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Bring in sellers who already have products and orders, not curious visitors.

Lead generation for an e-commerce software provider means attracting founders and agencies who are about to choose a platform, then separating them from people who are only browsing. GullySales works on the sources that bring those sellers in and on the questions that tell the sales team who is ready.

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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 lead generation means

Lead generation is the combined work of every channel that brings in a new enquiry, whether from search, adverts, referrals or a stall at an exhibition. GullySales runs these channels together and reports the number of enquiries each one produced, not the activity behind it.

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Last updated 18 Oct 2026.

For E-commerce software providers

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

  • “A signup is not a lead until products exist”

    A trial form collects students, hobbyists and competitors along with real sellers. The sales team cannot tell them apart from the name and email alone, so the real brand waits behind the browsers. Lead generation starts by deciding what a ready seller looks like.

  • “Agencies bring several stores in one introduction”

    A web agency that builds stores for Instagram sellers sets up a platform again and again for its own clients. One agency that likes your product is worth more than a single founder, yet it rarely appears in a signup list unless it is asked where it came from.

  • “Founders ask in seller groups before they search”

    A D2C founder with a shipping problem posts in a seller community or asks a friend who runs a similar brand. The answer they get names a platform. If nobody from your side has been useful in that thread, the shortlist is already written.

  • “The migrating seller is a different lead”

    A brand moving from a global platform or from marketplace listings carries a catalogue, customers and fears about lost orders. That person needs a page about the move itself, not a general invitation to start a free store.

What we do

What we deliver for E-commerce software providers.

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

  1. A definition of a ready seller

    A short list of signals such as products listed, a gateway account, courier in use and orders a day, agreed between marketing and sales.

    Result: The sales team and marketing read the same list when they call a lead ready.

  2. Qualifying questions on the demo form

    Two or three questions on what the seller sells, where orders come from today and whether a catalogue exists.

    Result: A demo request arrives with enough detail to decide who calls first.

  3. Source tagging for every signup

    Each store carries the page, community, agency or campaign it came through.

    Result: You can see which source brings sellers who reach a first order.

  4. A migration entry page

    A page for sellers leaving another platform or a marketplace, covering catalogue, customers and order history.

    Result: A seller who is switching lands on a page about switching.

  5. An agency lead route

    A separate form and tracking for web agencies and freelancers who set up stores.

    Result: Agency introductions are logged apart from seller signups.

How the result is measured

  • Enquiries generated
  • Cost per enquiry
  • Enquiries by source

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

Read the full demand and lead generation page

What to capture

Separate a ready seller from a browser at the form.

Number of products already listed elsewhere
Asked on the trial form; a seller with a live catalogue can be moved over, while a person with none is still at idea stage.
Where orders come from today
Instagram, WhatsApp, a marketplace or a shop counter; tells sales what migration and integrations the seller will ask about.
Monthly order volume band
A choice of ranges on the form, not a figure typed in; lets the team route a busy brand to a person and a small one to guides.
Who will set the store up
The founder, an agency or a freelancer; decides whether the demo is for the owner or for a partner.
Payment and shipping tools in use
Razorpay, Shiprocket or a courier account already running; shows the integrations the seller needs on day one.

Who it is for

This is written for these E-commerce software providers.

  • Hosted storefront platforms for small D2C brands
  • Multi-vendor marketplace software for niche marketplaces
  • Headless commerce and API-first platform providers
  • Order, inventory and warehouse management tools for online sellers
  • Marketplace listing and multi-channel sync software
  • Theme, plugin and app developers on top of larger platforms
  • B2B ordering portals for distributors and wholesalers
  • Mobile shopping app builders for local retailers

Not for

It is not the right fit if.

  • Your catalogue import still fails on common sheet formats, so more trials would stall at the same upload step.
  • No one on the sales team can take a demo this week, and more requests would only age on the list.
  • You have no partner route for agencies, and a campaign aimed at them would find no clear offer.

How it works

How the lead generation 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

    Understand your capacity

    We ask how many enquiries your team can answer well, who answers after hours, and what a good enquiry looks like. Without this, the system fills a funnel nobody is watching.

  2. 2

    Audit current sources

    We read your call log, WhatsApp chats, enquiry sheet and platform dashboards. The baseline is recorded: enquiries by source, reply time, conversion and cost per order.

  3. 3

    Strategise the channel mix

    Search and maps are chosen for people ready to buy, ads for people who are not yet looking, and content and referrals for trust.

  4. 4

    Implement capture and follow-up

    Pages, forms, tags, the lead record and the first-reply message are built and tested end to end. We submit test enquiries ourselves before any media money is spent.

  5. 5

    Measure and optimise

    Enquiries are traced to source and judged by what became orders, not by volume alone. Channels that fill the sheet with poor enquiries are cut back. How often you are reported to is agreed in writing.

Where this fits

Three pieces of sales work, in this order.

This work sits inside sales process design, at stage 1, prospecting and lead generation. 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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Should we gate our demo behind a long form?
A long form turns away real sellers along with the browsers. Ask a few pointed questions about what the seller sells and where orders come from, and let the sales team judge the rest from the answers.
Which source should we put effort into first?
Look at which source already brings stores that take a first order. If agencies do, start there. If sellers arrive from search on Indian selling problems, write for that. The data in your own signup list decides.
How do we stop competitors and students filling the demo form?
Use work-email checks and the qualifying questions, and have the sales team mark such requests so they stop counting as leads. Keep the form short enough that a real founder finishes it.
Should we gate the demo behind a long form?
Keep the form short and ask only what sorts a ready seller from a browser, such as products listed and where orders come from. Long forms lose real sellers while students fill them anyway. Use the first reply to ask for the rest.
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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