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WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW BEFORE ORDERING

Total Linear footage of the installation.

This should include footage of lights and channel along with any Extensions or jumps you'll need to make

Where your controller box will be located

This is the most important step to planning out an installation, Without knowing where the controller will be you'll have no way to know the right materials to buy when it comes to extensions and accessories.

What Voltage system you want to use 24V or 36V

This is a decision you will make based on convince and efficiency, the most important factor with this will be the footage of each lighting run. If the total footage of a run is over 100' you'll need to either power inject on that run or switch to the 36V system that can go up to 200' before needing power injection.

Draw a Map

By mapping out the installation you'll be able to better understand and plan out the install giving you a better idea of what all you'll need to purchase to complete the job.

take the measurements from your map and add up the total number of materials you'll need.

For the Map out example above the total material breakdown is:

System Voltage: 36V

Color of channel: Cameo

Channel Type: Hat

Total Lighted Footage: 160'

Power injection: NO

Controller: 1

Channel: 27- 6' sticks

Screws- 200

Lights: 175

1' extensions-7

6' Extensions-2

12' extensions-2

25- extensions- 1

Y Cables- 3

End caps- pack of 10


Absolute necessities

-Controller

-Lights

-Channel

-Screws

-Extension cables


Other Accessories

-Y Cable

-End Caps

- Signal boosters

-Power injection material


When would you need to power inject?

The controller will come with 3 outputs for your lighting runs, each 36V output can do a Max of 200', the 24V system can do a max of 100'. After that max you'll need to inject power. After you do so you can go an additional 100' with the 24V or 200' with the 36V system.

Power injection is needed due to voltage drop, voltage drop happens due to the length traveled away from the power source along with the gauge of the wire. due to the gauge of wire the lights and extensions run on it drops in voltage enough at 100' with the 24V system and 200' with the 36V system to effect the lights performance requiring a addition of power (Power Injection)

Materials needed for power injection 36V

Power injection pig female pig tale

Power injection Extension cables

Power injection T Cable.


Materials needed to Power inject 24V

16/2 - 12/2 Low voltage landscaping wire

Cut and Splice T cable

Water Proof Wire connectors

Discover the Transformative Power of Invisilights: Expertly Installed Permanent Lighting Solutions

Enhance your installation offerings with Invisilights, the premier permanent lighting solution designed for seamless integration into any property’s exterior architecture.

Crafted with high-quality aluminum channels and advanced LED technology, Invisilights delivers durability and superior energy efficiency—key selling points for your clients seeking long-lasting, cost-effective lighting solutions. Our system not only provides brilliant illumination but also boosts the aesthetic appeal and functionality of any home.

Offer your clients peace of mind with our robust 5-year warranty, ensuring reliable performance and minimal maintenance needs. This warranty supports your commitment to quality and customer satisfaction, making it easier for you to sell and install with confidence.

Our flexible, programmable system allows you to meet any client’s specific desires—from subtle accents to full-scale holiday displays—making it an adaptable choice for various applications. With Invisilights, you can cater to a wide range of preferences and needs, increasing your market reach and customer retention.

Choose Invisilights for your installations and add a transformative product to your portfolio that will impress clients and ensure your services remain in demand for years to come.

Frequently Asked Questions

What exactly comes in the 150' InvisiLights permanent outdoor lighting kit?

The InvisiLights kit is comprehensively equipped to ensure you have everything you need for installation. Each kit includes:

  • 27 sticks of 6-foot Aluminum Channel to house and protect the lighting elements.

  • 150 feet of dynamic RGBW LED Lights, which includes 23 sets of 6-count and 14 sets of 1-count lights, allowing for extensive coverage and diverse configuration options.

  • 2 Data Boosters to enhance signal strength across the lighting installation, ensuring consistent control and color output.

  • A 320W Power Supply capable of supporting up to 190 puck lights, providing ample power for even the most extensive setups.

