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Furniture stores and retailers · WhatsApp marketing

Someone has sent you a sofa photograph and asked whether you have it.

WhatsApp is where a furniture enquiry now starts, usually as a screenshot from Instagram with one line asking whether you make it. It is also where your quotes, measurement dates and delivery updates live. GullySales sets up the catalogue, the replies and the rules for what you may broadcast.

Scope, fee, reporting and term are agreed in writing after we have read your brief and spoken to you.

Realistic editorial illustration of furniture stores and retailers at work in India

What WhatsApp marketing means

WhatsApp marketing is sending updates, offers and reminders to customers on the app most Indian buyers already check daily. GullySales sets up business WhatsApp, writes the message templates and keeps the list consented and current.

Last updated 5 Oct 2026.

For furniture stores and retailers

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

  • “The screenshot enquiry deserves a real answer”

    A customer sends a picture she saved from Instagram and asks whether you have it. Replying please visit showroom loses her. A price band, two of your own pieces that come close, and an offer of a measurement visit keeps the conversation going.

  • “The catalogue is where WhatsApp earns its place in a furniture shop”

    Your business catalogue can carry sofas, dining sets and wardrobes with price bands and finishes, browsable at eleven at night from a phone. That is how furniture is actually shortlisted now, long before anybody drives to a showroom.

  • “The festival broadcast to three thousand delivery numbers”

    Numbers you collected to send a delivery update are not a marketing list. Send a Diwali offer to all of them and a share of your best past customers will block the number, which is the number you need when their delivery slips.

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. A WhatsApp Business catalogue by room

    Sofas, dining sets, wardrobes and beds loaded with photographs, price bands and finish options, organised the way a customer shops.

    Result: A customer shortlists from her phone at night and arrives at the showroom ready.

  2. Saved replies for the screenshot enquiry

    Prepared answers that give a price band, offer the nearest pieces you stock and ask for the room size, ready for whoever is on the shop phone.

    Result: Every enquiry gets a useful answer, not an invitation to visit.

  3. A quote and measurement thread per customer

    Quotes, measurement dates and delivery updates kept in the customer's own thread and logged against the enquiry record.

    Result: The conversation is not lost when the salesman is off that day.

  4. Consent and opt-out on the broadcast list

    A separate list of customers who agreed to offers, with an opt-out line on every send and a rule that delivery numbers are not added automatically.

    Result: Your marketing list stays small, willing and unblocked.

  5. An away message that captures the enquiry

    An out-of-hours reply that asks for the room, the piece and the pin code, and points to the catalogue.

    Result: A late enquiry arrives at the shop already half qualified.

  6. Rules for what goes out and how often

    A written limit on festival and sale broadcasts, and a list of what belongs in a one-to-one message instead.

    Result: Customers keep reading your messages because you send few of them.

How the result is measured

  • Messages delivered
  • Reply rate
  • Enquiries from WhatsApp

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

What must be in place first

Settle these before the store answers or broadcasts anything.

Two separate yeses at the bill
Ask at billing whether you may send delivery updates, and separately whether you may send offers. Consent for delivery news does not cover the festival broadcast.
Photographs with sizes and inclusions
Shoot each piece in a room setting and state its dimensions, material and what the rate includes, such as delivery and assembly. A listing without sizes brings the same question every time.
One thread for measurement and delivery
Decide who sends measurement-visit and delivery-slot messages, and from which number. A customer waiting for a sofa wants one thread, not three staff members.
Slot messages you start yourself
A delivery-slot message sent after the customer's last chat may need an approved template. Check WhatsApp's current business policy and pricing before promising a message at each stage.
Marketplace enquiries and their numbers
Enquiries from IndiaMART or Justdial arrive as calls or texts. Reply from the Business number if the person writes, and add them to a list only after they say yes.
A one-reply way off the offers list
Let a customer leave the offers list with a single reply, and apply it to your billing records too. Otherwise the next festival message comes from the same list.

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 whatsapp marketing work runs

  1. 1

    Understand current WhatsApp use

    We review how customers currently message you and how consistently, if at all, it is answered.

  2. 2

    Audit common questions

    We identify the questions that come up repeatedly, which decide what should be automated first.

  3. 3

    Set up automation and templates

    An automated first response and quick reply templates are built for the most common needs.

  4. 4

    Connect to the CRM

    Conversations are linked to customer records so context carries over between team members.

  5. 5

    Measure and optimise

    We track response time and conversion, refining automated responses based on what customers actually ask.

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.

FAQ

Questions owners ask before they call.

Not here? More answers, or ask on WhatsApp.

Can we add every delivery customer to our offers broadcast?
No. They gave the number for an order update. Ask separately whether they want offers, keep the two lists apart, and put an opt-out on every broadcast. A blocked number costs you the delivery message as well as the sale.
Should we send prices on WhatsApp or hold them for the showroom?
Send a band. A customer who gets no number assumes you are expensive and stops replying. A starting price for the range, with the variables named, gets her into the showroom already expecting the right figure.
A customer messages about a defect after delivery. Who deals with it?
Give service its own label in the Business app and ask for the invoice number and a photograph. Log it and offer a visit date. Do not answer from the sales number alone, or the complaint gets lost among new enquiries.
Should we send a PDF catalogue or build a catalogue in WhatsApp?
A PDF suits a large quote but goes stale. The in-app catalogue is updated in one place and shows only what you list. Keep one source of truth, and replace the PDF whenever stock or rates change.
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.

Your next practical step

Tell us what you are trying to grow, and we will read it before we call.

Eight short steps, mostly taps. Skip anything you would rather answer on the call.