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Garment manufacturers · Email marketing

The cards from the fair are still in a drawer three weeks later.

Email for a garment unit is how buying agents, merchandisers and brand founders get reached and kept warm between seasons. GullySales runs the outbound sequences to brands that fit you, the fair follow-up, and the capacity note that goes out before the lines go quiet.

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

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What email marketing means

Email marketing is sending planned messages to a list of past and prospective customers who have agreed to hear from you. It suits offers, updates and staying in touch with someone who is not ready to buy yet. GullySales writes and schedules these emails and tracks who opens, clicks and enquires.

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Sales and marketing for garment manufacturers, the overview.

Last updated 5 Oct 2026.

For garment manufacturers

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

  • “The week after a fair decides what the fair was worth”

    Everybody met at the stall stays warm for about ten days. Costings and samples sent inside that window turn cards into programmes.

  • “A capacity note is the easiest email a factory can send”

    Telling buyers which weeks you have open, with lead times, is useful information rather than a pitch. It fills the gap between seasons.

  • “Merchandisers move and take your relationship with them”

    The person who placed orders with you last year is at another brand now. A list built on people rather than companies follows them there.

What we do

What we deliver for garment manufacturers.

Every deliverable, what it covers for you, and the result it is there to produce. Nothing here is an extra.

  1. An outbound sequence to brands that fit you

    A researched list of D2C labels, retailers and exporters matched to your products and minimums, with a short sequence naming their own product.

    Result: New buyers reply instead of ignoring a brochure.

  2. Fair follow-up sent inside ten days

    Every stall visitor recorded with what they asked for, and the costing, sample note or profile sent while the conversation is fresh.

    Result: The fair produces programmes rather than cards.

  3. A capacity note before the quiet months

    A short message to agents and buyers naming the weeks you have open, the products and the lead time.

    Result: Lines get booked before they go idle.

  4. Agent and merchandiser contacts kept current

    A list built on named people with their brand, category and last conversation, updated when somebody changes jobs.

    Result: You keep the relationship when the person moves.

  5. Deliverability and reporting sorted out

    Sending from your own domain with the records set up properly, unsubscribes honoured, and replies and samples traced to email against the starting baseline.

    Result: Your messages reach inboxes and you can count them.

How the result is measured

  • Open rate
  • Click rate
  • Enquiries from email

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

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What must be in place first

What a garment unit needs in place before it emails buyers and brands.

A buyer list built by hand
Find merchandisers, sourcing heads and D2C founders whose products match what you make, from trade fair catalogues, brand websites and LinkedIn. Note the category, the target price point and where you found the contact.
A capacity sheet that is current
State what you make, the number of lines and machines, the minimum order per style, the fabrics you handle and the months you have space. Update it before every send, since a buyer will plan around it.
Compliance and audit papers as files
Keep your factory registration, GST details, social compliance audits and certifications you really hold in files that open without a login. A brand's sourcing team asks for them in the first reply.
Sample images that load on a phone
Send three or four clear photographs of finished garments with fabric, GSM and fit notes, not a catalogue of large files. Name the files by style so a buyer can refer to them.
A sender who is the merchandising head
Send from a named person and route replies to the person who can quote a sample. Cold mail to buyers is allowed with an honest sender and an opt-out, and it needs a real person behind it.

Who it is for

This is written for these garment manufacturers.

  • Knitwear and T-shirt manufacturers
  • Woven shirt and trouser manufacturers
  • Women's ethnic wear manufacturers
  • Kids' wear manufacturers
  • Export-oriented garment units
  • Private label and contract manufacturers for D2C brands
  • Corporate, promotional and uniform garment makers
  • Activewear and athleisure manufacturers
  • Job work and CMT units

Not for

It is not the right fit if.

  • You want a guaranteed Google ranking or a guaranteed number of leads. Nobody honest can promise either.
  • You need enquiries by next week and have nobody to answer them.
  • You want posts and reach reported, not enquiries and orders.

How it works

From your first message to the first report.

No open-ended retainer. Every step gives you something in writing.

  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. Before work starts

    Baseline recorded

    Enquiries by source, reply time, conversion and cost per order, written down so every later report has an honest comparison.

  4. 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 reply time, a follow-up sequence, the page buyers land on or the handover between marketing and sales.

  5. 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.

  6. 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.

How the email marketing work runs

  1. 1

    Understand your list

    We review who is on the list, how they got there, and how long it has been since they last heard from you.

  2. 2

    Audit past sends

    We check open and click rates from past emails to see what has and has not worked.

  3. 3

    Segment and plan

    The list is split into meaningful groups and a sending calendar is agreed.

  4. 4

    Implement content and automation

    Emails are written, scheduled and, where useful, set to trigger automatically based on behaviour.

  5. 5

    Measure and optimise

    We track performance and adjust subject lines, timing and content based on what the list responds to.

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.

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.

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FAQ

Questions owners ask before they call.

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Does cold email work for a garment unit?
When it is specific, yes. A note naming the brand's own product, your minimum and your sampling time gets replies. A general introduction with a brochure attached does not, and that is what most units send.
How often should we write to buyers between orders?
Rarely, and with something useful. A capacity note before a slow month, a fabric or lead time update, and a line when you add a machine. Anything beyond that and merchandisers stop opening.
Is it fine to cold email a brand we found on Instagram?
Yes, once, as a business to a business contact, with a clear subject, an honest sender and an opt-out. Mention a product of theirs you can make. Do not send bulk mail to every address you find. A follow-up call helps more.
What do we send a buyer between seasons?
Send a short note about a new fabric, a sample you have made or a window in capacity. Do not send a general newsletter. A buyer with no plan to order will ignore a mail that has no reason to exist.
How do we find buyers without going through a middleman?
Be findable and reach out directly. A capability profile and product pages let brands find you, and a researched list of brands that match your product lets you contact them first.
Is IndiaMART worth it for a garment unit?
It can be, if enquiries are screened quickly. Asking for the piece count and delivery month at first contact separates real buyers from price shoppers. Your merchandisers then spend their day on the right ones.
How much does it cost?
There is no price list, because the work differs by business. The fee is scoped after we have read your brief and spoken to you, and put in writing before anything starts, split into our time, your media spend and production.
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.

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