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Keep every tech pack, costing and sample on one record per buyer.

A CRM for a garment unit is the single record of each buyer, the styles they sent, the costings quoted, the samples dispatched and what was said at each stage. GullySales sets up the stages, the fields and the habits so that the record is filled in by the merchandisers and read by the owner.

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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 CRM means

A CRM is the record where every enquiry, call and quote is kept against a customer, replacing separate notebooks, spreadsheets and memory. GullySales sets up or cleans an existing CRM and reports from it by enquiry outcome rather than by activity logged.

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Last updated 5 Oct 2026.

For garment manufacturers

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

  • “The costing lives in one inbox and the sample in another”

    The merchandiser mails the costing, the sampling head tracks the sample in a notebook and the owner remembers the buyer's last remark. When the merchandiser leaves, the history leaves too. One record per buyer holds all three.

  • “A buyer is a company with several styles”

    A brand sends a polo this season and a kurta next season. A list of leads cannot show that. The record needs the buyer at the top and each style, costing and sample underneath it, so a repeat order is found in seconds.

  • “Lost samples teach nothing unless the reason is written”

    A sample goes out, silence follows and the file closes. Price, lead time, fit or fabric each need a different fix. A required field for the reason, filled when the sample is closed, turns lost work into a pattern.

  • “The owner's phone is the real database”

    Large buyers hold the owner's number and ring it directly. A CRM only works when those calls are noted after the fact, so the team knows what was promised and the owner stops carrying every deal in memory.

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. Stages that match how a unit sells

    Enquiry, tech pack received, costing sent, sample requested, sample dispatched, sample approved, order placed and repeat, set up in a tool such as Zoho CRM, HubSpot or a well-built sheet.

    Result: Every open buyer sits at a clear stage.

  2. Fields for style, quantity and fabric

    Style name, product type, quantity asked, target price, fabric and trim details and the buyer's delivery month, held on each costing.

    Result: A repeat order can be costed from the old record.

  3. A follow-up date at every stage

    A next action and a date attached to each costing and sample, with the owner of the task named.

    Result: No costing is left waiting without someone assigned.

  4. A reason field for closed samples

    A short list of reasons, such as price, delay, fit or no reply, chosen when a sample is closed lost.

    Result: You can see what loses your samples.

  5. Import of past buyers and a short team briefing

    Existing buyers from contact lists, mail and order files brought into the tool, followed by a session with the merchandisers on how to fill it.

    Result: The tool starts with real buyers and a team that uses it.

How the result is measured

  • Enquiries logged in the CRM
  • Data completeness
  • Reports generated from CRM data

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

Read the full CRM implementation and customisation page

Fields worth keeping

Fields a garment unit's buyer record should hold.

Style and product type
Entered by the merchandiser from the tech pack. It lets you see which products a buyer asks for and which your lines suit.
Quantity per style and colour
Taken from the enquiry. Compared with your minimum, it shows at once whether the order can be accepted or needs a conversation.
Fabric and GSM requested
Filled by whoever costs the pack. If the buyer asks for a fabric you do not source, the record shows the gap before time is spent.
Sample stage and date shipped
Updated when the sample leaves. The follow-up date sits next to it, so the quiet period after shipping is not missed.
Reason a sample closed
Written by the owner when a buyer drops out: price, fabric, delay or fit. A list of reasons shows what to fix.

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.

  • The merchandisers keep all the buyer details in their own phones and will not share them, so a record would start empty.
  • You send only a handful of costings in a season, and a simple sheet would hold them with no new tool to learn.
  • No one has agreed who closes a sample record, so entries would remain open long after the buyer has gone.

How it works

How the CRM 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

    Map the sales process

    We sit with the people who sell and write down how a deal moves from enquiry to payment, including where it stalls.

  2. 2

    Agree stages, fields and owners

    Each stage gets a name your team already uses and a proof that the deal has left it. We agree which fields are required at which stage, and who may change what.

  3. 3

    Build on a copy

    Pipeline, fields and views are built on a trial copy where the CRM offers one, or in a separate pipeline where the plan allows. Live work stays untouched.

  4. 4

    Connect channels, then switch on automations

    Channels are connected first. Each automation is then switched on separately, so a misfiring rule is easy to find.

  5. 5

    Test with real deals

    The people who will use the CRM run open deals through it. Gaps are fixed before the whole team switches over.

  6. 6

    Switch over and trim

    Once real use shows which fields stay empty and which stages nobody uses, those are cut and the handover record is updated.

Where this fits

Three pieces of sales work, in this order.

This work sits inside sales management. A target, a review routine and someone who owns the number.

  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

    Sales process design

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

    Start here if every salesperson sells differently.

  3. Step 3 · you are here

    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.

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Is a spreadsheet enough for a small unit?
A sheet works while one person handles every buyer. It breaks when two merchandisers update the same file or when the owner wants a view of stuck samples. A CRM costs more effort to set up and saves it when the team grows.
Our merchandisers will not fill it in. What then?
Keep the entry short and make the CRM the only place the owner looks at for review. If the Monday sample review runs from the tool, the team fills it in. If it runs from memory, they will not.
Can the CRM connect to IndiaMART enquiries?
IndiaMART offers its own lead manager and connections to common CRM tools. Check the current options for your plan. Whatever the route, enquiries should land in the same record as every other buyer and not stay in a separate app.
How do we keep a buyer's design details safe in a CRM?
Store the style names and sample status, but keep tech packs in a restricted folder and link to them. Many buyers expect their designs to stay private. Limit who can open the files, and remove a former merchandiser's access the day they leave.
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.
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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