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Record the quality reference and the shade, not just the buyer's company name.

A CRM for a fabric mill holds the quality reference, the GSM and width quoted, the swatch sent, the lab dip approved and the season the buyer last ordered for. GullySales sets those fields, gets the marketing and sampling teams filling them, and makes the reorder date visible instead of remembered.

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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 textile manufacturers

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

  • “The deal is a quality reference, not an account”

    One garment buyer may run three qualities with you at different GSM and shades. Held as a single company row, the record cannot tell you which one is repeating and which was dropped after a season.

  • “Lab dip and approval status is the field everybody forgets”

    Which shade was approved, on which date, against which reference, is the fact the bulk order turns on. Kept only in the dyeing department's register, it is unavailable to the person quoting.

  • “Season is the field that predicts the next order”

    A buyer who ordered for autumn and winter last year will sample for it again. Recording the season alongside the order turns your customer list into a calling list at the right time of year.

What we do

What we deliver for textile manufacturers.

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

  1. Enquiries recorded by quality, GSM and width

    Every enquiry logged with the specification asked for, so the pipeline shows which qualities are drawing demand.

    Result: You know what to keep in greige and what to stop offering.

  2. Swatch and lab dip status inside the sales record

    Swatch dispatched, lab dip submitted and shade approval held against the enquiry, drawn from the sampling department.

    Result: The person on the phone knows where the sample stands.

  3. Season and last order recorded per buyer

    The season each buyer develops for, the quantity taken and the rate agreed, held with the validity of that rate.

    Result: The calling list builds itself before sampling opens.

  4. Merchandiser contacts held beside the company

    Named people in sampling, sourcing and merchandising for each buying house, with their category and a second name against each.

    Result: A change of staff does not cost you the account.

  5. Sample to order conversion reported by quality

    Swatches sent against trial orders won, broken down by fabric type, against the baseline recorded before work began.

    Result: You can see which quality is worth sampling for.

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.

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What to record, and when

What a textile manufacturer should record about every buyer enquiry and quality, and whether software is needed yet.

Composition and certification asked for
Record the fibre blend, count or construction, and any certification the buyer asked for, such as OEKO-TEX or GOTS, and whether you hold it. Saying no early beats losing the order late.
Minimum order and how long the rate holds
Note the MOQ quoted, the rate and the date it is valid to, since yarn and cotton prices move. A rate quoted from memory against an old price is a loss waiting to happen.
Agent and end buyer as two names
Keep the agent who negotiated and the end buyer who pays in separate fields. Agents move between mills, and the end buyer is the account you need to hold on to.
Stage reached: swatch, development, trial or bulk
Mark where each buyer is, in your own words. The dyeing and weaving floors can then plan for what is likely rather than what is merely enquired.
Payment terms and credit asked
Record the credit period asked and agreed, with the buyer's references. A large order on long credit is a risk to see before production starts.
Do you need software yet?
A shared sheet with one row per buyer and quality is enough for a mill with a short buyer list. Use a CRM when agents, merchandisers and the sampling staff all need the same status, or reorder dates are being missed.

Who it is for

This is written for these textile manufacturers.

  • Yarn spinning mills
  • Fabric weaving and processing units
  • Garment fabric manufacturers
  • Home textile manufacturers
  • Technical and industrial textile makers
  • Export-oriented manufacturing units
  • Private label and job-work manufacturers
  • Knitwear and hosiery manufacturers

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 crm work runs

  1. 1

    Map the sales process

    We record how a deal actually moves from enquiry to close in your business today.

  2. 2

    Configure stages and fields

    The CRM's pipeline and fields are built to match that process exactly, not a generic template.

  3. 3

    Set up automations

    Reminders, assignment rules and follow-up triggers are configured so routine steps happen without manual effort.

  4. 4

    Test with real deals

    We run the configuration against actual current deals to catch gaps before the whole team relies on it.

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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Our sampling department keeps its own register. Why change that?
Keep the register, but let the sales record show the status. The person answering a buyer's call needs to know whether the lab dip went out, and walking to the dyeing section for every enquiry is how a reply takes a day it did not need.
What does the owner get out of it?
Three numbers that are otherwise impossible to get: which qualities are being enquired for, how many swatches turn into trial orders, and which buyers have not returned this season. All three come from fields the team is already writing down somewhere.
Buyers send enquiries through agents. How do we record both?
Keep two fields: the agent and the end buyer. Record who negotiated the rate and who actually pays you. When an agent moves to another mill, the end buyer is the account you still hold, so it must be on the record.
Can export documents and test reports go in the CRM?
Keep the documents in a shared folder organised by buyer and order, and record the link and the report date in the CRM. An expired test report is something the record should show, but the file itself belongs in the folder.
Can this work for a job-work or private label manufacturer with no brand of our own?
Yes. The pages are built around the specification and certification you produce, not a consumer brand, so the buyer searching for that fabric type finds the unit directly.
Do you help with export buyer outreach?
We build the specification pages and the outbound list for export houses and brands sourcing your fabric type. The compliance documentation and pricing stay with your export team.
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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