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Point a forecasting model at lead qualification, and let people review output instead of producing it. Aimed at solar owner-operators, charging only when it actually works.
In short: Lead Qualifier for Solar Owner-Operators is a forecasting model aimed at solar owner-operators, covering lead qualification. It scores 72/100 on AltF Ideas, carried by moat (92) and held back by feasibility (30). Typical pricing is $3.9k–$58k per customer per year, with a first version reachable in six to twelve months for $43k–$126k.
Solar teams lose a pipeline where nobody knows which half is real. In most solar businesses this job has never had software written for it. It scales linearly with headcount, so growth makes it worse rather than better.
Point a forecasting model at lead qualification, and let people review output instead of producing it. Revenue is data subscription, which suits a buyer who wants the cost to track the value rather than the seat count.
| Total addressable market | $981M |
|---|---|
| Category growth (CAGR) | 22% |
| Annual contract value | $3.9k – $58k |
| Pricing model | Data subscription |
| Time to first revenue | 62 days |
| Startup cost to MVP | $43k – $126k |
| Build effort | 6-12 months |
Forecasting that used to need a data team now runs on off-the-shelf models. Solar is growing at roughly 24% a year, and this job has not been re-tooled since it was designed around paper.
| Who | The gap |
|---|---|
| An internal hire | Works until volume doubles, then breaks again |
| An offshore back office | Cheaper per hour, but does not scale down to the tail |
| A spreadsheet | The real incumbent in most of the market, and it is free |
The data you need lives on paper in a back office; digitisation is half the product.
An idea you cannot act on is entertainment. Four concrete steps, wired to tools already running on AltFTool.
Score problem urgency, willingness to pay, and reachable audience size before writing any code.
→ AltF IdeaLabAsk how they handle this today and what it costs them. If nobody can quantify the pain, the demand score is optimistic.
→ Survey BuilderCheck availability, DNS, and email authentication in one pass so your first outreach lands in an inbox.
→ AltF DomainOpsStand up intake, the review queue, and billing before you build the clever part.
→ AltF Flow