A WhatsApp bot for solar and energy installers
that answers a lead before they call a competitor
A homeowner researching solar usually messages two or three installers at once, and moves forward with whoever answers first. Our bot answers pricing and incentive questions instantly from your own numbers, and collects what a rep needs to book a site visit.
Why the fastest reply wins the lead
A homeowner shopping for solar almost always messages more than one installer within the same hour, often through WhatsApp, the fastest way to ask a quick question. The installer who replies first with a real, specific answer, even a rough price range, usually gets the site visit. Installers who reply hours later are competing for a lead that has often already moved on.
The repeated first question every lead asks is the second cost. Roughly what does a system cost, what incentives apply locally. Answering this consistently and instantly, every time, at any hour, is simply not realistic for a small sales team juggling site visits and installs during the day.
A third, quieter cost is the lead that gets lost in a busy WhatsApp inbox once volume picks up after a marketing push. A message that arrives alongside a dozen others can sit unanswered for a day. By then the homeowner has usually already booked with someone else.
What the bot actually does
A WhatsApp bot replies to every inbound lead instantly, any hour. It gives a real pricing range and current local incentive information, pulled from your own numbers, not a generic national estimate. It collects the details a rep needs: roof type, rough energy usage, ownership status, timeline. Then it sends a site-visit request to your team’s calendar.
Every qualified lead triggers a notification to the right rep, so nothing waits unnoticed in a busy inbox. An admin panel lets whoever manages pricing and incentive data update it directly as programs change, without needing a developer involved for every edit.
Typical integrations: the WhatsApp Business API for the bot itself, your team’s calendar for visit scheduling, and your CRM for qualified leads.
What stays with your sales engineers
Every final quote, system design and savings projection stays entirely with your sales engineers, based on an actual site review, never estimated by the bot. The decision to confirm or reschedule a site-visit request stays with your team’s scheduler. The bot’s job is speed and intake: answer fast, collect the right details, get a real request to the right person.
Price and timeline
| Model | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Agency runs it | from $900 | We build, launch and host the bot. You send pricing and incentive updates as programs change |
| Full control, handover-ready | from $1,900 | Same build, full source code and bot credentials transferred to your team, documentation included |
Both run on the same 1 to 2 week build for a single market and language.
Related
Pair this with the fuller AI agent for solar and energy installers if you also want deeper lead qualification and CRM write-up. Or add a website for solar and energy installers if your landing pages need the same fast-reply experience. See the full package breakdown on the development service page. A round-robin lead-routing build for a real estate developer on similar logic is in the lead-routing case study. A scored, bot-driven candidate intake is in the recruitment AI bot case study. Get a written plan with a fixed price for your team.
FAQ
How much does a WhatsApp bot for a solar installer cost?
A single-market, single-language pricing FAQ and intake bot starts at $900 and takes 1 to 2 weeks. A build with CRM integration and direct calendar booking starts at $1,500.
Does it give a final price or guaranteed savings?
No. It shares a typical price range and general incentive information only. A final quote always comes from a sales engineer after an actual site review, which the playbook makes clear to the homeowner too.
How fast does it respond to a new inbound message?
Instantly, any hour. That matters because a homeowner comparing installers usually moves forward with whoever replies first with something specific, rather than waiting for the best eventual answer.
Can it book a site visit directly?
It collects what's needed and sends a visit request to your team's calendar for confirmation. Or it books directly into available slots, depending on how much control your scheduling needs.
Does it work with WhatsApp Business API or only the regular app?
We build on the WhatsApp Business API, which supports the automation and multi-agent handling a growing installer team needs, rather than the limits of the consumer app.