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Coffee roasters and tea traders · WhatsApp marketing

Run price lists, samples and reorders on the app your buyers already answer.

WhatsApp marketing for a roaster or tea trader is the use of chat for price lists, sample requests, reorders and delivery news. GullySales works on the catalogue, the replies and the lists that keep it respectful.

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Scope, fee, reporting and term are agreed in writing after we have read your brief and spoken to you.

Coffee beans, a press and cups arranged for a product presentation

What WhatsApp marketing means

WhatsApp marketing is sending updates, offers and reminders to customers on the app most Indian buyers already check daily. GullySales sets up business WhatsApp, writes the message templates and keeps the list consented and current.

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Sales and marketing for coffee roasters and tea traders, the overview.

Last updated 22 Oct 2026.

For coffee roasters and tea traders

Where it usually goes wrong, and what we would do.

  • “The price list lives in a forwarded image”

    A rate card forwarded three times is out of date by the time the cafe owner reads it. A catalogue with current packs and prices stays correct. Keep one catalogue in the business app with pack sizes, grinds, prices and dates, and share the link in place of the picture.

  • “Reorders arrive as voice notes”

    A busy cafe owner sends a voice note at six in the morning. A routine that logs it, confirms it and schedules the delivery avoids a miss. A routine of reading the voice note, typing the order back, confirming the delivery day and logging it in the sheet stops a pack of the wrong grind from going out.

  • “Broadcast lists can annoy buyers”

    Sending every update to every contact trains buyers to mute you. Separate lists for trade, homes and gifts keep messages relevant. Hotel and office buyers need invoices and delivery news, cafes need stock alerts, and homes need new lots; one list for each keeps every message relevant.

  • “Permission matters”

    Contacts should agree to receive your messages. Check the platform's current rules before sending bulk messages. Add a contact to a list only after they agree, record when and how, and make leaving as easy as joining.

What we do

What we deliver for coffee roasters and tea traders.

The work available for this need. We agree the deliverables and responsibilities for your engagement in writing.

  1. A business catalogue

    Packs, grinds and prices set up in the business app with clear photographs.

    Result: A buyer sees what you sell inside the chat.

  2. Saved replies

    Standard answers for price, delivery, sample requests and invoices.

    Result: Routine questions get a prompt, consistent answer.

  3. Separate lists by buyer type

    Trade, homes and gift lists, each with its own message style.

    Result: Buyers receive only what suits them.

  4. A reorder reminder message

    A polite note before a buyer's regular reorder time.

    Result: Reorders arrive before stock ends.

  5. An opt-in routine

    A simple way to ask for permission and record it.

    Result: Your list contains people who want to hear from you.

How the result is measured

  • Messages delivered
  • Reply rate
  • Enquiries from WhatsApp

Recorded as a baseline before work starts, so every later report has an honest comparison.

Read the full WhatsApp marketing and automation page

What to capture or send

The messages a roaster or tea seller should have ready on a business number.

Price list as text with pack sizes
Send the list as typed lines rather than a forwarded image, so a buyer can search and quote it. Include the roast and grind for each coffee.
Reorder reminder
A short message to a cafe at the point they run short, naming the blend and the last quantity. It reaches them before a rival's message.
Sample dispatch note
Tell the buyer the box has left, what is in it and how to taste. Ask when they will try it, so the call has a time.
Voice note order confirmation
When a buyer orders by voice note, reply in text with the blend, quantity and date. It turns a spoken order into a record.
Festive hamper offer
Send to buyers who agreed, with the box photograph, the last date to order and how to pay. Do not send to numbers that never opted in.

Who it is for

This is written for these coffee roasters and tea traders.

  • Specialty coffee roasters selling whole beans to cafes and homes
  • Filter coffee roasters and chicory blenders supplying restaurants, hotels and households
  • Estate and plantation roasters selling their own Chikmagalur, Coorg, Wayanad or Araku beans
  • CTC and orthodox tea blenders and packers selling to retailers
  • Tea traders buying at the Kolkata, Guwahati, Coonoor or Kochi auctions for resale
  • Loose leaf and gourmet tea sellers for gifting and subscriptions
  • Green tea, masala chai and instant premix makers for offices and vending
  • Bulk suppliers of coffee and tea to hotels, caterers and institutional kitchens
  • Exporters of Indian coffee and tea to overseas importers

Not for

It is not the right fit if.

