two suppliers selling the same grade look identical on paper, so the buyer decides on who replies fast, who delivers on time and who has stock.
Scope, fee, reporting and term are agreed in writing after we have read your brief and spoken to you.
In one paragraph
Solvents are liquids used to dissolve, thin or clean in paints, inks, pharma, coatings and other industries. GullySales builds the grade and purity pages, the quotation response and the repeat-order follow-up that suit a product bought on specification and delivered rate.
That makes speed and reliability the things to show. The page has to state grade, purity and packing, and the follow-up has to be quick.
Last updated 16 Oct 2026. Licence, certification, labelling and advertising rules for chemicals & specialty chemicals differ by product and change. We describe them in general terms, so check the current position with your own adviser or the regulator before you publish a claim.
Who it is for
This is written for you if solvents is what you make or sell.
- Producers and recyclers of industrial solvents
- Stockists who blend or repack solvents in drums and cans
- Suppliers to paint, ink, coating and adhesive makers
- Distributors who also hold a manufacturing unit
Not for
It is not the right fit if.
- A seller who cannot say what grade or purity it supplies
- A business unable to follow the storage and transport rules for flammable liquids, which your adviser can tell you about
How buyers choose
What decides the sale of solvents.
Grade and purity on the enquiry
The buyer writes the grade, the purity and the quantity. If your page does not say which grades you make, they move on.
Delivered rate and stock
Many buyers want it this week. The supplier with stock nearby and a quick rate wins over a cheaper one that must produce first.
Certificate with each lot
A certificate of analysis is asked for at dispatch, and repeated deviations lose the account.
Rate comparison on three quotes
Purchase usually gets three quotations. The one that does not phone back after sending is forgotten.
Where orders are lost
What usually goes wrong when you sell solvents.
In the words owners use on the first call.
“The rate changed by the time they called back”
A solvent price moves with crude and feedstock. A slow reply means a stale quote and an argument.
“We lose small buyers to a stockist down the road”
Small users want a drum, delivered tomorrow. Without a local presence in search, they never see you.
“Customers buy once and drift away”
Nobody reminds them when their stock runs low, so the next purchase goes to whoever phones.
The scope
The work we would propose for solvents.
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.
- Grade and purity pagesOne page per solvent and grade stating purity, packing and the industries that use it, written for the buyer who types a specification.
- Fast first replyA set of reply formats and an owner for each directory and form enquiry, so a rate request is answered while the buyer is still looking.
- Local search for small buyersA Google Business Profile for your depot or plant with products, address and phone, so buyers nearby can find you.
- Reorder remindersA call or WhatsApp to each repeat customer, timed from their usual buying gap, which you know from your invoices.
- Directory enquiry handlingListings kept current on grades and packing, with enquiries logged and answered the same working day.
What we do
What you get for solvents.
Each deliverable and what it is there to change.
A grade and packing list on every product page
The buyer sees at once whether you make what they need.
Rate reply templates
Short messages with grade, quantity, packing and validity filled in, so no enquiry waits for someone to type.
A Google Business Profile for the depot
Brings the nearby drum buyer to your phone number.
A repeat-customer list with buying gaps
Shows who should be buying about now, so the reminder call has a reason.
How the result is measured
- Qualified enquiries by grade
- Time to first reply on a rate request
- Quotation requests and follow-up on each
- New customers buying a second time
- Repeat orders
- Calls from local search
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.
- Grades, purities and packing sizes you supply
- Your depot or plant address and delivery radius
- A year of invoices by customer, for the buying-gap list
- Current directory listings
- A sample certificate of analysis
Export and new regions
Selling solvents 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.
Importers and blenders overseas
Export of solvents goes to importers and to paint and ink blenders. We begin with the export enquiries and buyers you already have.
Dangerous goods paperwork
Solvents are shipped under dangerous goods rules, so freight, packing and documents are agreed with your forwarder before the quote goes out.
FAQ
Questions about selling solvents.
Not here? More answers, or ask on WhatsApp.
Why would a buyer pick me over the cheapest rate?
Can I sell solvents online?
Do small buyers matter?
How much does it cost?
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?
More in Chemicals & Specialty Chemicals
Makers of solvents also need
Looking for the wider industry page? See chemical manufacturers.
This page is part of the manufacturing section. The hub also lists every manufacturing industry we write for.
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.