Manufacturing · Industrial Machinery & Equipment
A job-shop owner buying a lathe compares your accuracy claims with three other makers and a used import.
The buyer of a machine tool is a workshop owner, and the machine is how they earn. A new lathe or milling machine decides what jobs they can quote for, so they study it closely: spindle, bed, accuracy, controller, price and how soon it arrives.
Scope, fee, reporting and term are agreed in writing after we have read your brief and spoken to you.
In one paragraph
Machine tools are the lathes, milling machines, drilling machines, grinders and presses that cut or form metal in other workshops. GullySales helps machine tool makers and dealers reach shop owners, answer their enquiries on specification and finance, and follow up after the demonstration.
They also look at the second-hand market and at imports. A maker who ignores that comparison loses to the dealer who brings it up first.
Last updated 16 Oct 2026.
Who it is for
This is written for you if machine tools is what you make or sell.
- Makers of lathes, milling, drilling and grinding machines
- Press brake, shearing and press makers selling to fabricators
- Machine tool dealers carrying more than one brand
- Makers who sell standard models and also retrofit older machines
Not for
It is not the right fit if.
- A maker whose service and spares cover only one city. A workshop in another state will ask who attends a breakdown.
- A dealer with no demonstration machine. The buyer wants to see a cut.
How buyers choose
What decides the sale of machine tools.
Specification and accuracy
Swing, centre distance, spindle bore, spindle speed range, repeatability and the controller fitted. Workshop owners read these against the jobs they take.
The demonstration cut
The buyer brings a component or bar and watches it cut. A demo at your works or a dealer's showroom often decides the order.
Finance and delivery
Most workshops buy with a bank loan or a lease. A proforma invoice and a firm delivery date matter as much as the price.
Spares and service
Belts, bearings, a chuck, a servo drive. The buyer asks how fast these arrive and who fits them.
Where orders are lost
What usually goes wrong when you sell machine tools.
In the words owners use on the first call.
“Buyers say our machine is expensive compared with a used imported one”
A second-hand imported machine comes with no warranty or spares. A page that compares the real total cost, honestly, answers that objection.
“Dealers give a demo and nobody follows up”
The cut is the best moment of the sale and it often ends with a handshake. A call two days later with the finance paperwork keeps it alive.
“Our controller and spindle details are missing from listings”
Workshop owners search by the controller and the spindle size. A listing without them is passed over.
The scope
The work we would propose for machine tools.
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.
- Model pages with a full specification tableA page per model with swing, bed length, spindle details, controller option and a photograph of the machine cutting.
- Demo booking and demo follow-upA form to book a demonstration with the component details, and a follow-up routine for after the cut.
- Dealer enablementA demo kit, a model comparison sheet and a lead report from each dealer.
- Video of machines cuttingA job being turned or milled, with the finish and the time shown. Buyers watch before they visit.
Finance information
A plain page on how buyers usually fund a machine and what paperwork you provide, without naming any lender's terms.
What we do
What you get for machine tools.
Each deliverable and what it is there to change.
A specification page per model
All the numbers a workshop owner reads, in one table. Replaces a scanned catalogue.
A demo booking form
Asks what material and component the buyer will bring. Lets your team prepare the demo.
A post-demo follow-up routine
A call and a proforma invoice within a set sequence you agree. Turns the cut into an order discussion.
A new-versus-used page
A candid comparison of buying new from you and buying a used import. Meets the objection head on.
A dealer lead return
A short form each dealer completes for each enquiry. Shows what happened to every lead.
How the result is measured
- Specification enquiries
- Demos booked and attended
- Follow-up after each demo
- Quotation requests
- Orders and repeat orders
- Dealer leads returned
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.
- Model specifications and brochures
- Videos or photographs of machines cutting
- Dealer names and territories
- The last year's demo requests and their outcomes
- Your finance and proforma paperwork as it stands
Export and new regions
Selling machine tools 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.
Where Indian machine tools sell
Smaller lathes and milling machines go to workshops in South Asia, Africa and the Middle East, usually through a dealer. Your existing export dealers show which models they ask for.
Spares and training
An overseas dealer wants a spares kit, a manual and some operator training. Say what you supply and at whose cost.
FAQ
Questions about selling machine tools.
Not here? More answers, or ask on WhatsApp.
How do I compete with imported machines?
Do online enquiries turn into machine sales?
Should we put prices online?
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.