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Keep the buyer list in a book the farm owns and not in one trader's memory.

A CRM for a sheep farm is a single record of every buyer, what they bought and when they are likely to buy again. GullySales works on setting up a simple record the family will actually fill in at the shed.

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.

Last updated 18 Oct 2026.

For sheep farms

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

  • “Buyer names live in one phone”

    When the person who handles the calls is away, the farm cannot say who bought last Bakrid. The record needs to be shared and easy enough that every family member writes into it.

  • “A tool nobody opens is worse than a notebook”

    A heavy system the family finds tiresome is abandoned in a month. A sheet or simple app with five fields filled at the shed beats a complex tool that is never touched.

  • “Seasonal buyers go silent between seasons”

    The household buying for the festival is not heard from for months. Without a note of when they last bought and what they wanted, the farm cannot write to them at the right time.

What we do

What we deliver for sheep farms.

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

  1. A buyer record with few fields

    Name, town, buyer type, last purchase and preferred season, kept in a sheet or a simple app.

    Result: Every buyer has one line the family can read.

  2. A lot ledger

    Each lot recorded with breed, age, number, rate quoted and which buyer took it.

    Result: The farm can see which lots sold and to whom.

  3. A season calendar of buyers

    Buyers placed against the months they usually buy, such as the festival or lambing period.

    Result: The farm knows whom to write to ahead of each season.

  4. Shared access for the family

    Who may add or change a record, agreed with the family and written down.

    Result: No record is changed without someone knowing.

  5. A simple import of existing contacts

    Contacts from phones and notebooks cleaned and entered in one place.

    Result: The old names are not lost when the new record starts.

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.

Fields worth keeping

The entries a farm book should hold for each buyer.

Buyer name, place and number
Written by whoever takes the call. Lets the farm reach the buyer without asking one person.
Kind of animal bought
Ram, ewe, lamb or cull, and the number. Shows what each buyer returns for.
Date of last purchase
Written at pickup. Tells you whom to call before the next season.
Rate agreed and paid or pending
Recorded at sale by the owner. Prevents arguments over what was settled.
Next likely need
Festival lot, breeding stock or a new unit, in the buyer's words.

Who it is for

This is written for these sheep farms.

  • Meat sheep farms selling lambs and culls to traders
  • Breeding farms selling rams and ewes to new units
  • Deccani, Nellore and Mandya flock owners
  • Bannur and Marwari flock owners
  • Farms producing wool alongside meat
  • Shepherd cooperatives and flock-owner associations
  • Commercial units with feed lots and fattening sheds
  • Farmer producer organisations pooling flocks

Not for

It is not the right fit if.

  • Nobody at the farm reads or writes in a book, and the record would stop after a few days.
  • Your buyers are a few traders you know by heart.
  • You plan to share the list with a buyer or agent who would then approach them directly.

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.

Not here? More answers, or ask on WhatsApp.

Which tool should we use?
Whichever the family will open daily. A shared sheet is enough to begin, and a dedicated CRM can follow if the buyer list grows. We set up the one you choose.
Is buyer data safe in a shared sheet?
Share it only with family members who need it and keep the access list short. Do not store anything the buyer has not given you. Check with your own adviser on data rules.
Should the buyer list be kept on paper or a phone?
Use whichever the farm will update daily. A paper book that is filled beats an app that is not. Copy the book to a spreadsheet at season end so a lost book does not lose the buyers.
Who owns the buyer list if the manager leaves?
The farm owns it, so keep a copy where the owner can reach it. When names live in one manager's phone, they leave with that person, which is the usual reason a farm loses its repeat buyers.
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.

Your next practical step

Tell us what you are trying to grow, and we will read it before we call.

Eight short steps, mostly taps. Skip anything you would rather answer on the call.