Fixed prices online. Certified local installers. Your battery, your VPP choice. No salesman.
{quote &&
alert("Continue → /configure")} />
}
);
}
function Hero(props) {
if (props.tweaks.hero === "single") return ;
if (props.tweaks.hero === "photo") return ;
return ;
}
// ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
// PROMISE STRIP
// ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
function PromiseStrip() {
const items = [
{ num: "01", h: "Fixed price online", s: "What you see is what you pay. No re-quotes after the roof scan." },
{ num: "02", h: "Certified local crew", s: "Named CEC-accredited installer. Real photo, real number, real time on site." },
{ num: "03", h: "Your battery, your VPP", s: "Powerwall, Tesla, Sungrow. Amber, OVO, Tesla VPP. Or none. Your call." },
{ num: "04", h: "10-yr workmanship", s: "Plus manufacturer warranties (Aiko 25, Sungrow 10, Powerwall 10)." }];
return (
{items.map((it) =>
{it.num}
{it.h}
{it.s}
)}
);
}
// ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
// HOW IT WORKS
// ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
function HowItWorks() {
const steps = [
{ n: "Step 01", h: "Postcode → price", b: "Enter your postcode. We show your indicative fixed price for a 9.9 kW + 13.5 kWh system, post-rebate.", t: "60 seconds" },
{ n: "Step 02", h: "Roof scan", b: "We pull your roof from satellite + cadastre data. Pitch, azimuth, shading. You confirm your panels.", t: "Same day" },
{ n: "Step 03", h: "Pick battery + VPP", b: "Powerwall, Tesla, Sungrow. Amber, OVO, Tesla VPP, or none. We show the trade-offs in dollars, not vibes.", t: "10 minutes" },
{ n: "Step 04", h: "Pay deposit, pick a date", b: "$1,000 deposit holds your install date. Balance after switch-on. Real calendar, named installer.", t: "Within 14 days" },
{ n: "Step 05", h: "Install + switch-on", b: "Jason and the crew arrive 7:30–8:00 AM. Panels up, battery in, meter cleared. Volt pulse on the app.", t: "1 day on site" }];
return (
From postcode to switch-on. Five steps. Two weeks.
How it works
Most retailers spend the first 14 days trying to sell you something else. We spend ours scanning your roof, ordering your panels, and booking the crew.
{steps.map((s) =>
{s.n}
{s.h}
{s.b}
⏱ {s.t}
)}
);
}
// ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
// WHAT YOU GET — Single Number spec card
// ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
function WhatYouGet({ quote }) {
const price = quote?.price ?? 16800;
return (
One system. Sized for the rebate. Real spec sheet.
Bigger isn't always better. A 13.5 kWh battery extracts the most rebate per dollar at current Australian retail prices. We sell the system that pays you back fastest, not the one that maxes out your roof.
Jason has been on Ballarat roofs since 2003. He's been a sub-contractor for three of the big national retailers, and walked off two of them. He's the reason SOLO exists in the postcode.
{/* SVG portrait placeholder — never invent a real face */}
Verified · CEC A1234567
Jason Whittaker
Lead installer · Ballarat 3350 · 23 years on the tools
"I've worked for three of the door-knockers. I'd rather be on a roof than read a script."
Three concentric arcs — sun-path geometry at your latitude, modulated by your roof's azimuth, pitch, and the system size we put on it. Every customer's print is unique.
You get yours at the end of the configurator, framed in oak, posted to your door. It's a thing. It's also a system diagram you can read.
The number on the homepage is the number on the invoice. Here's where every dollar goes — what RRP looks like at the big-box retailers, what we charge, and where the rebates land.
