T-202Trade sheet
Trade sheet · solar maintenance

Solar panel cleaning marketing we have already proven.

This is the trade where our public record lives. Solaris Solar Cleaning came to us with 56 reviews and a dated site; the as-built shows 342 five-star reviews, top-3 map pack, and $446K in annual revenue. Solar cleaning rewards the same machinery everywhere: homeowners do not know this service exists until they search once, and then they hire whoever looks established.

T-202.1Observed defects

Why good solar cleaners stay small.

01
A service people search for twice a year

Nobody browses solar cleaning for fun. There is one search, right after a dirty-panel production dip or a bird problem, and the map pack takes the whole click. If you are not in the top three that day, you do not exist.

02
Trust gap on the roof

You are asking to put a stranger on a $30,000 array. Twelve reviews and a Gmail address lose to 300 reviews and a real site every single time, regardless of who does better work.

03
One-time jobs that should be contracts

Most cleaners sell a wash. The money is in the maintenance plan, and selling plans takes follow-up infrastructure: reminders, easy payment, and a record of every visit. That is system work, not hustle work.

T-202.2The remedy

How The Founded System applies to solar panel cleaning.

Same seven-part spec, tuned to how solar panel cleaning actually gets bought. The full spec is public on the system page.

Part 01 · Found

Top of the map when the twice-a-year search happens

Categories, Services field, real rooftop photos, and review velocity. This exact program moved Solaris's profile interactions from 13 to 195 a month, 15 times over.

Part 07 · Reviewed

The 353-review playbook

Reactivate the past-customer list first, then one polite request after each job. Compliant, capped, no incentives. Reviews are the entire trust argument in this trade.

Part 02+06 · Captured and Paid

From quote to recurring plan

Published price ranges and a quote form that answers in under a minute, then Stripe plans that turn a one-time wash into scheduled maintenance revenue.

Part 04 · Closed

Follow-up that survives the busy season

Quotes that did not close get chased automatically at day 2, 7, and 30. In a trade with a long think-time, the second touch closes what the first one warmed.

$48K → $446Kthe full Solaris Solar Cleaning as-built documents every revision: what was built, when, and what each pour changed. All numbers are public and checkable.
T-202.3General notes

What solar cleaning operators ask us.

Would the Solaris playbook work outside Miami?

The machinery transfers: map ranking, reviews, service pages, fast follow-up. Miami's solar density helped the ceiling, and we say plainly that the result is exceptional. In a smaller market the same system wins a bigger share of a smaller pie, which is usually still a full schedule.

My customers come from solar installers' referrals. Still worth it?

Especially then. Installer referrals are borrowed pipes; a change of manager can shut them overnight. Your own map presence and review base is the pipe you own, and a strong public profile actually strengthens the installer relationship, because referring you stops being a risk for them.

Do you understand the bird-proofing and commercial side?

Yes, and each deserves its own page, because they are separate searches with separate buyers. Bird proofing, residential wash, and commercial O&M get their own ranking pages with their own proof, exactly as we built for Solaris.

What does it cost?

Public bid sheet: reviews from $99 a month, full system from $499. Solaris pays standard pricing; there was no discounted showcase deal behind the case study.