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Write down who buys which quality, and how long since they last did.

A CRM for a cloth shop is mostly a trade account book with a short record of retail buyers beside it: who they are, which quality and shade they take, when they last bought, what is outstanding and which occasion they buy for. GullySales sets those fields up and gets the counter filling them without slowing a sale.

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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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Last updated 5 Oct 2026.

For fabric shops and retailers

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

  • “The field that matters is the shade, not the name”

    A boutique taking one georgette in three colours is a different account from one buying lining by the bale. Record the quality and the shade and you can ring the right person the day a lot lands.

  • “The counter will not type during a rush”

    Any record needing five fields at billing time is empty by Diwali. Take the name, the number, what was bought and the occasion, then add the rest when the shop is quiet.

  • “Credit and enquiry belong in the same place”

    Most shops keep udhaar in one book and phone numbers in another. Put them together and you know, before you ring, whether this account is worth showing a new lot to.

What we do

What we deliver for fabric shops and retailers.

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

  1. A trade account book with the fields that decide a call

    Every tailor, boutique, curtain stitcher and uniform contractor with the qualities they buy, the usual quantity, the last order date and what is outstanding.

    Result: A quiet account is visible without anyone thinking about it.

  2. A retail buyer record short enough to be filled

    Name, number, what was bought and the occasion, taken at the bill in under a minute.

    Result: The record survives a wedding season.

  3. Enquiries kept apart from sales

    What was asked for and never bought, recorded with the shade and the quality, so you can see demand you are not holding.

    Result: Buying decisions come from what people asked for.

  4. Occasion tags on the buyer record

    Wedding, Onam, school uniform or house furnishing, marked so the right list can be pulled before the season starts.

    Result: A message goes only to the people it concerns.

  5. One list instead of three books

    The shop's WhatsApp contacts, the counter book and the trade ledger brought together, held by the shop rather than on a staff member's phone.

    Result: Somebody leaving does not take the buyers with them.

  6. A read-out the owner will actually look at

    Accounts that ordered, accounts that did not, enquiries with no reply, and designs nobody is asking for.

    Result: The owner sees the shop without opening three books.

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

What to record, and when

What a cloth shop should record about its trade buyers and retail regulars, and whether it needs software yet.

Quality, shade and lot number
For a repeat buyer, write the quality name, the shade and the lot or batch number on the bale tag. Dye lots differ, so a tailor reordering for the same set of uniforms must be matched to the right lot.
Tailor, boutique or reseller
Mark which buyers resell, such as tailors, boutiques and curtain stitchers. They bring many households, buy by the metre or the roll, and are worth a call when a new range lands.
Outstanding and credit terms
Write the credit limit, the agreed days and the last payment date beside the name. Do not rebuild the account book here. The point is that the person taking the call sees the balance before agreeing to another bale.
Occasion and who it is for
For a retail buyer, note the occasion: wedding, school uniform, curtains for a new flat, festival blouse pieces. It tells you when to message them next and what to show.
Enquiries that did not buy
Keep a separate line for people who asked for a rate or sent a photograph and left without buying, with the quality they wanted. If you did not have it, that is a stock decision.
Do you need software yet?
A notebook or a sheet works while one person keeps the book and the same few names recur. Move to a shared list when two counters, a godown or another branch need to see the same trade accounts and outstanding.

Who it is for

This is written for these fabric shops and retailers.

  • Retail cloth shops selling suiting and shirting
  • Saree and blouse-piece shops
  • Dress material and unstitched wear shops
  • Curtain, sofa and upholstery fabric houses
  • Wholesale cloth merchants supplying tailors and boutiques
  • Uniform cloth suppliers for schools, hotels and factories
  • Handloom, khadi and silk outlets
  • Online fabric sellers cutting to the metre and couriering
  • Brand franchise counters for suiting and shirting

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 CRM work runs

  1. 1

    Map the sales process

    We record how a deal actually moves from enquiry to close in your business today.

  2. 2

    Configure stages and fields

    The CRM's pipeline and fields are built to match that process exactly, not a generic template.

  3. 3

    Set up automations

    Reminders, assignment rules and follow-up triggers are configured so routine steps happen without manual effort.

  4. 4

    Test with real deals

    We run the configuration against actual current deals to catch gaps before the whole team relies on it.

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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Can we run this on a notebook?
For a small shop, yes, provided every name carries a phone number and a last order date. What a notebook cannot do is tell you which twelve accounts have gone quiet. Once the list passes about a hundred names, move it into a sheet or a proper system.
Our billing software already stores customers. Is that enough?
It stores who paid, not who asked. The enquiry that never became a bill is the one telling you which shade to buy next, and billing software throws it away. Keep an enquiry record beside it, even a simple one.
How do we record a shade so the reorder matches?
Write the quality name, the colour name, the lot or batch number on the bale tag and the date bought. If you have a swatch, stick it to the page or photograph it beside the lot tag. A lot number is the only reliable match for a reorder.
Should outstanding balances live in the CRM or in our billing software?
Keep the ledger in your accounting software and treat it as the truth. In the customer record, show only the balance as a note read from there, or a line saying 'check ledger'. Two places that both claim to hold a balance will disagree.
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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