Solar reps: what this deal actually pays you, and what a discount costs you. Free, no signup.
Redline is the floor price your org sets. You keep the spread above it. If your org takes a cut of the spread, set your kept %.
Financed deals carry a buy-down fee that comes out of the price. Enter the fee your lender charges.
Door knocks, site survey, follow-ups, paperwork. Count all of it.
Dropping the sold price $0.25/watt to close comes 100% out of YOUR spread, not the org's. See what a discount costs you.
Pick a deal preset first: Small (6 kW), Average (9 kW), or Big (14 kW), which fill system size, sold price per watt, redline per watt, and unpaid hours as editable starting points. Redline is the floor price your org sets; you keep the spread above it. If your org takes a cut, set the kept percent (100 default). In the leaks card enter the dealer or lender fee percent (financed deals carry a buy-down fee), your unpaid hours on the deal (door knocks, site survey, follow-ups, paperwork), and cancel or clawback risk percent (10 default). Results show a line-item breakdown: system price, dealer fee dollars, your spread, and the risk haircut, plus the big number you pocket (risk-adjusted commission) and your true hourly rate across the unpaid hours. Verdicts: SOLID DEAL at $150 per hour or more, AVERAGE DEAL at $75, THIN DEAL below that, and NO SPREAD when you sell at or below redline. The discount trap card shows exactly how much of YOUR spread a per-watt discount costs, since price drops come 100 percent out of your pocket. The pipeline card converts a monthly income goal into deals needed, backed into qualified appointments at your close rate.
Example only, not typical pricing. Average preset at 9 kW, $3.50 sold, $2.60 redline, 100 percent kept, 8 hours, 10 percent cancel risk: 9,000 watts, system price $31,500, spread $0.90 per watt for $8,100, risk-adjusted to $7,290 you pocket. True hourly rate is 8,100 / 8 = $1,012.50 per hour: SOLID DEAL. A $0.25 per watt discount drops the spread to $0.65, so commission becomes $5,265, costing you $2,025, which is 28 percent of this deal's pay. A $8,000 monthly goal needs 8,000 / 7,290 = 1.1 deals; at a 20 percent close rate that is 6 qualified appointments per month.
**Q** Why does the discount come out of my spread?
Redline does not move when you discount. Every dollar per watt you drop is a dollar per watt off your spread, while the org's floor stays fixed. The trap card quantifies it so you feel the cost before you offer it.
**Q** What is a redline?
The floor price per watt your org sets. You keep the spread between sold price and redline, adjusted by your kept split percent and cancel risk.
**Q** Why risk-adjust the commission?
Cancels and clawbacks happen. The big number shows expected pay after your entered risk percent, which is the honest figure to plan a month on.
**Q** What does the pipeline card assume?
Your per-deal expected commission, your monthly income goal, and your close rate. Deals needed is goal divided by commission, and appointments is deals divided by close rate, rounded up.
**Q** Is this earnings advice?
No. Redlines, fees, and splits vary by org, so enter your real numbers. The tool only shows what your deal terms pay you.