Ecommerce and D2C brands · Reputation management
What they read before buying is a forum thread, not your testimonials.
Reputation for a D2C brand sits in three places at once: reviews on your product pages, reviews on the marketplace, and threads you did not write. GullySales times the review request to delivery, writes the replies to the complaints you actually get, and keeps the consent record straight.
Scope, fee, reporting and term are agreed in writing after we have read your brief and spoken to you.
What reputation management means
Reputation management is watching what is said about your business across Google, social media and review sites, and responding to it before it changes a buyer's mind. GullySales monitors mentions, drafts responses to negative reviews and flags recurring complaints back to your team.
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Sales and marketing for ecommerce and D2C brands, the overview.
Last updated 5 Oct 2026.
For ecommerce and D2C brands
Where it usually goes wrong, and what we would do.
“Asking on dispatch asks on the wrong day”
A request sent when the label prints reaches someone who has not opened the box. Fired on delivery, the same email comes back with a photograph.
“The marketplace rating can sink the direct one”
A buyer puts your own five stars next to the marketplace's three point eight and believes the lower number. The two are read together.
“Most one-star reviews are really about a carrier”
The parcel sat in a depot for four days. Your reply has to say what you did, because the next reader is deciding whether to risk the same wait.
“The rules on collecting reviews have tightened”
What may be offered for a review, and what has to be disclosed, carries real penalties now. Your attorney decides that, not a marketing firm.
What we do
What we deliver for ecommerce and D2C brands.
Every deliverable, what it covers for you, and the result it is there to produce. Nothing here is an extra.
Review requests fired on delivery
Requests triggered by the carrier's delivery event instead of dispatch, with a second ask for photographs on the products where a picture settles the doubt.
Result: More reviews arrive, and they have pictures.
A reply routine for delivery and fit complaints
Written replies for the four complaints behind most of your one stars, each saying what was done rather than apologising in general terms.
Result: The next reader sees a brand that fixes things.
Watching for the threads you did not write
Alerts on your name across forums, video comments and community posts, checked so a discussion is joined while it is still live.
Result: You hear it before a customer quotes it back at you.
Reviews shown where the objection lives
Reviews pulled onto the product page beside the sizing, ingredient or durability question they answer, marked up so stars appear in search results.
Result: Proof sits where the doubt is.
A consent and disclosure record
Permission for customer photographs, the exact wording used to request reviews, and creator disclosure kept in one file your attorney can read on request.
Result: Nothing rests on remembering what was agreed.
A read of what reviews complain about
Themes counted rather than skimmed, split by product and size, and taken to whoever buys the stock instead of being filed with marketing.
Result: The complaint gets fixed at source.
How the result is measured
- Average rating
- Response time to reviews
- Negative mentions resolved
Recorded as a baseline before work starts, so every later report has an honest comparison.
What to do with each review
How to answer each kind of review an online brand gets.
- Praise for the product
- Reply with a short thank-you that mentions something specific about the product. Ask whether they would add a photo if they have one, and leave out any offer or code in the same message.
- A late delivery blamed on the courier
- Apologise for the wait, ask for the order number in a private channel, and check the tracking history. Do not blame the carrier in public. Note which pincodes and couriers repeat, and change the route for them.
- A wrong or damaged item
- Ask for the order number and an unboxing photo through your support email or chat. Replace or refund by your published returns policy and say so in one line. Keep a count of which packs arrive damaged.
- A refund that has not arrived
- Check the refund status in your payment dashboard, such as Razorpay, before replying. Give the real status and date. Many delays sit with the customer's bank, and saying that helps only if you also share the reference.
- A review that says the product looks different online
- Compare your listing photos and the batch shipped. If the listing is wrong, fix it and say so. If it is lighting or screen colour, say that and offer a swap under your returns policy.
- A marketplace review from a fake or rival account
- Do not accuse anyone in the reply. Report the review through the marketplace's own seller process and keep the evidence, such as order numbers that do not match. Check the platform's current rules on what counts as a violation.
Who it is for
This is written for these ecommerce and D2C brands.
- Single-product and founder-led D2C brands
- Apparel, footwear and accessories brands
- Beauty, skincare and personal care brands
- Supplements, food and beverage brands
- Home goods, furniture and higher-value considered purchases
- Subscription and replenishment brands
- Brands selling on Amazon and their own Shopify store
- Wholesale-first brands building a direct channel
- Brands past their first million with no in-house marketing team
How it works
From your first message to the first report.
No open-ended retainer. Every step gives you something in writing.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 reputation management work runs
- 1
Understand current perception
We start by actually searching your business name and reviewing what a stranger would currently see.
- 2
Audit existing mentions
We catalogue reviews, mentions and search results, flagging anything negative or inaccurate.
- 3
Plan responses
A calm, factual response is prepared for anything that needs one, agreed with you before posting.
- 4
Implement monitoring
Ongoing checks are set up so new mentions are caught promptly rather than discovered by accident.
- 5
Measure and report
Sentiment and response times are reported, with your business name searched again to see what has moved.
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.
Hours that fit your day, agreed up front
Which hours we overlap with yours is settled before any work starts, so you know when a reply is coming and when it is not.
#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.
FAQ
Questions owners ask before they call.
Not here? More answers, or ask on WhatsApp.
Can we give a discount code for leaving a review?
Someone is criticising us in a long forum thread. Do we reply?
Should we delete negative reviews from our own Shopify store?
Do we reply to Amazon reviews the same way as reviews on our own store?
How much does it cost?
How long is the contract?
How soon will we see results?
Who will actually do the work?
What do you need from us?
What if we are not happy with the work?
From the blog
Further reading for ecommerce and D2C brands.
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7 min read · 23 Sept 2025How to promote a new productThree jobs in order: awareness among people who already buy the category, a cheap way to try it once, and the shelf where they look actually having stock. Launch small enough to learn.
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