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Decide which tins lead the shelf and which stay at the back of the catalogue.

Product portfolio marketing for a paint maker is the plan for how the whole range is shown: emulsions, primers, putty, enamels and industrial systems, grouped the way buyers choose. GullySales builds it from your sales records, restructures the catalogue and website around it and briefs dealers on what to stock.

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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 product portfolio marketing means

Product portfolio marketing decides how a whole range is presented: which products lead, which support, how they are grouped and linked, and which stop getting promotion. GullySales builds that plan from your sales records, restructures the catalogue and website around it, and briefs your dealers on the lines to stock.

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Sales and marketing for paint and coating manufacturers, the overview.

Last updated 18 Oct 2026.

For paint and coating manufacturers

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

  • “A long range hides the products that earn”

    A maker with emulsions, putty, primers, waterproofing and wood finishes lists them all with equal weight. The dealer sees a wall of tins and stocks only the ones already familiar. Naming a lead line and a few supporting lines gives the counter a clear first choice.

  • “Decorative and industrial buyers read the range differently”

    A homeowner looks for a room, a finish and a colour. A plant engineer looks for a substrate, an environment and a technical data sheet. One flat product list serves neither. The portfolio plan gives each buyer a route that matches how they search.

  • “The system matters more than the single tin”

    A painter who buys primer from one brand and emulsion from another loses the warranty story. Showing putty, primer and topcoat as one system, with coats and cure time, sells the set and gives the dealer a bundle worth carrying.

  • “Some products only add confusion”

    Old shades, slow variants and near-duplicate pack sizes clutter the catalogue and the shelf. Your records show what turns over. Deciding which lines stop being promoted is a business choice, and the plan lays out the evidence so the decision is yours.

What we do

What we deliver for paint and coating manufacturers.

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

  1. Range review sheet

    Every product listed with enquiries, orders and margin from the records you hold, confirmed by your sales head and accounts team before any ranking.

    Result: Each product has figures from your own records beside it, signed off by your team.

  2. Lead, support and retire map

    Products placed as lead lines, supporting lines, accessories or lines to stop promoting. You make the final call on every retired item.

    Result: Every product has one named role, and no line is dropped without your decision.

  3. Catalogue and website structure

    The order of sections for the printed catalogue and website, with groups that follow how painters, homeowners and plant engineers choose.

    Result: Names and groups match across the catalogue, the site and the dealer price list.

  4. System and bundle sheets

    Putty, primer and topcoat shown as a coating system by surface, with coats and cure time, plus kits your accounts team prices.

    Result: A painter can read which products go together on a given surface.

  5. Dealer stocking brief

    A short note for each dealer type on which lines to stock first and why, based on what sells in their trade.

    Result: A new counter knows what to put on the shelf first.

How the result is measured

  • Enquiries and orders by product group
  • Share of enquiries naming a lead product
  • Kit and bundle orders

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

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Who it is for

This is written for these paint and coating manufacturers.

  • Decorative paint makers selling interior and exterior emulsions, enamels and wood finishes through dealers
  • Wall putty, primer and waterproofing coating makers
  • Industrial paint makers supplying engineering, fabrication and automotive component plants
  • Protective and anti-corrosion coating makers for structures and pipelines
  • Powder coating manufacturers supplying coating shops
  • Floor coating and epoxy system makers for factories and warehouses
  • Wood coating and polish makers selling to furniture units
  • Regional paint brands that supply a few districts through their own dealers

Before you decide

Agree the work. Know how to judge it.

Product portfolio marketing for paint manufacturers: use these checks to prepare, choose the scope, and review what changes.

Bring the right evidence

Bring a recent won order and an enquiry that went nowhere. Trace how each buyer found you, what they asked, and who handled the next step. A channel list alone will not explain the difference.

Make the scope clear

Choose one offer and one buyer group first. Agree which part needs attention: being found, getting a useful enquiry, or turning an enquiry into an order. Separate recommendations from the work required to carry them out.

Check the work in use

A useful plan names the first change, its owner, the evidence behind it, and the number that will show whether it worked. Ask what has deliberately been left out and why.

Know when to change course

If your team cannot answer the enquiries it already receives, improve that handover before buying more traffic. If the offer itself is unclear, test it with buyers before adding channels.

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 product portfolio 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

    Range inventory

    Your team shares the full product list, price list and whatever order, enquiry and margin records exist. We mark gaps and agree who answers questions about each product group.

  2. 2

    Sort and rank

    We sort products by sales, margin and fit with the buyers you want. Your sales head challenges the first sort, because the people who sell the range know what the figures hide.

  3. 3

    Structure and links

    We draft the grouping, the bundles and the cross-links. You approve the names and the order before any page, catalogue or feed changes.

  4. 4

    Channel changes

    The agreed structure goes into the website, the WhatsApp Business catalogue and any marketplace or ad feed. Each change sits under your own login, and you see it before it goes live.

  5. 5

    Dealer and team briefing

    Salespeople and dealers receive the line brief and the cross-link table. A named person on your side keeps them current as products come and go.

  6. 6

    Review and retirement

    We read product-level enquiries and orders against the baseline and review the lines marked to stop. You decide which stay out of promotion and which return.

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.

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Our records are patchy. Can we still do this?
Only as far as the records go. We can rank by enquiries, orders or margin where you hold them, and where you do not, the first step is keeping a simple record. Guesswork on a range plan is expensive on the shelf.
Will you decide which products we stop selling?
No. The map shows the evidence and proposes a role for each product, and you decide. Some products carry a project relationship or a dealer promise that the sales figures do not show.
Does the plan cover both decorative and industrial coatings?
Yes, as separate routes under one structure. The two buyers choose differently, so the website and catalogue give each a path, while the brand name and product names stay consistent.
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.

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