# Registered as a PM Surya Ghar vendor. Now make the listing pay > Installers register with each DISCOM they want to work in, with a declaration and a performance bank guarantee. The DISCOM then lists them on the national rooftop solar portal, where homeowners choose a vendor. The listing brings calls, but the installer who answers fast and keeps the paperwork moving gets the job. - Page: https://www.brandbakery.tech/industries/solar/vendor-registration - Last updated: 2026-10-21 Breadcrumb: [Home](https://www.brandbakery.tech/) > [Industries](https://www.brandbakery.tech/industries) > [Solar installers](https://www.brandbakery.tech/industries/solar) > PM Surya Ghar vendor registration ## From registration to revenue Each step below is where installers lose time or customers. Check your DISCOM's current notice for the exact forms and amounts. - **Registering with the DISCOM.** Registration is per DISCOM, with a declaration and a performance bank guarantee. Working across two DISCOM areas means registering with both. Fix: Register first where most of your enquiries already come from, using the DISCOM's own notice as the checklist. - **The national portal login.** Once the DISCOM uploads your details, you log in to the national portal and add your contact details and rates. Wrong or outdated details send homeowners elsewhere. Fix: Keep one person responsible for the portal profile, and check it every month. - **The homeowner calls from the list.** A homeowner compares a few vendors from the portal list and calls them. Calls to a busy site supervisor go unanswered. Fix: A number that is always answered, with the bill and roof details taken on the first call. - **The paperwork weeks.** Feasibility, installation, net metering and the subsidy claim take weeks. Homeowners who hear nothing call the DISCOM, or you, angry. Fix: A WhatsApp update at every step, so the homeowner knows where the file is. - **After the subsidy.** The system is running, the subsidy has come, and the homeowner's neighbours are asking who did it. Fix: Ask for a referral once the subsidy lands, and answer referred calls the same day. ## What an unanswered portal call costs Count one month of calls to the number on your portal profile, and how many went unanswered. - **Calls a month from the listing:** 60 - **Unanswered or not called back that day:** 15 - **Answered calls that become installations:** 1 in 6 - **Your margin on a 3 kW system:** ₹25,000 If those 15 calls converted like the rest, that is 2 or 3 more installations and about ₹60,000 a month in margin, from a listing you put up a bank guarantee to get. These are example numbers, not figures from any installer. Your call log gives you the first two. ## Keep the homeowner informed Most angry calls in a subsidy job are about not knowing. One message at each step prevents them. - Application filed on the portal, with the application number - DISCOM feasibility approved, and the installation date - Installation done, with photos and the inspection request - Net meter installed and the system commissioned - Subsidy claim submitted, and the usual time it takes to reach the bank account - Send updates as approved WhatsApp templates, only to homeowners who gave their number for the job ## Who answers the portal calls Small installers usually rely on the owner's phone. That works until the first busy season. - **The owner's mobile.** Fixes: The homeowner speaks to the decision maker. Falls short: Missed on every site visit, and nobody follows up the missed ones. - **An office executive.** Fixes: Calls answered in office hours, with notes kept. Falls short: A salary, and evening and Sunday calls still wait. - **Call forwarding between staff.** Fixes: Fewer calls ring out. Falls short: Nobody owns the follow-up, and notes get lost. - **An AI receptionist.** Fixes: Answers every call, takes the bill and roof details, books the survey and sends status updates. ₹10,000 a month after a ₹30,000 setup, with 1,000 minutes, flat. Falls short: Does not size systems or quote prices. Your engineer does that after the survey. - **An AI sales employee.** Fixes: Also calls back form enquiries and missed calls within minutes, and follows up quotes. Falls short: ₹50,000 setup, then ₹22,500 a month. ## Questions ### How do I register as a PM Surya Ghar vendor? Apply to the DISCOM of the area you want to work in, with the declaration and the performance bank guarantee its notice asks for. Once approved, the DISCOM uploads your details to the national portal and you log in to add your contact details and rates. Check your DISCOM's current notice for the exact steps. ### Is vendor registration national or per DISCOM? Per DISCOM. If you install in more than one DISCOM area, you register with each of them. Read each DISCOM's notice, as forms and terms can differ. ### Where do homeowners see the vendor list? On the national rooftop solar portal, pmsuryaghar.gov.in, where they apply and choose a registered vendor for their DISCOM. Keep your profile and phone number current, because that is the number they call. ### Can the AI answer subsidy questions? It answers from the scheme details you approve, such as the published subsidy amounts and the steps, and points homeowners to the national portal for their own application status. Anything about a specific file goes to your team. ### What does it cost? The AI Receptionist is ₹10,000 a month after a ₹30,000 setup, with 1,000 minutes, then ₹9 a minute. The AI sales employee, which also calls back enquiries and follows up quotes, is ₹50,000 to set up, then ₹22,500 a month. ## Start Bring a month of calls to your portal number. 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