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Answer the buyer asking what happened to your last project.

Reputation management for a software firm is handling what past clients and former engineers say in public, because a buyer risking money on an unbuilt product reads all of it. GullySales watches the mentions, drafts replies and collects reviews that survive scrutiny.

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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 software development companies

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

  • “Every buyer has heard of a project that died”

    A founder left with half a codebase by somebody else checks you far harder than the brief suggests.

  • “Attrition is read as delivery risk”

    A buyer looks at your team's job-site reviews and works out whether the engineers who pitched will still be there.

  • “A rescue client asks about the last vendor”

    How you talk about the firm that left the project half-built tells the buyer how you will talk about him.

What we do

What we deliver for software development companies.

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

  1. Reviews asked for at the right milestone

    A request sent after a release goes live and the client is using it, not months later while an invoice is being argued.

    Result: Reviews come from a moment that went well.

  2. Alerts on the company and the founders' names

    Watches on search, review platforms and social, so a post from a client or a former engineer reaches you early.

    Result: You answer before a buyer finds it.

  3. A drafted reply for the delay complaint

    A factual answer setting out scope changes, dates and what was delivered, agreed with you before anything is published.

    Result: One reply ends it instead of a thread.

  4. A change record behind every project

    Scope changes, approvals and dates kept per project, so a public claim about a delay can be answered from the record.

    Result: You argue with a document, not a memory.

  5. Employer reviews watched and answered

    Replies to reviews from engineers who have left, and a routine for asking the present team during a good quarter.

    Result: A buyer checking attrition sees both sides.

  6. The complaint pattern reported

    Themes pulled from reviews, exit conversations and lost proposals, with the change to make inside the firm, against the baseline.

    Result: The same objection stops arriving next quarter.

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 a software development company gets.

Praise from a founder
Thank them and ask whether you may name the product. If it is under NDA, ask for a short quote about how the project was run, without naming the product or its users.
Scope and billing dispute
Reply that every change request is recorded and priced before work starts, and offer to go through the log by call. Check that your change log is up to date and signed off.
Bug after launch
Say what the contract gives for fixes after delivery and what counts as new work. Check that the support terms are written into the contract, with the start date and what is covered.
Source code and ownership
Say what the contract says on handover, and offer a call. Check that your handover checklist covers repository access, credentials, hosting accounts and documentation.
Developer left mid-project
Say the work continued under a handover and name who leads it now. Check that each project has written notes another engineer could pick up.
Review from a former engineer
Reply briefly and do not describe the person. Say there is a route inside the company for such concerns, and check someone senior reads it.

Who it is for

This is written for these software development companies.

  • Custom software development companies
  • Mobile app developers for Android and iOS
  • Product engineering firms working with startups
  • IT consultants and technology advisers
  • SaaS product companies selling to Indian businesses
  • Offshore development centres serving overseas clients
  • Firms specialising in one domain, such as healthcare, logistics or fintech
  • Low-code and automation developers
  • Software firms bidding for government work on GeM

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 reputation management work runs

  1. 1

    Understand current perception

    We start by actually searching your business name and reviewing what a stranger would currently see.

  2. 2

    Audit existing mentions

    We catalogue reviews, mentions and search results, flagging anything negative or inaccurate.

  3. 3

    Plan responses

    A calm, factual response is prepared for anything that needs one, agreed with you before posting.

  4. 4

    Implement monitoring

    Ongoing checks are set up so new mentions are caught promptly rather than discovered by accident.

  5. 5

    Measure and report

    Sentiment and response times are reported, with your business name searched again to see what has moved.

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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A client posted that we missed a deadline. What now?
Reply once with the dates and what changed in scope, then offer a call. The argument is what the next buyer reads.
Do verified review platforms matter?
For overseas and startup buyers, yes. A profile with real reviews reaches a shortlist that referrals cannot.
A client under NDA wants to review us but cannot name the product. Is that fine?
Yes, if the NDA allows it. They can describe how the project was run, the communication and the delivery, without naming the product, users or data. Ask them to check their own contract first, and never edit their words.
A freelancer we hired has posted about unpaid dues. How do we answer?
Check your payment record before replying. If it is due, pay it and say so briefly. If it is disputed, say you will call and share the contract terms. Do not describe the person or the amount in public.
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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