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Reply to the salon owner who asked for the professional range price.

Lead generation for a personal care brand means collecting the enquiries that turn into stockists and orders: distributors, chemists, salons, private label buyers and hotel purchase managers, along with a shopper's trial request. GullySales builds the route each one arrives by and the follow-up that nobody has time for.

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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 lead generation means

Lead generation is the combined work of every channel that brings in a new enquiry, whether from search, adverts, referrals or a stall at an exhibition. GullySales runs these channels together and reports the number of enquiries each one produced, not the activity behind it.

Also for personal care brands

Sales and marketing for personal care brands, the overview.

Last updated 6 Oct 2026.

For personal care brands

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

  • “The trade enquiry sits in the shopper inbox”

    A distributor asking about open districts lands beside order tracking questions and gets an automatic reply about delivery.

  • “A sample goes out and nobody follows it”

    The salon owner received a trial pack in March. Nobody rang to ask what she thought, and she went on using her old brand.

  • “The private label buyer asks what you have never written down”

    She wants minimum order, formula options and the licences you hold. Without a sheet, she asks the next manufacturer on her list.

  • “An IndiaMART enquiry goes cold by evening”

    It arrives at five, someone sees it on Monday, and the buyer has already spoken to two other makers.

What we do

What we deliver for personal care brands.

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

  1. A trade enquiry route of its own

    A separate form and address for distributors, stockists and private label buyers, kept out of the shopper queue and answered by a named person.

    Result: Trade buyers stop going quiet because nobody replied.

  2. A distributor and stockist pack

    The range, margin, return terms for near-expiry stock, display help and the districts open, in one document a buyer can show a partner.

    Result: A distributor can decide without three follow-up calls.

  3. A salon professional range sheet

    Back-bar sizes, the salon price list, how the product is used in a service and a trial pack, kept apart from the shopper catalogue.

    Result: A salon owner sees what she can charge and what she will use.

  4. A private label capability sheet

    The products you can make, minimum order, licences held, packing options and what the buyer must supply.

    Result: A brand owner can judge you before she calls.

  5. A sample follow-up routine

    Every trial pack logged with who received it, the date and the person who will ring to ask how it went.

    Result: Samples turn into conversations.

  6. One register for every enquiry

    Source, who asked, which product, what was sent, who replied and what happened, so a slow reply shows up as a lost order.

    Result: You can see what an unanswered enquiry cost.

How the result is measured

  • Enquiries generated
  • Cost per enquiry
  • Enquiries by source

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

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Where enquiries come from

The places a personal care brand's enquiries arrive, and what to record at each.

Distributor enquiry on the website or IndiaMART
Record the district, the brands he already carries and the size of his godown. Reply with the distributor pack and the districts still open, and ask for a call.
Chemist walk-in or a medical representative's visit
Record the shop, the owner and which products were left behind. Return with a margin sheet and a plan to take back near-expiry packs, so the first order carries no risk.
Salon owner on WhatsApp or an Instagram DM
Record the salon, the services it sells and the product asked about. Send the professional range sheet and a trial pack, and note who will ask how it went.
Private label or contract enquiry
Record the product type, the volume expected and the licences needed. Send the capability sheet and ask for the brief in writing before quoting anything.
Hotel or corporate gifting enquiry
Record the quantity, the delivery date and whether a logo or custom pack is wanted. Date and quantity decide if the order is possible, so ask for both before you quote.
Shopper trial pack or sample request
Record the product, the city and where she found you. Follow up once the pack should have arrived, ask if she used it, and offer a reorder link.

Who it is for

This is written for these personal care brands.

  • Soap, bath and body brands
  • Shampoo, conditioner and hair oil brands
  • Face wash, skincare and sunscreen brands
  • Ayurvedic and herbal personal care brands
  • Baby care and mother care brands
  • Men's grooming, beard and shaving brands
  • Handmade and small-batch natural soap makers
  • Private label, salon-professional and hotel amenity makers

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 lead generation work runs

  1. 1

    Understand your capacity

    We agree how many enquiries your sales team can actually handle well, so the system is not built to overwhelm it.

  2. 2

    Audit current sources

    We check what already brings in enquiries today, even informally, before adding anything new.

  3. 3

    Strategise the channel mix

    Content, search and paid channels are chosen based on where your buyers already look.

  4. 4

    Implement capture and follow-up

    Pages, forms and a follow-up process are built and connected end to end.

  5. 5

    Measure and optimise

    We track enquiry volume and quality and adjust the channel mix to match.

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.

Not here? More answers, or ask on WhatsApp.

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Should we buy a list of chemists or salons?
No. A bought list gives you names with no interest and no consent. Build your own from distributor outlet lists, stockist enquiries and field visits, and call the people who asked. Messages to bought contacts can breach consent rules and harm your sender reputation.
The same salon has enquired three times. How do we avoid duplicates?
Keep one register keyed by phone number and check it before logging a new enquiry. Add the new source to the existing record instead of starting another. Three enquiries from one salon show interest, so tell whoever owns that account.
What counts as a qualified lead for us?
Write it down for each channel. A distributor has a godown, delivers in your districts and carries compatible brands. A salon sells services where your product is used. A private label buyer shares a brief and her licence plan. Revise the rule once you see which enquiries become orders.
Do exhibitions and field visits count as leads?
Yes. Put them in the same register, with the event or the beat as the source. Cards collected at a beauty expo are worth nothing if nobody calls. Log them on the day, and decide who calls whom before the stall is booked.
Do we need a licence before we market a soap or a cream?
Cosmetics and Ayurvedic products are both regulated, with rules on licences, labels and claims that differ by product and change over time. Check yours with a regulatory consultant or your contract manufacturer before you print a pack or write a listing. We ask for the licence and test reports at the start, so no copy goes out that the file cannot back.
Should we sell on Nykaa and Amazon before we go to chemists?
Start where your buyer already searches. A hair oil for older buyers moves through chemists and kirana shops, and a serum for younger buyers moves on marketplaces. Pick one channel, let reviews or reorders build, then add the next. Opening everywhere together splits your stock and your attention.
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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