No "from $" · No re-quotes · No bait
Line item
Qty
Retail RRP
SOLO fixed
{rows.map((r) =>
{r.item}{r.note}
{r.qty}
{fmtAUD(r.rrp)}
{fmtAUD(r.fixed)}
)}
Subtotal
{fmtAUD(totalRrp)}
{fmtAUD(totalFixed)}
Federal STC + state rebates
− {fmtAUD(totalFixed - price)}
You pay
{fmtAUD(totalRrp)}
{fmtAUD(price)}
);
}
// ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
// COMPARISON
// ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
function Versus() {
const rows = [
{ k: "Pricing", solo: <>Fixed price before you give us your number., them: <>"From $X*". Real number after a 90-min home visit. },
{ k: "Quote method", solo: <>Postcode + roof scan. Online. Done in 10 minutes., them: <>Doorknock. Phone. Living room. Tablet demo. "Today only." },
{ k: "Installer", solo: <>Named CEC-accredited local. Photo. Number., them: <>"Subcontractor TBC." Crew assigned the morning of. },
{ k: "Battery / VPP", solo: <>Your choice. We show the dollars side-by-side., them: <>The one they're paid the most to sell. },
{ k: "Re-quotes", solo: <>None. Roof scan confirms — doesn't reset., them: <>Standard. Average bump: 11–18% post-survey. },
{ k: "Pressure", solo: <>None. Quote stays good for 30 days., them: <>Countdown timer. Manager phone-a-friend. Discount fold. },
{ k: "Sales commission", solo: <>$0. There is no salesman., them: <>$1,500 – $3,500 per system, baked into your price. },
{ k: "Workmanship", solo: <>10 yrs · backed by the actual installer., them: <>Warranties parented to companies that may not exist in 5 yrs. }];
return (
SOLO vs the door-knockers.
The honest comparison
Solar in Australia has been bait-and-switch for a decade. Here's what the door-knockers do, and what we do instead. No spin.
SOLO
Solar, sorted.
The door-knockers
Big retailers · sub-contracted
{rows.map((r) =>
{r.k}
{r.solo}
{r.them}
)}
"The sun doesn't have a salesman. Why should your solar?"
);
}
// ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
// FAQ
// ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
function FAQ() {
const faqs = [
{ q: "Is the price on the homepage really the price?",
a: <>
Yes — within a small range that the roof scan confirms. The number you see at postcode entry is for an average roof in your postcode (north-facing, ≥10° pitch, no major shading). Once we pull your specific roof from satellite + cadastre data, we'll either confirm the number or show you the variance and why.
If your roof needs more than a standard install (3-storey, tile-and-batten, structural reinforcement), we tell you the new number before you pay a deposit. Not after.
},
{ q: "When do you launch in my postcode?",
a: <>
Ballarat 3350 first — mid-2026. Then 3220, 3550, 3000, 3550 across regional Victoria through Q4 2026. National rollout through 2027 — Adelaide, Perth, Sydney, Brisbane, Hobart in roughly that order.
Enter your postcode for an indicative price and we'll email you the date we open in your area. Email is for that. Nothing else. No telemarketing, no door-knocking.
},
{ q: "Why 9.9 kW + 13.5 kWh? My roof could fit more.",
a:
It probably could. But 9.9 kW is the largest system that stays under most retailers' single-phase export limit, and 13.5 kWh is the battery size that extracts the most rebate per dollar at current Australian retail prices. Bigger isn't always better — the marginal kWh on a 20 kW system pays back in 14 years; the 9.9 kW system pays back in 6. We'll quote larger if you want it. We just won't recommend it.
},
{ q: "What's the deal with VPPs? Do I have to join one?",
a:
No. A VPP (Virtual Power Plant) lets your battery sell power to the grid when prices spike — Amber, OVO Power Move, and Tesla VPP all do this differently. We'll show you the realistic dollars per year for each option, and the trade-offs (Amber pays the most, but exposes you to wholesale spikes; Tesla VPP is set-and-forget but caps your upside). You can also opt out entirely. Your battery, your call.
},
{ q: "What's the catch?",
a:
The catch is we only do one product (9.9 kW + 13.5 kWh), in one geography (Ballarat at launch), with one set of components. If you want a 20 kW system with two batteries and a Fronius inverter on a corrugated tin shed, we're not the right shop. If you want the standard system that pays back fastest, installed by a named local, with no salesman in the loop — we are.
},
{ q: "Who is SOLO?",
a:
SOLO is a registered Australian solar retailer. ABN [pending registration]. Based in Ballarat, Victoria. We're certified by the Clean Energy Council (CEC accreditation [awaiting CEC]). Our installers are all CEC accredited and locally licensed. We launched mid-2026 because everyone we knew who'd bought solar in the last decade had been ripped off by someone, and we got tired of saying "you should have bought ours."
}];
const [open, setOpen] = useState(0);
return (
FAQ
Plain answers. No fine print.
Six questions we get most. If yours isn't here, ask Sarah — she replies in business hours, in her own words, from her own email.