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Post so a shopper saves the outfit and then asks you the price.

Social media for a boutique is where a shopper finds an outfit, saves it and sends a question, usually on Instagram. GullySales plans the posting around your occasions, films try-on and drape videos in the shop, and makes sure the story reply reaches someone who answers.

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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 social media means

Social media is the ongoing posting your business does on platforms such as Instagram, Facebook and LinkedIn to stay visible to customers and prospects between purchases. GullySales plans a posting calendar, writes captions and designs the images so the page looks active and answers what a visitor would ask.

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Last updated 5 Oct 2026.

For clothing stores and boutiques

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

  • “A saved post is the shortlist”

    A shopper planning a wedding saves outfits for weeks before visiting anything, and the shops in that saved folder are the ones they go to.

  • “Movement sells a garment that a photograph cannot”

    A six-second clip of a saree being draped or a lehenga turning shows fall and weight, which is what a buyer is actually judging.

  • “The reply, not the post, is the selling”

    Story replies and comments arrive after shop hours, and a boutique that answers at nine in the evening beats one that answers on Monday.

What we do

What we deliver for clothing stores and boutiques.

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

  1. A posting plan tied to your occasions

    A plan set against wedding dates, festivals and new arrivals, so the right collection is on the feed as families start shopping.

    Result: Followers see the collection while the occasion is near.

  2. Try-on and drape videos filmed in the shop

    Short clips of garments worn and moving, filmed against a fixed background by your own staff, with a simple shot list they can follow.

    Result: Buyers judge fall and fit before they visit.

  3. Story replies routed to one person

    Instagram and Facebook messages pulled into one inbox with saved answers for price, size and stitching time, and a named person covering evenings.

    Result: An evening question gets an evening answer.

  4. Customer posts collected with consent

    A routine for asking a customer to share their function photographs, with written permission kept against the order.

    Result: Real outfits at real events do the selling.

  5. Local creator collaborations worth the money

    Creators chosen for followers who live near your shop, briefed on one collection, with enquiries mentioning the collaboration counted separately.

    Result: You can tell whether the collaboration paid for itself.

How the result is measured

  • Posts published
  • Engagement rate
  • Enquiries from social profiles

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

Read the full social media marketing page

Platform for this buyer

Where a shopper finds an outfit, and what a boutique should post in each place.

Instagram stories for new arrivals
Post a new saree or lehenga, ask followers to choose between two pieces with a poll, and answer the price replies the same evening. The action wanted is to reply to the story or message to reserve a piece.
WhatsApp Business catalogue and status
Sort the catalogue by fabric and occasion, with price and sizes. Send new arrivals to customers who shopped before for a wedding. The action is a reply with the occasion date.
YouTube, for the draping and blouse choices
Show how a saree is draped, how a blouse pattern changes the look and what the stitching involves. The action is to book a fitting appointment.
Google Business Profile
Show the shop front as it is today, the trial rooms, the tailoring counter and the opening hours. A shopper nearby checks this before leaving home. The action is a request for directions.
Facebook for older and family buyers
Post to wedding groups and local pages where mothers ask where to buy bridal outfits, within the group's rules. The action is to message the shop with the wedding date.
What not to post
A customer's measurements or order details, a customer in a trial room, a designer's piece you do not stock, or a piece shown as available after it has been sold. Mark each sold piece the same day.

Who it is for

This is written for these clothing stores and boutiques.

  • Women's ethnic wear and saree boutiques
  • Designer and occasion wear studios
  • Multi-brand clothing and accessories stores
  • Men's wear and ethnic wear stores
  • Custom tailoring and blouse stitching studios
  • Kids' wear stores
  • School uniform retailers and suppliers
  • Corporate, hospital and hospitality uniform suppliers
  • Fashion accessories and jewellery boutiques

Not for

It is not the right fit if.

  • No one has time to answer story replies and comments, so more attention would turn into unanswered messages.
  • Your stock is one-of-a-kind pieces that sell the day they are posted, and a post can only advertise what has gone.

How it works

How the social media work runs

The work itself, in order. How an engagement starts, from your brief to a written scope, is set out on our method page.

  1. 1

    Confirm audience, platforms and access

    We note which platforms your buyers use and check that the pages sit under your own business accounts, with you as owner and us as added roles.

  2. 2

    Review the current presence

    We read the existing pages, the posts that drew replies and the gaps in posting.

  3. 3

    Build the calendar

    Themes, formats and dates are set out for your approval, with space for offers and news.

  4. 4

    Create, approve and publish

    Posts are made, approved by you and scheduled. Replies to the public are handled in your voice.

  5. 5

    Record enquiries and adjust

    Enquiries are logged against the post or platform where they began, and the mix changes to follow what brings them.

Where this fits

Three pieces of sales work, in this order.

This work sits inside sales process design, at stage 0, foundation. The audit comes before it, and sales management keeps it running.

  1. Step 1

    Sales audit

    Find where deals are being lost and what to fix first.

    Start here if you cannot say where orders are lost.

  2. Step 2 · you are here

    Sales process design

    One written way to sell, from first enquiry to repeat order.

    Start here if every salesperson sells differently.

  3. Step 3

    Sales management

    A target, a review routine and someone who owns the number.

    Start here if the team has targets and no routine.

Tell us what you need Your brief is read before we call. Scope, fee and term in writing.

FAQ

Questions owners ask before they call.

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How often should we post?
Three or four times a week is enough if the posts show new arrivals and real customers. Posting daily with repeated photographs trains followers to scroll past. A quiet week before a festival is the costly one.
Should we be on more than Instagram?
Facebook still matters for uniform buyers and for shoppers over forty, and it costs nothing to post the same content there. Anything beyond those two is time taken from replying to messages.
A piece has sold. How do we stop people asking for it?
Mark it sold on the post, the story and the catalogue the same day, and name one person to do it. A buyer who visits for a piece that is gone feels misled. Say in the caption that each piece is one of a kind and that the shop will suggest a similar one.
Can our staff model the outfits in our posts?
Yes, if they agree, and note it in writing. Staff who model need a say about which pictures are used and how long they stay up, and the shop should remove them if the person leaves. Never ask a customer to model without explicit agreement.
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.

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