Manufacturing · Forging & Metal Forming
Our hammer and press run full, and the three customers behind them decide our year.
A hot forging shop is judged on press tonnage, billet size and the heat treatment that follows. Buyers send a drawing and a weight, and want to know quickly whether your presses and furnaces can handle it.
Scope, fee, reporting and term are agreed in writing after we have read your brief and spoken to you.
In one paragraph
Hot forging means heating steel or alloy billets until they are plastic, then pressing or hammering them into shape in dies, giving strong parts such as shafts, gear blanks, flanges and connecting rods. GullySales helps hot forgers show their press range, materials and finishing to buyers who specify forged parts and compare shops by capacity and certificate.
Most orders in this work come from a small set of OEMs and tier-one firms, and the shop learns a customer is leaving only when the schedule drops.
Last updated 16 Oct 2026.
Who it is for
This is written for you if hot forging is what you make or sell.
- Hammer and press forging shops supplying automotive, tractor and bearing buyers
- Open-die forgers making large shafts and rings
- Closed-die shops with in-house die sinking or a dependable die partner
- Forging units with heat treatment and machining attached
Not for
It is not the right fit if.
- A shop that cannot trace its steel back to a mill certificate
- A forger that wants to sell machined assemblies without machining capacity
How buyers choose
What decides the sale of hot forging.
Press tonnage and billet size
The engineer checks the part weight and whether it fits your range. A clear list of presses and the heaviest forging made removes the guesswork.
Steel grade and mill certificate
Carbon, alloy and micro-alloyed steels are named on the drawing, and the buyer asks for traceability from billet to forging.
Die cost and die life
A closed die is a substantial cost. Buyers want to know who owns it, how long it lasts and who repairs it.
Heat treatment and hardness
Normalising, quenching and tempering, and hardness checks, are asked for by drawing. Who does what, and where, should be written in the quotation.
Where orders are lost
What usually goes wrong when you sell hot forging.
In the words owners use on the first call.
“We depend on one tractor maker”
A model change at that customer cuts our schedule. We have no list of other buyers for the same press range.
“Buyers ask for a price per kilogram and nothing else”
The quotation is compared on rate. Traceability, rejection history and delivery never enter the comparison.
“Our die-sinking lead time puts buyers off”
Die making takes time, and the buyer assumes the whole job will. A clear plan for first samples helps.
The scope
The work we would propose for hot forging.
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.
- Press and weight range pageThe presses, billet sizes and heaviest piece made, so engineers can screen on capacity.
- A traceability and heat-treatment statementHow steel is traced from billet to forging, and who heat-treats it.
- Account plans for the main OEM customersFor each large customer: who specifies, who buys, what models are changing.
- A search for other buyers of the same press rangeBearing, gearbox, tractor and pump makers who buy forged blanks and shafts.
- Die-quotation follow-upA call plan on each die quotation with a decision date.
What we do
What you get for hot forging.
Each deliverable and what it is there to change.
A press and range sheet
Presses, billet sizes and materials in one page.
A traceability statement
How each lot is traced, written for a quality manager.
An OEM account plan
Customer by customer, who decides and what changes next.
A buyer list for forged blanks and shafts
Named firms and the part they may need.
How the result is measured
- Quotation requests with drawing and volume
- Die quotations followed up
- Customers beyond the top three
- Sample approvals
- Repeat orders from new customers
- Share of press hours sold ahead
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.
- Press and hammer list with capacities
- Steels forged and the sources for billets
- Heat-treatment arrangements, in-house or outside
- Die list with ownership and repair arrangements
- Last quotations sent and their outcome
Export and new regions
Selling hot forging 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 gear, bearing and machinery makers
Forged blanks and shafts are bought by overseas makers through agents and direct vendor lists. Existing export enquiries show the route you already have.
Material certificates and dimensional reports
Overseas buyers ask for both with the first lot. State what you issue, with the equipment behind it.
Die ownership across borders
Foreign buyers often want to own the die. Agree the terms before the die is made.
FAQ
Questions about selling hot forging.
Not here? More answers, or ask on WhatsApp.
How do we get beyond our two or three customers?
What do buyers check before they send a die order?
Is marketing useful if our forging is sold by weight?
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.