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Real estate developers and brokers · Customer retention

An owner who bought once will buy again, or tell you when to sell it.

Retention means different things for a developer and for a broker. One keeps the investor who buys into the next project and the owner who speaks well of the handover; the other keeps the landlord who re-lets and the buyer who eventually sells. GullySales builds the owner record and the routine behind both.

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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 customer retention means

Customer retention is keeping an existing customer buying again rather than losing them to a competitor after the first purchase, usually cheaper than winning a new customer. GullySales sets a routine of check-ins and renewal reminders aimed at customers before they show signs of leaving.

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For real estate developers and brokers

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

  • “The handover, not the booking, decides whether they buy again”

    Snags closed properly, documents handed over without three visits, and the association given clean accounts. Investors compare builders on exactly that, and they talk to each other.

  • “A broker's real asset is the landlord list”

    A flat let this year is let again in two years and sold eventually. Brokers who record every landlord, the tenancy end date and the rent agreed are working a list instead of chasing portal leads.

  • “Loyalty schemes here are mostly a discount with a name on it”

    A waiver on the booking amount for a repeat buyer is fine if you were going to negotiate anyway. What actually holds an investor is early access to a launch and an honest word about which tower hands over first.

What we do

What we deliver for real estate developers and brokers.

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

  1. An owner record the company keeps

    Every buyer with the project, the unit, the purchase date, whether it was to live in or to let, and how to reach them now.

    Result: Your next launch has a list before it has an advertisement.

  2. A handover checklist the buyer can see

    Snags logged, dates agreed, documents listed and the association handover set out, shared with the buyer instead of held internally.

    Result: Handover stops being the thing owners complain about.

  3. Early access for past buyers at a launch

    The pre-launch note, the choice of units and the price band offered to investors who have bought before, ahead of the public campaign.

    Result: Part of the tower sells before the advertising starts.

  4. A tenancy calendar for brokers

    Every let recorded with the rent, the tenancy end date and the landlord's contact, with a prompt before the agreement runs out.

    Result: The re-let comes to you rather than to a portal.

  5. A reason to be in touch between transactions

    Progress on their tower, what their locality is renting for now, or a valuation note when they ask, sent with consent.

    Result: Owners hear from you without being sold to.

  6. A repeat measure in the reporting

    Bookings from past buyers, re-lets from existing landlords and owner-sourced enquiries, set against the baseline recorded before the work starts.

    Result: Retention gets counted rather than assumed.

How the result is measured

  • Retention rate
  • Repeat purchase rate
  • Customers won back

Recorded as a baseline before work starts, so every later report has an honest comparison.

Read the full customer retention strategy page

Work it out from your records

The owner and landlord figures a developer or broker can pull from its own deal files.

Buyers who bought a second unit
From the booking register, find the buyers or families who booked more than one unit, or later bought in another of your projects. Note whether they were investors or end users, and who introduced them.
Owners referred by an earlier owner
Check each booking form for a referral source and count those named by a previous buyer. Include the ones who came at site visit and said an owner sent them. That is retention shown in what owners say.
Handover snags left open
List flats handed over with a snag list, and mark which items were closed and when. Owners with open items will not recommend you, so close them before sending any launch invitation.
Landlords re-let in your area
For a broker, list the landlords you have let a property for and the date the tenancy ends. Ring before it ends. An owner whose tenant leaves with no word from you will list with the next broker.
Past buyers not told about a launch
Compare your invitation list for the last launch with the full list of past buyers. Everyone missing from the first list is a gap to close before the next launch.

Who it is for

This is written for these real estate developers and brokers.

  • Residential apartment developers
  • Villa and plotted development builders
  • Commercial and office space developers
  • Independent brokers and channel partner networks
  • Redevelopment and rehabilitation projects
  • Plot and land aggregators
  • NRI-focused residential projects
  • Affordable and mid-income housing developers
  • Luxury and premium residential developers

Not for

It is not the right fit if.

