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Call the site before the next material is needed, not after the competitor has.

A follow-up system for a building material dealer is the set of reminders that tells your team whom to call, about which site, at which stage, and for which unpaid amount. GullySales works on building that routine so no enquiry, shade card or overdue bill is left to memory.

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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 follow up systems means

A follow-up system is the set routine for calling, messaging or emailing an enquiry more than once, since most buyers do not decide on the first conversation. GullySales sets the number and timing of follow-ups so an undecided buyer keeps hearing from you until they decide either way.

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For building material dealers

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

  • “The quote goes out and nobody asks about it”

    A rate is sent on WhatsApp and the thread goes quiet. The contractor ordered from someone else, and the yard never learned why. A follow-up on every quote tells you whether the price, the truck or the credit lost it.

  • “The next stage of the site is the next sale”

    Cement and steel for the footing are followed by blocks, sand, plumbing and paint. The dealer who calls as the plinth is cast takes the whole build. The one who waits for the contractor to ring takes whatever is left.

  • “The shade card goes home and the owner forgets the shop”

    A paint buyer takes a card, compares with another shop and decides at home. A single reminder, sent with the painter looped in, brings that owner back to your counter instead of letting the choice drift to the nearest rival.

  • “A late payment is chased only when it hurts”

    Collection becomes an awkward call because it starts late. A polite message on the agreed due date, tied to the site and the order, keeps the relationship and the money, and makes the conversation routine.

What we do

What we deliver for building material dealers.

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

  1. A reminder after every quote

    A prompt to the salesperson to ask the buyer whether the rate worked, with a note of the reason if it did not.

    Result: You learn why quotes are lost.

  2. Stage-based calls for each site

    A reminder tied to each site's stage that tells the team which material to offer next and whom to call.

    Result: Active sites hear from you before the next order is placed.

  3. Shade card and enquiry follow-up

    A short message to owners who took a card or asked about a material, copied to the painter when one is known.

    Result: Paint enquiries get a second contact, not silence.

  4. Payment reminders on WhatsApp

    Polite messages timed to the credit period agreed at the order, naming the site and the amount.

    Result: Collection starts as a message, not a confrontation.

  5. An owner view of overdue follow-ups

    A list of follow-ups missed, so the owner can see which calls were not made and reassign them.

    Result: Missed follow-ups become visible to the person who can fix them.

How the result is measured

  • Follow-up completion rate
  • Average number of follow-ups before close
  • Enquiries closed after repeat follow-up

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

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Who it is for

This is written for these building material dealers.

  • Cement and TMT steel dealers
  • Sand, aggregate and M-sand suppliers
  • Brick, block and AAC block dealers
  • Ready-mix concrete suppliers and agents
  • Paint retailers with tinting counters
  • Hardware and construction products retail stores
  • Plumbing, waterproofing and roofing material dealers
  • Multi-category building material yards

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

    The numbers this work is meant to move, such as enquiries, quotations, orders, visits or renewals, 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 a reply, a follow-up, a page, a listing 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 follow up systems work runs

  1. 1

    Measure today's reply time

    From last month's enquiries, we measure how long each waited for a first reply and how many follow-ups it got.

  2. 2

    Agree targets and the sequence

    We set reply targets and the follow-up sequence with your team, based on its real hours and workload.

  3. 3

    Set up templates, tasks and ownership

    Templates, first-call questions, CRM tasks and named owners go live, with cover for leave and weekends.

  4. 4

    Track and adjust every month

    Reply time and follow-up completion are reported against the baseline, and the routine is changed where it is not kept.

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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Will repeated follow-ups annoy contractors?
A call tied to the site stage reads as service, because it arrives when the material is needed. Generic reminders annoy. We write each prompt around the site and the order so it carries a reason.
Who should own the follow-up, the owner or the counter staff?
The counter or sales staff make the calls, and the owner reads the overdue list. That split keeps the routine going without making the owner the bottleneck.
Can the reminders run without a CRM?
They can run from a shared sheet or a calendar, but a record linking sites, orders and balances makes them far more accurate. We choose the lightest tool that your team will keep current.
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 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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