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Commercial interior designers · CRM

Keep each owner's lease date, layout and quote in one place instead of in someone's phone.

A CRM for a commercial interior designer is the record of every owner from first message to signed agreement, with lease dates, layout versions and quotes beside the name. GullySales works on setting up a simple CRM in a tool your team will actually open, and on the fields that match how you sell.

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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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For commercial interior designers

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

  • “The lease date is the most valuable field and nobody records it”

    An owner whose possession date is close needs a reply today. One whose lease is months off can be called later. Without the date in the record, every enquiry is handled in the order it arrived.

  • “Several versions of a layout live in different chats”

    The first layout, the revised one and the one the owner took to a contractor sit in email and WhatsApp. When someone asks what was sent, the answer is a search through phones. The record should hold the version and the date sent.

  • “Quotes are compared and then forgotten”

    An owner receives a quote, says they will think about it and goes quiet. Without the quote date and the next step in the record, no one calls. The studio finds out later that a contractor built the layout.

  • “A tool too heavy for the team is abandoned”

    A system with a long list of fields and screens is filled in once and then left. For a small studio, a short list of fields and a tool such as Zoho CRM, HubSpot or a well-built sheet is more use than a large product.

What we do

What we deliver for commercial interior designers.

The work available for this need. We agree the deliverables and responsibilities for your engagement in writing.

  1. A pipeline that matches your stages

    Enquiry, brief taken, layout meeting, layout sent, quote sent, agreement, lost, with a reason noted for each loss.

    Result: You can see where owners stop.

  2. Fields for what you need to know

    Business type, space size, lease and possession dates, opening target, who decides, who pays and the source.

    Result: The record answers the first questions on every call.

  3. A rule for every enquiry

    Each new lead gets an owner on the team and a next action with a date.

    Result: No enquiry sits without a named person.

  4. Import of past enquiries

    Your recent enquiries and quotes entered or imported so the history is there from the start.

    Result: You begin with real records, not an empty screen.

  5. Training the team in the routine

    A short session on what to enter at which step, with a one-page guide kept beside the tool.

    Result: Everyone enters the same things in the same place.

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

The enquiry fields a fit-out studio loses when they live in phones.

Lease signing and rent start date
Entered by whoever takes the first call. It sets how soon the layout must be agreed and which enquiries need a reply today.
Business type
Chosen from a list by the sales lead: clinic, restaurant, salon, showroom, bank, co-working. Lets the studio pull the right finished space for the owner.
Layout version sent
The file name and date, entered when a drawing leaves the studio. Ends the dispute about which plan the owner approved.
Quote version and what it excluded
Filled by the estimator. Records which items, such as signage or air-conditioning, sit outside the quote so the second meeting is not a surprise.
Referral source
Landlord, broker, franchise head office, past client or search. Entered once and used to decide where to spend time.

Who it is for

This is written for these commercial interior designers.

  • Designers for clinics and diagnostic centres
  • Restaurant, café and cloud-kitchen designers
  • Salon, spa and fitness studio designers
  • Showroom and dealership designers
  • Bank, finance and service-counter designers
  • Co-working and coaching centre designers
  • Hotels and guest houses at small scale
  • Studios that work for franchise owners

Not for

It is not the right fit if.

  • The team has three enquiries a month, and a notebook with a call date column holds them without a tool.
  • Everyone uses their own WhatsApp for drawings and refuses to move them, which no CRM can fix.
  • You want a tool with a long list of modules, when the staff will only fill in a few fields after a site visit.

Before you decide

Agree the work. Know how to judge it.

CRM for commercial interior designers: use these checks to prepare, choose the scope, and review what changes.

Bring the right evidence

List the records your team uses and show how an enquiry becomes an order today. Bring examples of duplicate entries, missing owners, and reports that require manual correction.

Make the scope clear

Agree the stages, required fields, access roles, and integrations before configuring the system. Separate software subscriptions from setup, data work, and training.

Check the work in use

Ask the people who will use the CRM to complete a real handover and find the next action without help. Check that the management report can be traced back to individual records.

Know when to change course

If the process is unclear, buying a more complex CRM adds more places for confusion. Start with the minimum fields and rules the team can use consistently.

These are discussion points, not a fixed package. GullySales confirms the deliverables, responsibilities, fee, and term in writing after reading your brief and speaking with you.

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

    Sales journey agreement

    Your sales lead explains how an enquiry becomes an order, using open deals as examples. We agree which steps belong in the CRM and identify decisions needing your approval.

  2. 2

    Configuration approval

    You approve stage definitions, required fields, ownership rules, and access. Unresolved choices are settled before configuration starts.

  3. 3

    Test environment decision

    We confirm whether your plan provides a trial copy or separate pipeline. Where neither is available, changes to the live system need an agreed approach before work proceeds.

  4. 4

    Connection and rule checks

    Enquiry connections are checked before automations are activated separately. Your nominated owner verifies where records arrive and which person receives each task.

  5. 5

    Sales team acceptance

    The people handling enquiries test open deals from entry through closure. Required corrections are resolved before you approve the switch.

  6. 6

    Switch and ownership handover

    The agreed configuration goes into use, and your CRM owner receives the final record. Any post-switch corrections included in the scope are documented before handover closes.

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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Tell us what you need
Which tool should we use?
The one your team will actually open. For a small studio that is a simple CRM with a mobile app. We compare a few ordinary options against your needs and you choose. No tool is better than the habit of using it.
Can the CRM link to WhatsApp?
Some can, through the WhatsApp Business platform or a connector. Check the tool's and the platform's current rules and costs first. A manual note of each conversation also works until you are ready.
What about our existing project files?
Keep them where they are. The CRM holds the enquiry and the quote, with a link to the project folder. It is not a replacement for your drawings and files.
How do we get designers to enter the lease date?
Make it a required field on the first enquiry form and show it at the top of the list, sorted soonest first. A designer fills in what the screen asks for and what changes the day's work. If the field only sits in a notes box, it will be skipped within a week.
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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