  • You want a guaranteed Google ranking or a guaranteed number of leads. Nobody honest can promise either.
  • You need enquiries by next week and have nobody to answer them.
  • You want posts and reach reported, not enquiries and orders.

How it works

From your first message to the first report.

No open-ended retainer. Every step gives you something in writing.

  1. First

    Your brief

    You tell us what you need in a few short steps: your business, what you want, where enquiries come from and how they are handled.

  2. After the brief

    A conversation and a written scope

    We read it, then talk with whoever handles your enquiries. If you want our help, the scope, the fee and the reporting come in writing, and nothing starts before you have read them.

  3. Before work starts

    Baseline recorded

    Enquiries by source, reply time, conversion and cost per order, written down so every later report has an honest comparison.

  4. After the baseline

    The first fix goes live

    The fix we agreed to start with is put in place and measured against the baseline, whether that is reply time, a follow-up sequence, the page buyers land on or the handover between marketing and sales.

  5. As agreed

    Report against the baseline

    What moved, what did not, and what changes next, in plain words. How often you get it is set in writing before work starts.

  6. At renewal

    Renew on the numbers

    The term ends and you decide whether to continue from the results. The length is agreed in writing before anything starts.

How the customer retention work runs

  1. 1

    Assess current retention

    A first read of current retention rate, existing tactics and where they are or are not coordinated.

  2. 2

    Build the strategy

    A written plan developed covering priority segments, touchpoints and a measurable target.

  3. 3

    Align existing tactics

    Current retention activities mapped against the strategy and adjusted to work together rather than independently.

  4. 4

    Track toward the target

    Retention tracked against the goal, with the strategy adjusted as results come in.

Why us

Why owners pick GullySales over an agency.

  • Marketing and sales, as one job

    Most agencies stop at the enquiry. We also fix what happens after it: the reply, the follow-up, the quote and the CRM.

  • The person on the first call does the work

    No account managers in between. You are never handed to someone you have not met.

  • A baseline before anything starts

    Your numbers are written down on day one, so every later report compares against something honest.

  • The fee in writing, split three ways

    Our time, your media spend and production on separate lines. You always see what goes to us.

  • No guarantees we cannot keep

    The term is agreed in writing and never a default twelve months. We never promise a ranking or a lead count, because nobody controls those.

  • One office, and we say so

    Nagarbhavi, Bengaluru. We work across India by call and WhatsApp and travel when a session needs to be in person.

#257, 3rd floor, Sri Nanjundeshwara Complex, Nagarbhavi 8th Block, Outer Ring Road. How we work.

Your brief

Tell us what you need, and we will read it before we call.

Eight short steps about your business, what you want and who decides. Most questions are a tap, and you can skip any you would rather answer on the call.

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FAQ

Questions owners ask before they call.

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Is a loyalty programme worth running for a developer?
A formal scheme, rarely. People buy a flat once or twice in a lifetime, so points add up to nothing. Early access to a launch and a clean handover do the same job for less than the discount would cost.
How does a broker keep an owner who has already bought?
By being useful between transactions. Tell them what their locality is renting for, handle the tenant paperwork, and ring before the agreement ends. The broker who does that gets the resale. The one who appears only when he wants a listing does not.
A buyer wants to sell the flat they bought from us. Should we help?
Yes, if the agreement permits transfer, since a resale you handle properly keeps the owner and the buyer on your records. Check the builder-buyer agreement, the society or transfer rules and any dues before you list it.
Can we send marketing messages to people who only visited the site?
Contact them about the project they visited, once or twice, and take them off if they say no. Do not pass their numbers to brokers or other builders. Keep a note of what each person agreed to hear about.
Do you work with individual brokers or only developers?
Both. A developer usually needs project pages and a sales CRM; an independent broker usually needs a stronger local search presence and a faster WhatsApp reply routine. We can tell which once we have spoken to you.
Can you help us track broker performance?
Yes. Every broker-sourced enquiry is logged against the booking it produces. You see which broker relationship is worth the commission, and which one only sends names.
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.

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