Three options. Only one actually works for your business.
The battery market is a retrofit market, and the original installer has the head start
Battery installation in Australia in 2026 is mostly a retrofit game. Hundreds of thousands of homes installed a 5-10kW solar array between 2018 and 2022 when feed-in tariffs were still 12-15 cents, and now those tariffs have collapsed to 3-5 cents and a battery suddenly pays back inside seven years instead of fifteen. The customer is googling 'Tesla Powerwall installer near me' and 'will a Sonnen work with my Fronius', not 'solar installer'. Two structural problems. First, the original installer who did the array five years ago has the head start: they have the customer's email, the as-built drawings, and the inverter brand on file. If you're not in front of that homeowner when they start researching, the original installer wins by default. Second, the existing-inverter compatibility question is the whole sale. A Powerwall is AC-coupled and works with almost any existing inverter; a DC-coupled battery needs a hybrid inverter swap that adds $3-5k to the quote. The customer doesn't know this, but the website that explains it clearly wins the lead. Then there's the new layer: VPP opt-in (Amber Electric, Powershop, Reposit), where the right battery on the right tariff plan pays the customer to discharge during peak events. The installer who positions for VPP-ready customers gets the educated, high-margin lead.
Good solar battery installer marketing is a retrofit-focused page library, a compatibility-first lead form, and a VPP-ready trust spine. The page library needs one dedicated page per major battery brand: Tesla Powerwall 2 and Powerwall 3, Sonnen and sonnenBatterie, BYD HVM and HVS, Goodwe Lynx Home, Enphase IQ Battery. Each page leads with the existing-inverter compatibility matrix (this battery works with Sungrow X, Fronius Y, SolarEdge Z, Enphase Q), names the kWh capacity options, and calls out blackout backup capability and AC-coupled vs DC-coupled clearly. The lead form asks for the existing inverter brand and array size up front, so you can pre-qualify the quote. The trust spine is the CEC Battery Endorsed installer badge above the fold, the DNSP grid-connection approval handling called out as part of the service, and a 'will my existing system work with a battery' explainer page that ranks for exactly that long-tail search. Then a VPP-ready hub with Amber Electric, Powershop and Reposit tariff comparisons that pulls in the educated, high-margin buyer. Get this right and you win retrofits before the original installer rings back.
Six agents, working in your accounts.
Account Lead, Web, SEO, Advertising, Social Media, and Content. One platform, one bill, you approve the work.
Builds your annual plan around the retrofit reality: which battery brands you actually stock and install, the existing-inverter brands you target (Fronius, Sungrow, SolarEdge, Enphase), and whether you push the VPP-ready hub at Amber Electric and Powershop customers. Briefs the other agents so the retrofit pages, the compatibility ads, the blackout-test social posts and the VPP content all push at the educated, high-margin customer instead of competing with the new-install installers on a generic 'solar battery' page.
Imports your existing site so you stop paying for hosting plus a CMS subscription, and ships a dedicated retrofit page per battery brand (Powerwall 2, Powerwall 3, Sonnen, sonnenBatterie, BYD HVM, BYD HVS, Goodwe Lynx Home, Enphase IQ Battery) with the existing-inverter compatibility matrix, the AC-coupled vs DC-coupled explainer, the blackout backup wiring diagram, the CEC Battery Endorsed badge and a lead form that asks for the existing inverter brand. Two taps to push live.
Goes through your live site for what actually moves battery retrofit rankings: '[brand] installer [suburb]' H1s, existing-inverter-brand mentions ('works with Fronius', 'compatible with Sungrow') because customers really do search that way, solar-energy-equipment-supplier schema, internal links from each battery page into the VPP hub so the educated customer benefits from cross-page authority, and a Google Business Profile with CEC Battery Endorsed and every battery and inverter brand attribute ticked. Auto-applies the low-risk fixes.
Runs separate Google Ads ad groups per battery brand with existing-inverter filtering. 'Powerwall 3 installer [city]' with the Fronius/Sungrow/SolarEdge filter on the landing page. 'Sonnen battery installer [city]'. 'BYD HVM retrofit [city]'. Plus a VPP-ready ad group on 'Amber Electric compatible battery' and 'Powershop battery installer' to capture the high-margin educated buyer. Drops broad 'solar' bids that feed the new-install aggregator funnel. Meta runs the blackout-test video posts that build owned demand.
Turns every retrofit and commissioning into a post: a Powerwall 3 AC-coupled to a 2019 Fronius in Vaucluse, a Sonnen retrofit on an existing SolarEdge in Hawthorn, a BYD HVM bank in a Hills District home, a blackout test running a kettle and a fridge. Builds the existing-inverter-compatibility trust signal that wins the customer worried about being upsold on a full system replacement by the original installer. You upload one photo per job, the agent drafts the caption in your voice, you approve.
Drafts the long-form pieces customers Google in the retrofit research phase: 'will a Tesla Powerwall work with my Fronius inverter', 'AC-coupled vs DC-coupled battery for an existing solar system', 'Tesla Powerwall 3 vs Sonnen vs BYD for a 6.6kW system in 2026', 'how Amber Electric and Powershop VPPs actually pay back', 'do I need to replace my inverter to install a battery'. Two drafts a month, in your voice, that pull the retrofit-curious homeowner to your site before the original installer rings them.
Your first 30 days.
- Site imported, hosting bill killed
- Annual plan against retrofit market reality delivered by Sam
- Google Business Profile corrected to 'Solar Energy Equipment Supplier', CEC Battery Endorsed attribute set
- Retrofit pages for Powerwall 3, Sonnen, BYD HVM, Goodwe and Enphase IQ Battery live
- Existing-inverter compatibility matrix on every battery page
- Existing-inverter-filtered Google Ads live on '[brand] installer [city]' queries
- VPP-ready hub with Amber Electric and Powershop tariff comparison drafted
- First fortnight of blackout-test and commissioning captions queued in your voice
Battery retrofit is the entire next chapter of solar in Australia. Hundreds of thousands of arrays installed before 2022 are now economic battery candidates, and the original installer has the head start. The way you win the retrofit quote is the compatibility-first page library, the existing-inverter-filtered ads, the blackout-test social proof, and the VPP-ready content that captures the educated, high-margin buyer. The installers who own this segment for the next three years are the ones who stop trying to win on a generic 'solar battery' page.
Agencies are too dear to ship a page per battery brand with an existing-inverter matrix and a VPP-ready hub for $3.5k a month. Tools are cheap but the compatibility matrix never gets built. In-House is the third option: for $299 a month the agents ship the retrofit pages, the inverter-filtered ads, the blackout-test posts, and the VPP content. You stay in the driver's seat, two taps to approve, minutes a day. Stop losing the next Powerwall 3 retrofit to the original installer because the homeowner never knew you exist.