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Know which rooms in your customer's flat are still empty.

A CRM for a furniture store is the record of who walked in, which room they are furnishing, what was quoted, what advance was taken and when delivery is promised. Most stores keep this across a showroom register, a salesman's phone and the accounts book. GullySales puts it in one place.

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

  • “The record has to hold a room, not a product code”

    A customer who bought a sofa in March has a dining room, a guest bedroom and a balcony you have already measured. If the record says only three-seater, fabric, delivered, you have thrown away the most valuable thing you learned on that visit.

  • “When a salesman leaves, his customers leave with him”

    Furniture floor staff move between showrooms on the same road, and their customer contacts sit in a personal phone. A record that lives in the shop, with the quote and the room notes attached, is the only thing that keeps those buyers.

  • “The customer calling about the wardrobe rings the wrong person”

    The quote is in the showroom book, the advance is with accounts, and the delivery date is in the carpenter's diary. Nobody at the counter can answer where my wardrobe is, which is the one question every customer asks after paying.

What we do

What we deliver for furniture stores and retailers.

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

  1. One record for walk-ins, calls and marketplace enquiries

    A single list covering the showroom register, phone enquiries and IndiaMART or JustDial leads, so a returning customer is recognised rather than re-entered.

    Result: The counter can see that today's walk-in enquired last Sunday.

  2. Fields that match how furniture is bought

    Room, flat configuration, possession date, quote number, advance taken and promised delivery date, set as the fields the floor staff must fill.

    Result: The record tells you what this customer still needs to buy.

  3. Order status visible at the counter

    The stage of each order, from measurement to production to delivery, on one screen the person answering the phone can read.

    Result: Any staff member can answer where the wardrobe has reached.

  4. Customer ownership that stays with the shop

    Enquiries logged against the showroom with the salesman named, rather than living in a personal phone contact list.

    Result: A staff resignation does not take the customer file with it.

  5. A short entry routine the floor staff will actually follow

    A four-line entry at the end of each conversation, agreed with the sales team so it fits a busy Sunday on the floor.

    Result: The record stays complete on the days that matter most.

  6. A read-out of enquiries, quotes and orders by room

    A summary from the record showing enquiries by source and by room, and how many turned into a paid advance.

    Result: You see which room category is worth stocking and advertising harder.

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.

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What to record, and when

What a furniture showroom should record about every walk-in and order, and whether it needs software yet.

Room being furnished and the move-in date
Write which room the customer is furnishing, and whether the flat is new or being redone, with the possession or move-in date. A buyer with a set date decides faster than one who is only looking.
Pieces shown, liked and left
Record the sofa, bed or dining set the customer sat on, with the model name, fabric and finish. Next time you call, you can ask about that piece instead of asking what they want.
Quote given and its validity
Note the quoted price, discounts offered and the date the quote lapses, because wood and board rates move. A customer who returns after the quote expired should hear a new price from you, not from the bill.
Advance taken and delivery promised
Write the advance amount, the balance and the delivery date promised, and who promised it. Furniture complaints are mostly about delivery, so the record should say what was agreed.
Who else decides
Note who came along: spouse, parents, an interior designer or builder. A designer who brought the buyer is a source to be recorded by name, and probably brings others.
Do you need software yet?
A sheet or showroom register is enough for one store with a few salesmen. Move to shared software when two showrooms, a warehouse and delivery all need to see the same order. Customer details should stay on the shop's record, not a salesman's phone.

Who it is for

This is written for these furniture stores and retailers.

  • Modular kitchen and interior furniture retailers
  • Sofa and living room furniture stores
  • Bedroom and mattress retailers
  • Office furniture suppliers
  • Outdoor and garden furniture retailers
  • Custom carpentry and made-to-order furniture makers
  • Multi-brand furniture showrooms
  • Online-first furniture retailers

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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We have two showrooms. Do they need separate records?
One record, with the showroom marked on each entry. Customers visit both, and a shared record stops the same buyer being quoted twice at two different prices by two salesmen.
Will a spreadsheet do instead of a CRM?
For a single showroom with a small team, yes, provided every walk-in goes into it the same day. Once you have production dates and advances to track across branches, a spreadsheet starts losing orders rather than recording them.
Customers pay an advance and wait weeks for delivery. Where does that live, CRM or billing?
The payment belongs in your billing or accounts software. In the customer record, note the order number, the delivery date promised and the current status, so the counter can answer a call without asking accounts. Check the two agree when delivery is made.
What if a salesman leaves and takes his customers' numbers?
Keep every enquiry in the shop's shared record, not in personal phones, and give salesmen only the access they need. Remove a person's login on the day they leave. A written store policy about customer data, signed at joining, helps if there is a dispute.
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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