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Let the buyer send the BOM on WhatsApp, and let a person answer it.

WhatsApp marketing for a components distributor is using the business number to receive part-number requests, confirm stock, and tell repeat buyers what has arrived, with their agreement. GullySales sets up the business profile, the opt-in record and the message formats, and routes each chat into the enquiry log.

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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.

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Last updated 6 Oct 2026.

For electronic components distributors

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

  • “The enquiry lives on the owner's personal number”

    Photographs of boards and part numbers arrive on one phone. When that person is away or leaves, nobody else can see them.

  • “A stock list is sent to everyone in the phone”

    Contacts who never agreed receive a long price list, some block the number, and the buyers who wanted it are lost in the noise.

  • “Chats are answered but never recorded”

    A price is quoted in a chat, the buyer says they will confirm, and no one writes down the part, the quantity or the date.

What we do

What we deliver for electronic components distributors.

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

  1. A business profile built for part-number requests

    Name, address, hours, a catalogue of the lines you hold and a greeting that asks for the part number, quantity and date.

    Result: The first message from a buyer arrives with what you need to answer.

  2. An opt-in record for every contact

    Who agreed to receive stock news, when and how, kept beside the contact in the log.

    Result: You message only the people who asked.

  3. Message formats for the usual moments

    Templates for acknowledging a BOM, confirming stock, saying a part has arrived and following up a quote, written in a counter's plain words.

    Result: Replies sound like a person at the counter and carry the right facts.

  4. Rules for who answers and when

    Named staff for the business number, a shared inbox if the tool allows it, and a clear hand-off when the person who started the chat is away.

    Result: A buyer is never left waiting because one phone is unattended.

  5. Restock alerts by buyer type

    Lists split so that a startup hears about modules and a repair shop about spares, and only when stock is real.

    Result: A message from you is news to the buyer, not noise.

  6. Chats logged as enquiries

    The part, quantity, date and result from each chat entered in the enquiry log the same day.

    Result: A WhatsApp enquiry is counted and followed up like any other.

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.

Read the full WhatsApp marketing and automation page

What must be in place first

What a components counter needs before it messages buyers on WhatsApp.

An opt-in record
Keep the name, number, date and how the person agreed. A buyer who sent a BOM has asked for a reply. The buyer has not agreed to a price list every day.
A business profile with the counter details
Use a business account with your company name, address, hours and website. Add a greeting that asks for part number, quantity and need-by date.
Message templates for restock and quote follow-up
Write short templates, such as part arrived or quote reminder, and check the platform's current rules on approval of business-started messages before you plan campaigns.
Who pays, and for what
Business messages may carry charges depending on the type. Check WhatsApp's current business policy and pricing, and work out a message volume you can afford before sending to a whole list.
An opt-out you honour
Tell people how to stop messages, and remove them from the list on the day. A buyer who blocks you cannot receive the shortage note they might have wanted.
A human reply path
Name who answers during counter hours and who covers lunch and leave. Automated replies should hand over to a person when a buyer sends a BOM.

Who it is for

This is written for these electronic components distributors.

  • Authorised distributors for one or two brand lines
  • Multi-brand stockists of ICs, passives and connectors
  • Independent and excess-stock traders
  • Development board, module and sensor suppliers for startups and colleges
  • BOM sourcing and kitting firms for contract manufacturers
  • Repair spares and service parts counters
  • Relay, transformer, battery and power component suppliers
  • Importers who source against a customer's RFQ

Not for

It is not the right fit if.

  • Salesmen use personal numbers with buyers, and the contacts would leave with them.
  • You want to put thousands of parts on a catalogue that nobody will keep current.
  • You plan to broadcast to every contact you have, which the platform's current rules and the buyers will not accept.

How it works

How the whatsapp marketing 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

    Read the chats you already have

    We read how customers write to you, which questions repeat and where a chat goes quiet. The repeated questions decide what gets automated first.

  2. 2

    Sort the list and the permission

    Contacts who asked to hear from you are separated from numbers that only sit in a phone book. We agree the wording new contacts will see before they say yes.

  3. 3

    Choose the app or the API

    One phone and a small team can stay on the ordinary app. Several people on one number, templates or a CRM link need the API through a provider, which is its own piece of setup work.

  4. 4

    Write the replies and the plan

    The greeting, away message, saved replies and handover rule are written in your words and approved by you. The message plan and its templates follow.

  5. 5

    Connect the record and test

    Each link carries its source line and each chat lands in the CRM. We test on real phones, including a customer who asks for a person.

  6. 6

    Read the unanswered questions

    A question the first reply could not answer becomes a new saved reply or a fixed handover. Stop requests are watched too, with the number's quality rating where the API is used, since both show a message plan that has gone too far.

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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Do we need the WhatsApp Business API, or are broadcast lists enough?
Broadcast lists suit a small, consented list and a manual routine. The API suits larger volumes, shared staff access and automated acknowledgements, and comes with its own rules and charges. Start with the app, and move when staff access or volume becomes the constraint.
Can we run buyer groups for startups or repair shops?
You can, but a group shows every member's number to the others and invites chatter. A one-to-one reply or a consented broadcast is cleaner. If you do run a group, set its purpose and rules at the start and keep price talk out.
Our salesmen use their personal numbers with buyers. Is that a problem?
Yes, because the history leaves with them. Give each salesman the business number or a shared inbox, and move the buyers over with a short note. Ask staff to log the part and quantity of every chat, whichever number they use.
Can we put our full stock list on the WhatsApp catalogue?
A catalogue suits a limited range such as modules, kits and fast-moving spares. A very large list is hard to keep current, so check the platform's present limits. A stale catalogue shows parts you no longer hold, which is worse than none.
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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