Sunlight Financial and Demand IQ Partner to Enable Homeowners to Pre-Qualify for Financing While Shopping for Solar Online
April 07 2023 - 8:45AM
Business Wire
Sunlight Financial Holdings Inc. (“Sunlight Financial”,
“Sunlight” or the “Company”) (NYSE: SUNL), a premier,
technology-enabled point-of-sale finance company, and Demand IQ, a
leading provider of solar sales and marketing enablement software,
today announced a strategic partnership that will enable homeowners
to pre-qualify for financing while shopping for solar online. The
integration of Sunlight’s technology platform, Orange®, with Demand
IQ’s interactive lead funnel, Stella™, will facilitate the purchase
of residential solar and storage systems.
“We’re thrilled to pair Sunlight Financial’s pre-qualification
technology with Demand IQ’s lead funnel enablement software to
improve the experience of buying solar,” said Matt Potere, CEO of
Sunlight Financial. “Sunlight’s integration with Demand IQ will
make it easier and quicker for homeowners to shop for solar online
and help the more than 1,000 solar contractors that partner with
Sunlight to sell solar more efficiently, more effectively, and with
greater transparency.”
Homeowners will benefit from a frictionless process that
combines Demand IQ’s online solar savings estimate with Sunlight’s
instant pre-qualification for a solar loan. Contractors that add
Demand IQ’s user-friendly tool, Stella™, to their websites will
benefit from an integrated experience that: qualifies leads;
populates leads directly into Sunlight’s Orange® platform,
eliminating the need for the manual, error-prone entry of leads in
multiple platforms; and converts leads into appointments set with
homeowners. Sunlight’s partnership with Demand IQ aims to reduce
contractors’ cost of customer acquisition by enabling contractors
to focus their sales and marketing spend on customers that are
pre-qualified for financing.
“Empowering homeowners with a self-guided online solar shopping
process that includes pre-qualification for financing increases
transparency and shopper confidence,” said Austin Rosenbaum, CEO of
Demand IQ. “Integrating Sunlight and Demand IQ’s technologies makes
online solar shopping an educational and interactive experience
that will lower customer acquisition costs.”
Solar contractors that already partner with both Sunlight
Financial and Demand IQ should contact their account managers to
enable pre-qualification within Demand IQ’s homeowner-facing
qualification survey. Prospective partners can learn more and apply
to partner with Sunlight and Demand IQ at
https://sunlightfinancial.com/enroll/ and
https://demand-iq.com/contact.
About Sunlight Financial
Sunlight Financial (NYSE: SUNL) is a premier, technology-enabled
point-of-sale finance company. Sunlight partners with contractors
nationwide to provide homeowners with financing for the
installation of residential solar systems and other home
improvements. Sunlight’s best-in-class technology and deep credit
expertise simplify and streamline consumer finance, ensuring a fast
and frictionless process for both contractors and homeowners. For
more information, visit www.sunlightfinancial.com.
About Demand IQ
Demand IQ is a software company that provides solar contractors
with digital marketing tools that convert clicks into booked
appointments, entirely online. Powered by Google’s Project Sunroof,
Demand IQ’s patent-pending, interactive technology provides
homeowners with instant and customized estimates of the money
they’ll save by going solar. Demand IQ helps solar contractors
generate exclusive leads, boost marketing performance, and take
control of their lead generation. For more information, visit
www.demand-iq.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
The information included herein and in any oral statements made
in connection herewith may include “forward-looking statements”
within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended. Forward-looking statements may generally be identified by
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such identifying words. These forward-looking statements are based
on management’s current expectations and assumptions about future
events and are based on currently available information as to the
outcome and timing of future events. Except as otherwise required
by applicable law, Sunlight disclaims any duty to update any
forward-looking statements, all of which are expressly qualified by
the statements in this section, to reflect events or circumstances
after the date hereof. Sunlight cautions you that these
forward-looking statements are subject to numerous risks and
uncertainties, most of which are difficult to predict and many of
which are beyond the control of Sunlight. Such risks and
uncertainties include, among others: the ability to consummate a
strategic alternative in the timeframe and on terms and conditions
favorable to Sunlight and its stakeholders, material adverse
impacts from macro-economic conditions including unprecedented
interest rate increases on business; profitability and cash-flow,
risks relating to our ability to secure relief from our current
bank covenants; risks relating to the uncertainty of the projected
operating and financial information with respect to Sunlight; risks
related to Sunlight’s business and the timing of expected business
milestones or results; global supply chain shortages, competition
for skilled labor, and permitting delays; the effects of
competition and regulatory risks, and the impacts of changes in
legislation or regulations on Sunlight’s future business; the
expiration, renewal, modification or replacement of the federal
solar investment tax credit, rebates and other incentives; the
effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on Sunlight’s business or future
results; Sunlight’s ability to sustain profitability and to attract
and retain its relationships with third parties, including
Sunlight’s capital providers and solar contractors; the financial
performance of Sunlight’s capital providers and contractors; the
willingness of Sunlight’s capital providers to fund loans on terms
desired by relevant markets and economically favorable to Sunlight;
the impact of inflation and increased interest rates on Sunlight’s
capital providers and the cost and availability of credit from our
capital providers as well as on the demand for solar panel
installation and home improvement; changes in the retail prices of
traditional utility generated electricity; the availability of
solar panels, batteries and other components and raw materials; and
such other risks and uncertainties discussed in the “Risk Factors”
section of Sunlight’s Form 10-Q as filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on November 14, 2022, which amends and
restates the risk factors set forth in Sunlight’s Form 10-K as
filed with the SEC on March 29, 2022 and Forms 10-Q as filed with
the SEC on May 16, 2022 and on August 15 2022, and other documents
of Sunlight filed, or to be filed, with the SEC. Should one or more
of the risks or uncertainties described herein occur, or should
underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual results and plans
could differ materially from those expressed in any forward-looking
statements. Sunlight’s SEC filings are available publicly on the
SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.
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