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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.

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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 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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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.

  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. 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.

  6. 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.

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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

Not for

It is not the right fit if.

  • Your returns and delivery problems are still unfixed, so better replies would only explain faults that keep recurring
  • You cannot answer a reviewer within the day, so a reply policy would be written and then ignored

How it works

How the reputation management 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

    Search your name as a stranger would

    We search the business, its main product names and the owner's name, on a phone and a laptop, and record what appears.

  2. 2

    Catalogue every mention

    Reviews, news, listings, social posts and forum threads are sorted into accurate and positive, accurate and negative, and wrong. Each group gets a different action.

  3. 3

    Agree the replies and the owner of each

    Replies are drafted and approved by you. Anything involving a refund, a clinical matter, a legal claim or a named employee goes to the right person in your business before anything is posted.

  4. 4

    Fix what you control

    Listings, profile details and your own pages are corrected, and pages worth ranking for your name are strengthened with accurate information.

  5. 5

    Monitor and report

    The agreed places are checked on the agreed schedule. The name search is repeated and compared with the first record.

Where this fits

Three pieces of sales work, in this order.

This work sits inside sales management. A target, a review routine and someone who owns the number.

  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

    Sales process design

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

    Start here if every salesperson sells differently.

  3. Step 3 · you are here

    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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Can we give a discount code for leaving a review?
Ask your attorney before you do. The rules here have moved and the exposure sits with the brand, not the platform. Safe in every version: ask everybody, keep the incentive unconnected to what they write, and disclose it plainly.
Someone is criticising us in a long forum thread. Do we reply?
Reply once, under a real name, with the specific thing you did. Communities punish a marketing voice harder than they punish the original complaint. If the criticism is fair, say so and say what changed.
Should we delete negative reviews from our own Shopify store?
No, not genuine ones. Showing only good reviews misleads shoppers, and the rules on how brands collect and show reviews have tightened, so check the current guidance. Remove only spam, abuse or reviews of another product, and answer the rest.
Do we reply to Amazon reviews the same way as reviews on our own store?
Mostly yes, but each marketplace has its own rules for seller replies and what may be said. Keep it short and polite, move order details to the platform's own messaging, and check the marketplace's current rules before replying publicly.
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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