Marketplace platforms · Digital marketing
Plan search, ads, social and messages as one system that fills a locality.
Digital marketing for a marketplace brings together search, paid ads, social media, email and messaging to reach providers and buyers in the right order. GullySales sets the order by locality, so spend meets supply that is already there.
Scope, fee, reporting and term are agreed in writing after we have read your brief and spoken to you.

What digital marketing means
Digital marketing is the combined work of search, social media, advertising and website channels running together rather than as separate projects with separate people. GullySales runs these as one connected system so a change in one channel, such as a new offer, is reflected everywhere at once.
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Sales and marketing for marketplace platforms, the overview.
Last updated 18 Oct 2026.
For marketplace platforms
Where it usually goes wrong, and what we would do.
“Channels should follow the stage of the locality”
A new locality needs providers first, so the effort goes to field work, calls and trade groups. A locality with supply needs buyers, so search and local ads take over. Running every channel at once wastes spend on one side while the other is still empty.
“Acquisition cost differs for each side”
A buyer from an ad and a provider from a field visit cost different amounts and bring different value. Comparing them under one cost figure misleads. Track each side separately, and compare cost against first transactions rather than sign-ups.
“Brand and performance both matter”
A new platform asks strangers to trust it with money and access to their home or shop. Ads for a booking work better where the name is already known from local groups, reviews and word of mouth. Brand effort and direct response effort support each other.
“Measurement should reach the booking”
Clicks and installs are early signals. A marketing report that stops there cannot tell you which campaign brought a booking. Connecting ad sources to registration and first booking is the base of every budget decision.
What we do
What we deliver for marketplace platforms.
Every deliverable, what it covers for you, and the result it is there to produce. Nothing here is an extra.
A locality-by-locality channel plan
A plan stating, for each locality, which side is being built and which channels carry the effort.
Result: A plan table showing the side and channels per locality.
Campaign structure for two sides
Separate campaigns, audiences and messages for providers and buyers, with its own budget and measure.
Result: A campaign list with a budget line and a measure for each side.
Tracking from click to booking
Links, codes and events set so each registration and booking can be traced to its source.
Result: A report of bookings by campaign.
A budget rule tied to supply
A rule that releases buyer spend in a locality only when enough providers there are active.
Result: A written threshold agreed before buyer ads start.
A learning log
A record of what was tried in each locality, what happened and what changed, kept for the next launch.
Result: A log the team reads before opening a new locality.
How the result is measured
- Enquiries across channels
- Cost per enquiry overall
- Channel mix by contribution
Recorded as a baseline before work starts, so every later report has an honest comparison.
Who it is for
This is written for these marketplace platforms.
- Home and local services marketplaces
- B2B sourcing and trade marketplaces
- Freelancer and professional talent marketplaces
- Rental and equipment-sharing platforms
- Tutor, coach and course marketplaces
- Used goods and vehicle marketplaces
- Farm produce and agri input marketplaces
- Event, wedding and vendor discovery platforms
How it works
How the digital 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
Understand the objective
We agree the one thing this campaign needs to achieve before choosing any channel.
- 2
Audit available channels
We assess which channels are realistic to run well within the budget and timeline.
- 3
Strategise the central idea
One message and offer is developed that will work across every planned channel.
- 4
Implement across channels
Each channel receives its own adapted version, launched on a shared timeline.
- 5
Measure as one campaign
Results from every channel are combined into a single report against the original objective.
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.
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.
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.
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.
FAQ
Questions owners ask before they call.
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Where should a marketplace start?
How do we compare channels fairly?
How much does it cost?
How long is the contract?
How soon will we see results?
Who will actually do the work?
What do you need from us?
What if we are not happy with the work?
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