  • Your contact list is a mix of friends, family and buyers, and no one has sorted who agreed to receive offers
  • Orders arrive as voice notes at all hours and no one is assigned to turn them into a record, so more messages would add to the confusion

Before you decide

Agree the work. Know how to judge it.

WhatsApp marketing for coffee roasters and tea traders: use these checks to prepare, choose the scope, and review what changes.

Bring the right evidence

Describe how the contact list was collected, what people asked to receive, and which messages are currently sent. Include opt-outs and replies when reviewing campaign performance.

Make the scope clear

Agree the audience, message purpose, sending system, and response owner. Separate promotional communication from order or service updates, and check current platform requirements before launch.

Check the work in use

Test the message with a small appropriate audience before wider use. Check links, reply handling, opt-outs, and whether the response leads to a relevant conversation or order.

Know when to change course

Do not use an unexplained contact list as a shortcut to demand. If recipients do not expect the message, resolve the permission and relevance questions before sending.

These are discussion points, not a fixed package. GullySales confirms the deliverables, responsibilities, fee, and term in writing after reading your brief and speaking with you.

How it works

How the whatsapp marketing work runs

The work itself, in order. How an engagement starts, from your brief to a written scope, is set out on our method page.

  1. 1

    Conversation review and priorities

    You share relevant chats and explain where enquiries stall. We agree which questions belong in the first scope and record the available baseline before changes begin.

  2. 2

    App or API decision

    We compare your reply needs with the current setup. You approve the route, including any separate API setup work, before committing to provider costs.

  3. 3

    Contact and content approval

    Your team confirms which contacts have permission and approves the replies. Clinics and other regulated organisations arrange their own compliance review before messages are used.

  4. 4

    Routing and record agreement

    The person responsible for sales confirms ownership rules and required CRM fields. We identify any wider CRM work that needs a separate scope.

  5. 5

    Testing and release approval

    Test conversations check the reply path and human takeover. You approve release after reviewing the messages and sample records.

  6. 6

    Outcome review and changes

    We review unanswered questions and recorded outcomes against the baseline at the agreed reporting points. Changes to replies or routing return to your nominated approver.

Where this fits

Three pieces of sales work, in this order.

This work sits inside sales process design, at stage 0, foundation. The audit comes before it, and sales management keeps it running.

  1. Step 1

    Sales audit

    Find where deals are being lost and what to fix first.

    Start here if you cannot say where orders are lost.

  2. Step 2 · you are here

    Sales process design

    One written way to sell, from first enquiry to repeat order.

    Start here if every salesperson sells differently.

  3. Step 3

    Sales management

    A target, a review routine and someone who owns the number.

    Start here if the team has targets and no routine.

Tell us what you need Your brief is read before we call. Scope, fee and term in writing.

FAQ

Questions owners ask before they call.

Not here? More answers, or ask on WhatsApp.

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Can I send offers to all my contacts?
Only to those who agreed. Check the platform's current rules and keep the messages useful. Send offers only to people who have said yes, and keep each offer specific, such as a new lot or a festive hamper date.
Do I need the paid API?
Not at the start. The business app handles catalogue and replies for a small roaster, and we advise when the API makes sense. The business app covers a catalogue and saved replies for a small roaster; the API is for a larger team that needs several agents on one number.
Who should reply to chats?
One named person on each shift, using the saved replies, so buyers are not left waiting. Fix a rota so someone covers early mornings and evenings, when cafe and home orders come in.
Should we send tea and coffee offers on the same list?
Keep them separate. A cafe buying beans may not care about tea hampers, and a gifting buyer may not want a trade price list. Separate lists by buyer type mean each message is relevant, and fewer people ask to stop.
How long is the contract?
The term is agreed in writing after we have spoken, along with the fee and the reporting. It is never a default twelve months, and renewal is decided on the numbers against the baseline recorded at the start.
How soon will we see results?
It depends on the trade, the channel and what is already in place. After we have read your brief and spoken to you, we say what we would expect to move first and how it will be measured against the baseline. Nothing here is guaranteed.
Who will actually do the work?
The person you speak to before anything starts. We work from one office in Nagarbhavi, Bengaluru, with no account managers in between.
What do you need from us?
Your brief, and a conversation. After that, access to whatever this work touches, such as your website, your accounts or your enquiry record, and time with the people who handle your enquiries.
What if we are not happy with the work?
Tell us and the plan changes. Everything is reported against the baseline, so a number that is not moving is visible to both sides. The term is in your written scope, and the refund and cancellation policy sets out the rest.

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