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Find the installers and buyers who need panels and inverters on your shelf.

Lead generation for a solar equipment dealer is the steady search for installers, electricians, EPC purchase teams and direct kit buyers who will place an order, not only ask a rate. GullySales works on where those buyers look, how your team's replies read to them, and which enquiries are worth a second call.

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.

Last updated 18 Oct 2026.

For solar equipment dealers

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

  • “The enquiry arrives as a rate request”

    An installer sends one line asking the price of a panel, an inverter and a structure. That is a buyer comparing five dealers at once, so the lead worth chasing is the one that names a site, a quantity and a date, and your intake has to ask for those.

  • “Three-kilowatt kit leads and project leads are different animals”

    A home owner asking about a small kit wants a package and a delivery date. An EPC buyer wants make, warranty paperwork and credit terms. One form and one reply for both sends the project buyer away and wastes your counter staff on browsers.

  • “Electricians who have just started solar are the quiet opportunity”

    A wiring contractor taking a first rooftop job has no dealer yet. Whoever hands them a starter rate sheet and explains the inverter sizing wins an account that grows, and nobody lists these people anywhere.

  • “The lead dies in the thread, not at the source”

    IndiaMART and JustDial bring the call, the dealer replies with a rate, and the chat goes cold. Without a note of who asked for what, the second approach to the same installer is made blind.

What we do

What we deliver for solar equipment dealers.

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

  1. Enquiry intake that asks the right four questions

    A short set of questions put to every enquirer: site location, system size, brands wanted and when the material is needed.

    Result: Each lead in your list has a site, a size and a date beside the name.

  2. A sort between kit buyers and trade buyers

    Two routes for incoming enquiries, so a home owner gets a kit page and an installer gets the trade rate sheet.

    Result: Your counter team knows which reply each enquiry gets.

  3. A source tally

    Every lead tagged with where it came from: marketplace, call, WhatsApp, walk-in, referral from another installer.

    Result: You can see which source brought orders and not merely calls.

  4. A starter list of new solar electricians

    A researched list of electricians, fabricators and contractors in your region who have begun taking solar work.

    Result: A call list exists that your team did not have to build by hand.

  5. A rule for the second approach

    A note of what was quoted and what the buyer said, with a set point for the next call.

    Result: No installer gets the same opening line twice.

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.

What to capture or send

Ask these before you quote, so a rate request becomes a lead you can work.

A one-line rate request is the start of a conversation. These are the details worth getting on the first reply.

Site district and roof type
Ask where the material is going and whether the roof is sheet, slab or ground. It decides which structure and cable you quote and whether delivery is possible.
Quantity and wattage needed
Panels, inverters and structures are quoted by the lot. Record the count and the wattage so the rate you send matches the order, not a guess.
Date the material is needed
A stalled rooftop job and a site next month are different leads. The date tells the counter who to ring first when stock is short.
Installer, EPC or direct buyer
One field on who is asking. It decides whether the reply carries credit terms, warranty papers or a kit explanation.
Where the enquiry came from
IndiaMART, JustDial, a walk-in or a referral. Without it you cannot tell which listing earns orders and which only earns calls.

Who it is for

This is written for these solar equipment dealers.

  • Solar module and panel distributors
  • Inverter and hybrid inverter dealers
  • Mounting structure and fabrication suppliers
  • DC and AC cable and protection equipment dealers
  • Battery and storage equipment dealers
  • Kit sellers for homes and small shops
  • Solar pump and agricultural equipment dealers
  • Wholesale suppliers to EPC firms

Not for

It is not the right fit if.

  • You have no one at the counter to reply to a rate request on the same day, so more enquiries would only reach a cold thread
  • Your price list changes by the day and nobody owns the update, so a quote sent today may be wrong by the time the installer orders
  • You do not yet know which makes and wattages you can hold in stock, so buyers would be found for items you cannot supply

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.

Not here? More answers, or ask on WhatsApp.

Can you promise a number of leads?
No. Lead volume depends on your region, your brands and your rates, and no honest agency can guarantee it. We improve where you are found and how enquiries are handled, then report what came in.
Should we pay for leads from marketplaces?
Check what each marketplace gives you in enquiries against orders placed. If the listing is specific and the reply is prompt, it can earn its fee; if replies stop at a rate, fix that before spending more.
Do home owners matter to a dealer who sells to installers?
They do when they arrive. A direct kit buyer is better served by a kit page and a nearby installer you recommend, so the sale stays inside your trade network.
Our stock is thin on some makes. Does that change how we look for leads?
Yes. Chase buyers for the items you hold depth in, because a lead for an item you cannot supply costs the installer a wasted call and you a name. Decide which makes and wattages you will push before any outreach begins.
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.