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Agricultural exporters · Lead generation

Find importers abroad who buy your produce, instead of waiting for the next fair.

Lead generation for an agricultural exporter means building a list of importers, distributors and retail buyers who already buy the product from another origin. GullySales works on that list, the first message to each name and the record of who replied.

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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.

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Last updated 18 Oct 2026.

For agricultural exporters

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

  • “The agent holds the only list”

    Plenty of exporters know their importers only through one agent in one country. When the agent changes loyalty or stops answering, the contacts go with them. A list the firm owns, with the buyer, the product they import and the date of each message, removes that dependence.

  • “Fair cards go cold”

    A stack of visiting cards from a fair in Dubai or Cologne is a list of people who walked past every stand. Without a message to each card, naming the product they asked about, the card is a souvenir and not a lead.

  • “Importers search by product and origin”

    A buyer needing Sona Masoori rice or Nashik onions types the variety and the origin into a search or a directory. A name that appears with a grade and a port is shortlisted. A name with only a company profile is skipped.

  • “A price request is not a lead yet”

    A message that asks only for the rate per tonne tells you nothing about volume, port or packing. Treating each one as a hot lead fills the export manager's day with quotes that go nowhere.

What we do

What we deliver for agricultural exporters.

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

  1. A researched importer list

    Importers, wholesalers and supermarket buyers listed by country and product, each with the right contact and what they import today.

    Result: Every name on the list has a product, a country and a contact person.

  2. A first-message set by product

    One opening message for each product, built on what that importer sources, with a specification link and a sample offer.

    Result: The message for a mango importer does not read like the one for a rice importer.

  3. A short qualifying reply

    A reply that asks for volume, destination port, packing and timing before a rate is quoted.

    Result: Price-only senders and real buyers are separated by their answers.

  4. A lead record by stage

    Each importer logged as listed, written to, replied, specification sent, sample sent or trial agreed.

    Result: The export manager can open the record and see where every importer stands.

  5. A source note

    Each enquiry tagged with where it came from: directory, LinkedIn, fair, forwarder or search.

    Result: The routes that bring samples are visible and the ones that bring none can be dropped.

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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What to capture or send

What to record from an importer before a price goes out.

Product, variety and grade wanted
A buyer who writes grapes may mean a table variety or a raisin lot. Record the exact variety and grade so the reply carries the right specification.
Volume per shipment
A container of onions and a trial pallet are different quotes. The figure tells you whether the enquiry is worth a call or a standard reply.
Destination port and country
The port decides freight, transit and the papers needed. Note it on the first message so the price is not recast when it comes up later.
Payment terms the importer expects
An importer who expects open credit and an exporter who wants advance payment need to know early. Record the ask before the quote is drafted.
Where the importer found you
Fair card, search, agent, directory or a referral. The source column shows which route brings real orders and which brings only price requests.
Current supplier or origin
Ask who supplies the importer now. It tells you what you are being compared with and which gap a sample could close.

Who it is for

This is written for these agricultural exporters.

  • Fresh fruit exporters sending grapes, pomegranates, mangoes and bananas
  • Fresh vegetable and onion exporters
  • Basmati and non-basmati rice exporters
  • Spice exporters of chilli, turmeric, cumin and pepper
  • Pulses, oilseeds and groundnut exporters
  • Processed and dehydrated produce exporters
  • Organic and certified produce exporters
  • Merchant exporters sourcing from farmers and packhouses

Not for

It is not the right fit if.

  • Your packhouse can fill only the orders of your existing agent in this season, so new importer leads would be answered with a refusal.
  • Nobody on the team writes a clear reply in English the same day, so importers who write in would wait and move on.
  • You have no sample policy decided, so a promising importer would ask for a sample and meet a delay or a changing answer.

How it works

How the lead generation 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

    Understand your capacity

    We ask how many enquiries your team can answer well, who answers after hours, and what a good enquiry looks like. Without this, the system fills a funnel nobody is watching.

  2. 2

    Audit current sources

    We read your call log, WhatsApp chats, enquiry sheet and platform dashboards. The baseline is recorded: enquiries by source, reply time, conversion and cost per order.

  3. 3

    Strategise the channel mix

    Search and maps are chosen for people ready to buy, ads for people who are not yet looking, and content and referrals for trust.

  4. 4

    Implement capture and follow-up

    Pages, forms, tags, the lead record and the first-reply message are built and tested end to end. We submit test enquiries ourselves before any media money is spent.

  5. 5

    Measure and optimise

    Enquiries are traced to source and judged by what became orders, not by volume alone. Channels that fill the sheet with poor enquiries are cut back. How often you are reported to is agreed in writing.

Where this fits

Three pieces of sales work, in this order.

This work sits inside sales process design, at stage 1, prospecting and lead generation. 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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Where do importers for Indian produce come from?
From directories, B2B marketplaces, trade fairs, LinkedIn, freight forwarder introductions and their own searches. GullySales researches buyers by country and product, then writes to them directly with a specification and a sample offer.
Can you promise a number of importer enquiries?
No. Enquiries depend on the product, the season, the destination market and the buyer's current supplier. We build the list, the messages and the record, and report what each route brought.
Do we need our own list if an agent already brings orders?
Yes. An agent's contacts belong to the agent. A list in your own name lets you approach the same importers directly, and continue if the agent changes terms.
How do we handle an enquiry from a country we have never shipped to?
Ask for the product, volume, port and payment terms first, then check the destination's import rules with your freight agent or the relevant authority before quoting. Import rules differ by country and change, so GullySales sets a step in the sheet for that check.
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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