Kettle
02 / Plumbers & HVAC

Get paid for the conversation
you already have.

You're on a service call for a leaky faucet. You spot the twelve-year-old tank in the garage. You mention it to the homeowner. Nothing happens — until the tank fails at 2 am six months later and the emergency-replacement guy pockets a $600 markup. We want to fix that, and pay you for the scouting.

Why this works

You're already the trusted voice in that house.

The homeowner called you. They trust your read on their mechanical systems. If you say "your tank's on its last year," they believe it. What they don't have is an easy next step — pricing, rebates, scheduling — that doesn't force them back into a research spiral.

Kettle is that next step. You can hand them off for a flat referral fee, or you can be the installer we route the job to. Both tiers pay well. Neither asks for exclusivity.

The non-argument

We're not competing with you for emergency replacements. We can't beat a same-day truck. We're taking the planned-replacement window that's already slipping through everyone's fingers.

The margin

A Kettle install in Austin pays installers $400–600 on labor, before tips. No rebate chasing, no QMID lookups, no Form 5695 — we handle the paperwork, you run the wrench.

The deal

Refer, install, or both.

Tier 01Refer
$150
You do
Slap a Kettle QR sticker on the tank during a service call. Stickers arrive pre-printed with your shop name. Takes five seconds, costs you nothing, no special pitch required.
You get
$150 per booked install traced to that sticker. Payment lands via ACH within fourteen days of install completion. Stickers never expire — if the homeowner books eleven months later, you still get paid.
Tier 02Install
$400–600
You do
Become a certified Kettle installer. Submit license + insurance, complete a two-hour online cert on heat-pump water-heater specifics, and we route bookings in your ZIP to you. Same-week install windows, panelized dispatch.
You get
$400–600 per install, paid net-fourteen after completion. We handle the rebate paperwork, the QMID lookup, and the permit submission. You show up with the unit, pull the old tank, install, and leave. Optional referral stack — earn the $150/referral fee on the homes you find yourself.
↳ Many of our best installers stack both tiers. The math: you spot ten old tanks on service calls this month, slap stickers on all of them. Three convert. You installed two of the three (we route local first). That's $400–600 × 2 = ~$1,000 on install labor plus $150 × 1 = $150 on the third. Roughly $1,150 for walking behavior you already do.
How it works

Apply, ship stickers, start.

  1. 01

    License check

    Upload your plumbing or HVAC license and insurance cert. For the refer tier, we just verify. For the install tier, we also confirm 240 V service experience and schedule a fifteen-minute intro call.

  2. 02

    Gear arrives

    Refer tier: a hundred pre-printed stickers in the mail within a week. Install tier: the same, plus a dispatch-app invite, a technical brief on Rheem and AO Smith install quirks, and your ZIP routing turned on.

  3. 03

    Paid by ACH

    One payout every Friday covering all completed installs from the prior week that sit past their cancellation window. 1099s at year end. Our ops team is a text message away.

Common questions

The gotchas.

Do I have to drop other vendors?
No. Refer or install Rheem, Home Depot, or anyone else on the same truck. Our QR only tracks Kettle bookings.
What if I'm already selling tanks directly?
Keep doing it. If a homeowner says no to your standalone quote, that's when the Kettle sticker earns its keep — you still get paid on the booking you didn't close.
What about warranty service later?
Install tier contractors get first right of refusal on warranty calls in their ZIP. Paid at standard service rates, not referral-only.
Is there a quota?
No quota on the refer tier. Install tier expects a three-install-per-month minimum after the first ninety days to keep your ZIP exclusivity.
Which brands do I install?
Rheem Proterra Plus, AO Smith Voltex AL, Bradford White AeroTherm. All Energy Star QMID units, all US-built. We pick per job based on what fits the panel and form factor.

Apply to the installer network.

Tell us which tier you want (refer, install, or both) in the notes. Austin first, onboarding weekly. If you're an established shop with 4+ techs we'll route extra volume your way once we open your ZIP.

↳ We'll reach out within two business days. No auto-drip, no cold sales call.