What's breaking right now
What is breaking on most solar installation sites
Cost of delay
A slow response can cost the initial booking, the higher-value project, or the repeat relationship that should have followed.
The handoff is not leaking because the homepage is ugly. It is leaking because the website and OpenSolar are not sharing the same first minute. That is broken-handoff repair for businesses on OpenSolar.
Path fit
What a OpenSolar-connected website does instead
The site can qualify roof and ownership detail before OpenSolar generates the proposal flow, so the office is not chasing basic site-fit questions after the click. The native path keeps things simple, while the API path gives the website more room to qualify, route, and enrich the handoff before operations sees it.
Native path
Use OpenSolar's native intake flow when the business mainly needs a straightforward submission path.
Controlled path
Use the API path when the website needs stronger qualification, more routing logic, or better control over the data before it reaches OpenSolar.
When someone asks AI who to hire for solar installation, your site should survive the comparison.
Buyers are not just using Google. They are using AI to compare options, verify claims, and build a shortlist before they click through. That means answering the obvious questions clearly, showing proof that fits this buyer, and making the next step easy once they arrive.
What that requires
- Answer the obvious questionsReplace vague brochure copy with direct answers about fit, timing, pricing, and what happens next.
- Back the claims with proofPut the proof where the buyer feels the most doubt: examples, specifics, response expectations, and real outcomes.
- Make the next step easyGive the buyer a clear action and route the inquiry into the right person and the right software.
Before / after
How the OpenSolar handoff changes once the page is fixed
Before
- 1Website form submission lands in a generic inbox.
- 2Someone checks it later and has to reconstruct the request.
- 3The first callback starts without the detail needed to open the right request.
- 4Response slows down while the buyer is still comparing alternatives.
- 5OpenSolar either sees an incomplete handoff or never sees it at all.
After
- 1Website form submission is categorized immediately.
- 2request in your business software is created under 60 seconds.
- 3The right person gets a team notification with the full context attached.
- 4The site triggers the automatic response while intent is still hot.
- 5Nothing falls through because OpenSolar saw the inquiry first.
Leakage estimate
About 5 inquiries a month are at risk here.
That is roughly $70,000 in revenue pressure if the handoff keeps slowing down before OpenSolarsees the inquiry.
Directional estimate based on 24 monthly inquiries and about 20% of them not making it through, with $14,000 per inquiry.
Page proof
OpenSolar + Solar Installation should behave like a real intake handoff, not a contact form
Working proof
Operating proofSolar Installation intake written for OpenSolar
Target handoff
request in your business software under 60 seconds
Operational fit
Solar Installation intake logic written for OpenSolar, not generic lead forms
Local illustration for OpenSolar and Solar Installation
- Solar Installation operator language
- OpenSolar handoff
- Booked-job focus
Commercial bridge
The System Check comes first. Preview comes after it.
After The System Check
Use Preview once the handoff problem is named.
Start with The System Check so the leak and workflow drag are named before Preview.
Still evaluating
Use The System Check when the problem still needs a name.
If you are not yet sure whether the loss is speed, where the lead goes, or follow-up discipline, use The System Check before you pay for the preview.
Want The System Check first
Start with the public estimate, then come back here.
The System Check gives you a first-pass leakage read. Preview becomes the right move once you want the private fix built around your site.
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