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Keep every farmer, pond and buyer on a record that stays when the officer leaves.

A CRM for an aquaculture company is a shared record of farmers, ponds, visits, promises and buyers, held by the company and not by a field officer's phone. GullySales works on the fields, the stages and the habits of entry that make it a tool your staff use.

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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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Sales and marketing for aquaculture companies, the overview.

Last updated 18 Oct 2026.

For aquaculture companies

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

  • “The farmer is a person and a pond”

    One farmer may hold several ponds, grow two species and join in separate seasons. A record built only around a name loses this, and the officer has to remember the rest.

  • “Promises need a place to live”

    The officer says the company will bring seed on a day, or collect on another. If the promise is not written against the farmer, the next officer repeats the question or breaks the promise.

  • “Buyers need a different set of fields”

    A buyer record holds the species, size grade, volume pattern, contact, last order and quality notes. Forcing it into a farmer layout produces a record nobody reads.

  • “Field staff work with poor signal”

    A system that needs a steady connection at the pond edge goes unused. Entry has to work in a form that can be filled offline or by voice note and posted later.

What we do

What we deliver for aquaculture companies.

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

  1. Record layout for farmers and ponds

    Fields for village, land size, pond count, species, stocking date, programme status and next visit.

    Result: One layout every officer fills the same way.

  2. Record layout for buyers

    Species, grades, volume pattern, contact, last offtake and quality notes in one place.

    Result: A buyer's history on a single screen.

  3. Pipeline stages

    Stages for farmers from enquiry to visit, agreement, stocking and harvest, and for buyers from introduction to trial lot.

    Result: A shared word for where each farmer or buyer stands.

  4. Promise log

    A field that records what was promised, to whom and by when, with a reminder to the officer.

    Result: Promises are visible to the next officer and the manager.

  5. Entry routine and import of old records

    A short routine for officers to record each visit, and a clean-up of existing sheets and notebooks into the new layout.

    Result: Old farmer lists and new visits sit in one system.

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.

Read the full CRM implementation and customisation page

Fields worth keeping

Keep a record for the farmer, the pond and the buyer.

Farmer name, village and language
Entered by the field officer at the first visit, so the office can call in the right language when the officer is away.
Pond area, species and stocking date
Entered by the officer after the visit, so the technical team can plan support and the office sees which ponds are active.
Promises made and by whom
A line for each commitment on seed, feed or buy-back, entered the same day, so a dispute can be settled from the record.
Harvest buy-back terms
Rate basis, quality conditions and payment steps, copied from the agreement, so any officer can answer a farmer's question.
Buyer grade and delivery point
Filled by the sales lead for each plant or hotel, so offers and supply plans are matched to what the buyer specified.

Who it is for

This is written for these aquaculture companies.

  • Integrated aquaculture companies with their own farms and contract farmers
  • Companies running a shrimp or fish contract-farming programme
  • Cage culture and reservoir fisheries companies
  • Companies with a farm, a hatchery and a processing link
  • Aquaculture technology companies selling to farms and companies
  • Aquaculture start-ups and company-backed farms seeking investors or partners
  • Aquaculture companies owned by a farmer producer organisation
  • Companies that supply seed, feed and advice to farmers

Not for

It is not the right fit if.

  • Officers work with poor signal and no one has agreed to enter records later, so the system would be empty.
  • The company has not settled who owns the farmer list when an officer leaves.
  • You want to track farmers for pressure, which a record should not be used for.

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 sit with the people who sell and write down how a deal moves from enquiry to payment, including where it stalls.

  2. 2

    Agree stages, fields and owners

    Each stage gets a name your team already uses and a proof that the deal has left it. We agree which fields are required at which stage, and who may change what.

  3. 3

    Build on a copy

    Pipeline, fields and views are built on a trial copy where the CRM offers one, or in a separate pipeline where the plan allows. Live work stays untouched.

  4. 4

    Connect channels, then switch on automations

    Channels are connected first. Each automation is then switched on separately, so a misfiring rule is easy to find.

  5. 5

    Test with real deals

    The people who will use the CRM run open deals through it. Gaps are fixed before the whole team switches over.

  6. 6

    Switch over and trim

    Once real use shows which fields stay empty and which stages nobody uses, those are cut and the handover record is updated.

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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Which CRM should we choose?
Choose one your field staff will open daily, that handles local-language names and works with poor signal. We look at what you already use first, and recommend a change only if a clear gap remains.
Who owns the data?
The company does. Record in the contract with any CRM provider that your data is yours, can be exported and is deleted on request. Check the terms with your own adviser.
Will officers resist entering data?
They resist when it helps only the manager. Show each officer the visit list, reminders and promise log that make the next day easier, and keep the form short.
Can officers enter data offline?
Choose a tool that works offline and syncs later, or use a paper form entered by the office soon after. The poor signal in villages is the constraint, so test the tool in the field before the team depends on it.
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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