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Keep the member register where every office bearer can read it.

A CRM for a trade association is a single register of members, lapsed members and sponsors, with each contact, payment and conversation recorded. GullySales sets it up so a treasurer or secretary can run it without training, and it stays when the committee changes.

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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 18 Oct 2026.

For trade associations

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

  • “The register lives in one person's phone”

    The treasurer holds the numbers, the receipts and the memory of who paid late. When the committee turns over, the register leaves with the person. A shared sheet that all office bearers can open ends the dependency.

  • “Paid and registered are different columns”

    A shop can be on the list and not have paid. If the register has one status, the committee cannot tell a lapsed member from a new one. Separate fields for joined, paid up and due give the treasurer a true view.

  • “A sponsor's history is lost between years”

    Last year's contact moved to another city, and nobody wrote down what was agreed for the banner. A sponsor record with the person, the offer and the outcome means the next secretary does not begin from nothing.

  • “A simple tool beats a clever one”

    A committee of volunteers will not learn a complex package. A shared sheet or a plain, low-cost CRM that supports mobile use is better than a tool nobody opens. The choice follows how the office bearers already work.

What we do

What we deliver for trade associations.

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

  1. A single register

    Members, lapsed members, new-shop prospects and sponsors in one place, with owner name, phone, lane, trade and status.

    Result: The committee reads the same list on every phone.

  2. Status fields for joined, paid and due

    Separate columns that show who is registered, who has paid and who is due.

    Result: The treasurer can filter the shops that have not paid.

  3. A sponsor record

    Contact, offer made, stall or banner taken, and what the sponsor said, kept per year.

    Result: Next year's caller reads last year's story first.

  4. Access and handover rules

    A note on who may view and who may edit, and the steps to follow when office bearers change.

    Result: A new secretary receives the register on the day of the handover.

  5. A data-care note

    A short list of what the association records about members and who may see it, with consent where it is needed.

    Result: Members know what is kept and why.

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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Who it is for

This is written for these trade associations.

  • Wholesale market traders' associations in one mandi, cloth market or hardware lane
  • Retail shopkeepers' associations for a street, a mall or a main road
  • Dealers' associations for a single product such as tyres, pumps or electricals
  • Street vendor and hawkers' unions that act as a trade body
  • Distributors' and stockists' associations tied to one brand family
  • Taluk and district level associations federated from smaller bodies
  • Associations of chemists, grain merchants or jewellers
  • Bazaar and market welfare committees that collect a regular subscription

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 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.

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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Do we need paid software?
Not necessarily. Committees do well with a shared sheet. We choose the lightest tool that meets the need, and name a paid CRM only if the register has outgrown the sheet.
Who should be allowed to edit the register?
The secretary and the treasurer, with others able to read. Fewer editors mean fewer overwritten rows. We write the rule into the handover note.
Can we import our old receipt books?
Yes, by typing the entries into the sheet once. We help design the columns so that the old and new records line up, and the committee checks the result before the old books are put away.
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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