One-Liner
A $29-49 one-shot advisory tool taking specific home battery models a consumer is considering and producing a chemistry/vendor-level reliability comparison with warranty-negotiation points—adversarial to lead-gen incumbents
AI Thinking Process
Consumer Home Battery Buyer's Guide: $29-49 one-shot advisory tool with chemistry-neutral comparison and warranty-negotiation points—adversarial to installer-commission lead-gen incumbents
G039 B2B adversarial structural moat: EnergySage/SolarReviews take installer commissions and cannot advise consumers to NOT buy. Adversarial moat present but only if explicitly consumer-advocacy-priced with no installer revenue.
Survived Pass 1 at 35% (flavor floor). Primary worry: lead-gen incumbents pivot to paid advisory tier to pre-empt.
DISTRIBUTION gate WARN: Facebook CPMs and Consumer Reports ad rates push CAC toward $15-30. At $29-49 per transaction, leaves <$15 net. No viral loop. No subscription path (G008 frequency trap—household buys once per decade). Unit economics cannot support standalone business.
KILLED IN DEEPENING at 32% conviction. Adversarial moat is real but irrelevant without sustainable unit economics. Side project, not a business.
Kill Reason
The consumer advocacy moat is real (EnergySage and SolarReviews cannot honestly advise 'don't buy' given their installer-commission revenue model), but the unit economics cannot support a standalone business: Facebook ad CPMs and Consumer Reports advertising rates push customer acquisition cost toward $15-30, leaving less than $15 net per $29-49 transaction; without subscription potential (household buys once per decade) or viral organic distribution, the business breaks even only at unrealistic penetration rates
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