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Solar Installer Leads and Incentive Signals
Solar buyers announce themselves in public: a power bill that doubled, a roof about to be replaced, a new EV in the driveway, a neighbor's panels going up. leadsignal finds those demand signals in your area, and credithunt finds the incentive and rebate programs the homeowner qualifies for, so your first conversation covers the job and the money at the same time. Free to start: 3 leadsignal calls a day, flat pricing after, never per lead.
Updated October 20, 2026.
Where the signals come from
People ask for help in public before they ever fill in a form. A homeowner posts that a electric bill doubled this summer and they are asking if solar pencils out, in a neighborhood group, a local forum, or a public feed, naming the problem, the area, and often how urgent it is. leadsignal, one of the tools on the Zambo MCP, finds those public demand signals for local service work: people posting that they need a solar installer, so you decide who to contact instead of paying per lead for a name someone else also bought.
Solar intent sounds different from repair work. Posts ask whether solar is worth it on a specific bill amount, mention a roof replacement already planned, compare quotes a neighbor mentioned, or ask what changed with incentives this year. The bill amount, the roof timing, and the incentive question are the three details that turn a curious post into a quote worth writing.
Run a search for your city
Add Zambo to your AI (the MCP endpoint is https://zambo.dev/mcp, 153 tools total, 35 on the default surface) and ask in plain words: find people in my city who posted that they need this work in the last few days. leadsignal returns the matching public posts with the source link, the wording the person used, and when they posted it, and every call returns a verifiable receipt, so the list you worked from is saved as it was found and can be rechecked later at zambo.dev/verify.
Start narrow: one city, one job type, the last few days. A tight search returns a short list you can actually work today, and you can widen the radius or the window once you see how much real demand your area posts in public.
Score and prioritize
Not every post is equal, and the scoring is yours to set. A practical order that works for most crews:
- Urgency first. Active damage, no service, or a deadline in the post beats a someday project.
- Specifics second. A post naming the system, the symptom, and the neighborhood is a real job describing itself.
- Freshness third. A post from this morning is worth ten from last month; the job may already be booked.
- Fit last. Your service area, your ticket size, your license scope. Skip the rest without guilt.
Work the top of the list the same day, reply in the thread where the person asked, and be the contractor who answered the actual problem they described, not a generic pitch.
Pair demand with incentives: the credithunt angle
A demand signal tells you who is interested. It does not tell you what the job pays after incentives, and for solar that number often decides the sale. credithunt, another tool on the same Zambo MCP, finds incentive and rebate programs: the federal, state, utility, and local programs a homeowner or project may qualify for. Run it alongside a promising signal and your first reply can say what the system costs, what the programs cover, and what the owner actually pays, in the same message.
Both calls return verifiable receipts, so the signal you found and the programs you quoted are saved as they were found. If a customer later asks where a number came from, the record is there to recheck at zambo.dev/verify instead of living in your memory of a search.
Pay per lead, or pay for the search instead
The usual model charges per lead: each name costs money whether it books or not, the same lead can be sold to several companies at once, and the list exists whether or not anyone near you asked for help this week. The signal model flips the order. You pay a flat rate for the tool, search your own city as often as the work justifies, and contact only the people whose own words say they need the job now. The people are the same public; what changes is who does the finding, and whether you pay per name or per month.
There is no exclusivity claim to make here, and this page does not make one: a public post can be seen by anyone. Your edge is speed, fit, and showing up with an answer to the problem in the post while others wait for a list to be sold to them.
Pricing
leadsignal is free for your first 3 calls a day, which is enough to test your city this week and see what real demand looks like. Past that, pricing is flat, not per lead. A Day Pass is $0.99 one time and covers 24 hours. The Zambo Pass is $29 a month or $290 a year, and $19 a month for $ZAMBO holders. Humans pay by PayPal or card through PayPal; agents pay USDC on Base via x402. See full pricing and the leadsignal product page, or start with a Day Pass and run a full week of searches in one day.
Honest limits
Signals are public posts, not promised jobs. A post means a person said they need the work in public; it does not mean the job is still open, that they will pick you, or that the work is worth your price. Some posts will be stale, vague, outside your area, or already handled. You decide who to contact, what to offer, and what to charge, and you follow the rules of wherever the post lives when you reply. leadsignal finds the demand; closing it is still your work. One more for solar specifically: incentive and rebate programs change, expire, and carry eligibility rules. credithunt finds programs to investigate; it does not certify that a given homeowner qualifies, and final numbers belong in a real quote checked against the current program terms.
Frequently asked questions
How does AI find solar installer leads?
leadsignal searches public posts where people say, in their own words, that they are weighing solar: a bill amount they are tired of paying, a roof replacement coming up, a neighbor's install, a question about whether incentives still apply. You set the area and get the matching posts with source links and timestamps. You decide who to contact, and each search returns a verifiable receipt for the call.
What does credithunt add to a solar lead?
credithunt finds incentive and rebate programs a homeowner or project may qualify for, across federal, state, utility, and local programs. Paired with a demand signal, it lets you quote the job and the likely savings in one conversation instead of sending the homeowner away to research programs themselves. It finds programs to investigate; final eligibility and amounts still get checked against the current program terms in a real quote.
How many leadsignal searches are free?
The free tier is 3 leadsignal calls a day, every day, enough to test your area and your pitch before spending anything. Past the free tier, a Day Pass is $0.99 one time for 24 hours, and the Zambo Pass is $29 a month or $290 a year, and $19 a month for $ZAMBO holders. Pricing is flat: never per lead, per name, or per contact.
Are these leads promised jobs?
No. They are public posts from people who said they are considering solar or asked about the cost, not booked installs and not promises anyone will sign with you. Solar is a considered purchase: some posters are months out, some are comparing several installers, and some will decide against it. What you get is timing and context, their bill, their roof, their questions, found when they posted it.
How is this different from paying per lead?
Pay-per-lead charges for each name, signed or not, and the same name can be sold to several installers who then race to the same door. Here you pay a flat rate for the tools, search your own territory as often as you like within your plan, pair each signal with incentive research, and contact only the homeowners whose posts fit the jobs you want. Your cost stays flat in a busy month and a quiet one alike.