Battery distributor owner builds his own AI battery-recommendation expert in a week
med specificsAdded 2026-10-14
Business
West Coast Batteries, 27-year-old family industrial battery distributor in Corona, CA (acquired 2024; size not stated)
Task
AI assistant recommending the correct battery size/product for each vehicle and use case (wrong answers mean costly returns)
Result
Live in week one after "six to eight weeks of no progress with a previous vendor"; protects "$500-600 average order value"; staff also use it internally instead of 4-5 lookup systems
Tools
Chatbase AI agent ("Rafa")
compares Claude Sonnet vs Opus models
Setup
Owner deployed it "by himself, without any external help"
Results Grow marketing firm client in home services (HVAC/roofing/renovation)
first year bot accounted for 30% of appointments booked and "more than $134,000 of annual revenue"; previously ~300 lost leads from 2–3 day response lag