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Track the trial, the migration and the renewal in one place.

A CRM for an accounting software provider is the shared record of every trial, demo, migration job, dealer lead and licence renewal, linked to the people involved. GullySales works on the stages, the fields and the habits that keep that record true.

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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 CRM means

A CRM is the record where every enquiry, call and quote is kept against a customer, replacing separate notebooks, spreadsheets and memory. GullySales sets up or cleans an existing CRM and reports from it by enquiry outcome rather than by activity logged.

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Sales and marketing for accounting software providers, the overview.

Last updated 18 Oct 2026.

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

  • “The pipeline has a long middle”

    Between trial and payment sit the migration, the munim's training and the CA's approval. If the CRM has only open and won, the deals stalling at migration look the same as the deals waiting on price.

  • “Partner credit decides whether partners stay”

    A dealer who brought a buyer and heard nothing stops sending leads. The record has to show who registered the lead, where it stands and whether the commission your finance team agreed is due.

  • “Renewals belong in the same record”

    The licence expiry date, the version in use and the last support call sit beside the sale. A renewal handled from a separate spreadsheet misses the customer who raised three tickets last month.

  • “Support history changes the sale”

    A trader with open GST filing tickets should not get a cold upgrade call. Support and sales looking at the same contact record prevents that kind of misstep.

What we do

What we deliver for accounting software providers.

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

  1. Stages that match your sale

    Trial started, first invoice raised, migration done, accountant approved, paid, renewal due.

    Result: Every deal sits in one named stage.

  2. Fields for trade, source product and role

    Recording the trade, the older software and the contact's role.

    Result: Reports can be cut by trade and by source product.

  3. A partner view

    A simple list for each dealer or CA showing their leads and status.

    Result: Partners can be told where each lead stands.

  4. Renewal and version fields

    Expiry date, version and support-ticket count on each customer.

    Result: Renewal work starts from a ready list.

  5. Entry rules for the team

    A short written guide on what is entered after a call, who enters it and what counts as complete.

    Result: The record stays usable by whoever opens it.

How the result is measured

  • Enquiries logged in the CRM
  • Data completeness
  • Reports generated from CRM data

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

Read the full CRM implementation and customisation page

Fields worth keeping

Fields that record a software sale from trial to renewal.

Trade
Filled by the caller from a fixed list. It lets sales pick the right sample bill and lets marketing see which trade brings trials.
Previous software
Filled when the first call happens. It marks migration leads, which need a person on the call before the data is moved.
Role of the contact
Owner, munim or CA, added by whoever speaks to them. A message to a CA reads differently from one to an owner.
Partner or dealer source
Filled automatically when the lead arrives through a partner form, so credit is clear and the partner sees their own leads.
Licence renewal date
Filled by the account team at sale. It lets the renewal conversation start in time without hunting through old invoices.

Who it is for

This is written for these accounting software providers.

  • Desktop accounting software vendors competing with Tally and Busy
  • Cloud accounting and GST billing apps for small businesses
  • Billing software for pharmacies, grocery and retail counters
  • Accounting products for wholesalers, traders and distributors
  • Software for contractors, builders and project businesses
  • Products built for CAs managing many client books
  • Dealer and reseller networks selling a single accounting product
  • E-invoicing and GST filing tool vendors

Not for

It is not the right fit if.

  • Your leads live in one person's phone and that person has not agreed to share them, so a CRM would sit empty.
  • You have a handful of customers and know each by name, so fields would add typing without adding anything you do not know.
  • Nobody owns data entry after a call, and a CRM with half-filled records is worse than a notebook.

How it works

How the CRM 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

    Map the sales process

    We sit with the people who sell and write down how a deal moves from enquiry to payment, including where it stalls.

  2. 2

    Agree stages, fields and owners

    Each stage gets a name your team already uses and a proof that the deal has left it. We agree which fields are required at which stage, and who may change what.

  3. 3

    Build on a copy

    Pipeline, fields and views are built on a trial copy where the CRM offers one, or in a separate pipeline where the plan allows. Live work stays untouched.

  4. 4

    Connect channels, then switch on automations

    Channels are connected first. Each automation is then switched on separately, so a misfiring rule is easy to find.

  5. 5

    Test with real deals

    The people who will use the CRM run open deals through it. Gaps are fixed before the whole team switches over.

  6. 6

    Switch over and trim

    Once real use shows which fields stay empty and which stages nobody uses, those are cut and the handover record is updated.

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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Which CRM suits a small software company?
One your team will open daily. Zoho CRM and HubSpot are in ordinary use in India; a shared sheet works at the very start. Pick for ease of entry rather than features.
Can the CRM connect to our product?
If your product records trial events, those can be sent in. That is a build job on your side. GullySales defines which events matter and what the sales team does when they arrive.
Who should own the data?
One named person owns the fields and the rules. Without an owner the record decays, and then nobody trusts the numbers.
Should support tickets sit in the same CRM?
Link them, do not merge them. Support history tells sales when a customer is unhappy before a renewal call. A separate tool for tickets suits the support team better, so keep the customer record shared and let each team work in its own view.
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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