Manufacturing · Electronics & Embedded Systems
Buyers send Gerbers to five board houses and pick the one that quotes first.
PCB manufacturing starts when a design engineer has a finished layout and wants it made. They look at layer count, copper weight, minimum track and spacing, surface finish and lead time, and they compare. Many send the same Gerber set to several fabricators on the same day.
Scope, fee, reporting and term are agreed in writing after we have read your brief and spoken to you.
In one paragraph
PCB manufacturing is the fabrication of bare printed circuit boards from a customer's Gerber files, in single, double or multilayer builds. GullySales gets your capability in front of the design engineers who search for it and turns each file they send into a quoted, followed-up order.
The board house that wins is rarely the cheapest by a wide margin. It is the one that came back with a clear quote and a design-for-manufacture note on the first reply.
Last updated 16 Oct 2026.
Who it is for
This is written for you if PCB manufacturing is what you make or sell.
- Single and double-sided board fabricators serving prototypes and small batches
- Multilayer board shops selling to OEMs and contract assemblers
- Metal-core and flexible board makers with a narrower customer base
- Quick-turn prototype shops that depend on engineers and start-ups
Not for
It is not the right fit if.
- A shop that cannot quote from a Gerber set without a long back-and-forth
- A fabricator who sells only through one agent and does not want direct customers
How buyers choose
What decides the sale of PCB manufacturing.
Layer count, finish and the stack-up
The buyer's specification names layers, copper thickness, surface finish and material grade. A capability page that lists these in a plain table gets matched against the order.
Gerber upload and a design-rule check
The buyer expects to send a file and get a clear answer on what is feasible. A reply that flags a spacing issue earns more trust than a bare price.
Electrical test and quality documents
OEMs ask whether every board is electrically tested and what report comes with the lot.
Prototype first, volume later
The buyer places a small prototype lot before a production order. How you treat the prototype decides the next order.
Where orders are lost
What usually goes wrong when you sell PCB manufacturing.
In the words owners use on the first call.
“They ask for a quote and we answer a day later”
A board buyer who has sent the same files to four shops treats the first reply as the front-runner.
“Everyone compares us on price per square inch”
When the only thing a buyer sees is a rate card, price is the only thing they compare. Show your range and what you flag in a design.
“Our prototype customers never come back with volume”
The prototype goes out and no one asks how the board performed. The volume order goes to whoever phoned.
“Our enquiries are for things we do not make”
Buyers send flexible or high-density boards that your line cannot handle, because the site never said what it does not do.
The scope
The work we would propose for PCB manufacturing.
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 capability table that a design engineer can checkLayers, base materials, finishes, minimum features and board sizes on one page, plus a statement of what you do not make.
- A file-upload quotation formTakes the Gerber set, layer count, quantity and required date in one step.
- A fast first-reply routineEach file gets an owner and a first reply, even if the full quote follows. The target is agreed in writing after we talk.
- Prototype-to-volume follow-upA call after each prototype lot: did the board work, what changes next, when is the volume order.
- Listings on trade directoriesYour IndiaMART and TradeIndia entries rewritten with real specifications. Whether other platforms suit you is confirmed in the first conversation.
What we do
What you get for PCB manufacturing.
Each deliverable and what it is there to change.
A board capability page and table
Replaces the machine list with the numbers an engineer needs to decide.
A Gerber-upload quotation form
Cuts the back-and-forth over missing details.
A design-for-manufacture note template
A short, standard note that goes out with the quote and shows you have read the file.
A prototype follow-up routine
Turns a single prototype lot into a conversation about the production run.
Rewritten marketplace listings
Specifications in place of general claims, so the right enquiries arrive.
How the result is measured
- Qualified Gerber enquiries
- Quotations sent
- Time to first reply
- Prototype lots won
- Prototype to production conversions
- Repeat orders
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.
- Your process capability sheet, even a rough one
- Your last ten quotations and which won
- Photographs of the plating, drilling and test areas
- A list of customers who bought a prototype and a production lot
- Your IndiaMART or TradeIndia listing
Export and new regions
Selling PCB manufacturing 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.
Small overseas buyers and traders
Overseas orders often come as prototype lots from design houses and importers. Your existing export customers show which countries to look at.
Compliance paperwork
Buyers abroad may ask about material and restricted-substance declarations. Check with your adviser and the buyer which apply.
Freight and samples
Quote clearly what is included: tooling, test, packing and shipping terms, so the buyer can compare.
FAQ
Questions about selling PCB manufacturing.
Not here? More answers, or ask on WhatsApp.
How do I get more PCB enquiries from engineers?
Is IndiaMART worth it for a PCB maker?
Should we say what boards we do not make?
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.