Manufacturing · Electronics & Embedded Systems
Clients ask what the firmware does, and your site only shows a photograph of a board.
A product company with an idea, or an OEM with a failing legacy controller, looks for an embedded partner who can take it from a requirement to a working unit. They compare firms on past designs, the microcontroller families they know and whether the same firm can also build the first fifty units.
Scope, fee, reporting and term are agreed in writing after we have read your brief and spoken to you.
In one paragraph
Embedded systems work is the design of a microcontroller-based product together with the firmware that runs it, often followed by a small production run. GullySales describes that work in the terms an engineering head searches for and keeps each enquiry, review call and proposal moving.
Embedded work is sold on trust in the engineer's judgement. A site with a generic line about innovation gives the buyer nothing to judge. A site that names the protocols, the real-time constraints and the kinds of product you have shipped gives them something to forward to their director.
Last updated 16 Oct 2026.
Who it is for
This is written for you if embedded systems is what you make or sell.
- Embedded design houses taking projects from specification to prototype
- Firmware teams working on motor control, metering or communication products
- Product engineering firms that design and also assemble the first batch
- Small studios that serve start-ups building their first hardware product
Not for
It is not the right fit if.
- A freelancer who wants one project a year and has no wish to build a pipeline
- A firm that cannot show any past work, even described without the client's name
How buyers choose
What decides the sale of embedded systems.
A requirement document or a rough brief
The buyer sends a short specification, sometimes a single page, and asks for an estimate. Early replies that ask good questions about inputs, power, communication and environment win the second meeting.
A technical review call with the buyer's engineer
The buyer's own engineering head tests you on architecture, toolchain, code ownership and how you handle a field failure.
Who owns the source code and the design files
Ownership, escrow and handover terms are decided before work starts. Buyers look for a clear answer on this in the first proposal.
A proof of concept before the full project
A small paid study or a working bench prototype is how most buyers take the first step.
Where orders are lost
What usually goes wrong when you sell embedded systems.
In the words owners use on the first call.
“We win on one call and then lose the proposal”
The estimate goes out as a long document and the buyer reads only the price. There is no follow-up call to explain scope and assumptions.
“Clients think we only write code”
Without a page that shows hardware design, testing and production support, the buyer assumes they need three vendors.
“Our best projects are under NDA”
So the site shows nothing, and the buyer has no way to judge what you have done.
“Start-ups come, ask for a quote and vanish”
Early-stage buyers compare quickly and decide on who replied and who explained. Silence for a day is a no.
The scope
The work we would propose for embedded systems.
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 product family you designMotor controllers, energy meters, wireless nodes and display units each get a page naming the microcontroller families, interfaces and test method.
- Project write-ups that respect the NDAAnonymised design stories: the problem, the constraint, the approach, written without naming the client.
- A proposal template with scope and assumptionsA clear layout with a summary page on top, and a call to walk the buyer through it after it goes out.
- LinkedIn outreach to product heads and CTOsShort, specific messages to product companies and OEMs with a clear need for embedded work.
A discovery brief for new enquiries
A short set of questions on inputs, outputs, power, communication, environment and volume, so the first call starts at the right depth.
What we do
What you get for embedded systems.
Each deliverable and what it is there to change.
A product-family page for each class of design
Gives an engineer searching for a protocol or a controller family a page that answers them.
Two or three anonymised design stories
Lets a buyer see how you think without exposing a client.
A discovery brief form
Collects the information you need before the estimate, and shortens the first call.
A proposal follow-up call script
Walks the buyer through scope, assumptions and exclusions so the price is read in context.
How the result is measured
- Qualified design enquiries
- Proposals sent
- Proposal follow-up completed
- Proof-of-concept projects won
- Repeat and extension projects
- Discovery briefs received complete
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.
- A list of the microcontroller families and protocols you work with
- Short descriptions of past projects, with client names removed
- Your usual proposal and how long estimates take to go out
- The last few enquiries you won and lost
- Your terms on source code and design file ownership
Export and new regions
Selling embedded systems 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 product companies
Start-ups and small OEMs abroad look for an Indian design partner when their own engineering team is stretched. Your existing overseas clients, if any, show where to start.
Intellectual property and contracts
Foreign buyers read terms carefully. Have your standard ownership and confidentiality positions written down; the buyer's lawyers will want them.
Working across time zones
Fix a reply window for each region. A technical question answered inside the buyer's working day counts for a lot.
FAQ
Questions about selling embedded systems.
Not here? More answers, or ask on WhatsApp.
How do embedded design firms get new clients?
Can we show our work if clients have signed an NDA?
Should we list the microcontrollers we work with?
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?
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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.