  • 1 GFCI Outlet Adapter to ensure safe outdoor electrical connections.

  • 1 Controller that allows you to manage and customize the lighting effects easily.

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Will I need any additional components besides what's included in the Invisilights permanent lighting kit?

While the Invisilights kit comes with all the essential components for a standard installation, there are a couple of scenarios where you might need additional items:

Jumper Wires: Depending on the layout of your installation and the number of gaps or 'jumps' between the sections of lights, you may require jumper wires. These wires help bridge the gaps without losing the continuity of the light sequence, ensuring a smooth and uniform display across more complex architectures.

Data Boosters: If any section of your lighting setup is more than 15 feet away from the control box, additional data boosters will be necessary. Data boosters help maintain the integrity and brightness of the lights over longer distances, ensuring consistent performance throughout your installation.

Can I choose the color of the aluminum channel for my InvisiLights kit?

Yes, you can select your preferred color for the aluminum channel to match your home’s exterior or personal taste. Please make sure to specify your color choice in the notes at checkout when you place your order.

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How do the included components of the InvisiLights kit enhance the lighting system?

Each component in the InvisiLights kit plays a crucial role in creating an effective and stunning lighting display:

Aluminum Channels: Provide a durable, weather-resistant housing for the LED lights, which helps in maintaining a clean and nearly invisible look during the day.

RGBW LED Lights: Offer vibrant, full-spectrum color and white light combinations, making it perfect for any occasion from festive holidays to elegant ambient lighting.

Data Boosters: Ensure that the signal remains strong across longer distances, which is crucial for larger installations.

Power Supply: Designed to efficiently handle the energy needs of the system without overload, ensuring safety and durability.

GFCI Outlet Adapter: Adds an extra layer of safety by protecting against electrical shorts and surges, particularly important in outdoor settings.

Controller: Provides the flexibility to customize and control the lighting sequences, colors, and patterns right from your smartphone or controller, adding convenience and advanced functionality to your lighting system.

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Can I use Invisilights year-round?

Absolutely! Invisilights are designed for versatile use throughout all seasons. Whether you're celebrating a special occasion, setting a mood for a party, Love your favorite sports team, or simply enhancing your home's ambiance, our lighting systems provide the perfect solution for any event, big or small.

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Can I set timers and events for Invisilights?

Yes, Invisilights feature advanced programmable settings that allow you to schedule lighting for specific events and automate timers. This functionality ensures that your lighting preferences are perfectly aligned with your lifestyle, turning on and off at predetermined times without any manual intervention.

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Is it possible to achieve warm or soft white with Invisilights?

Absolutely, Invisilights are equipped with RGBW technology, which includes a dedicated white LED alongside the standard red, green, and blue LEDs. This addition allows the system to produce authentic warm white, soft white, and various other shades of white with greater accuracy and intensity compared to traditional RGB systems. This capability ensures that you can effortlessly tailor the lighting to fit the desired ambiance and aesthetic of any environment, providing precise control over both vibrant colors and the subtlety of different white tones.

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How do you ship your product?

Our products are shipped directly from our warehouse using reliable shipping carriers to ensure timely and safe delivery. Each product is securely packaged to prevent damage during transit, and we provide tracking information so you can follow your order’s journey to your doorstep.

Where are the controller and power supplies installed?

The controller and power supplies for Invisilights are typically installed in an accessible location such as a garage or utility room. These components connect to your home’s WiFi network, allowing seamless control over the lighting system via our user-friendly mobile app.

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How long do Invisilights last?

Invisilights are engineered to last, with each LED bulb boasting a lifespan of over 50,000 hours. Given a typical usage of 10 hours per night, this translates to approximately 5,000 nights. This means your Invisilights could illuminate your home's exterior for nearly 14 years under these conditions, ensuring that your investment not only adds beauty but also long-term value to your property.

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Are Invisilights dimmable?

Yes, all Invisilights are fully dimmable. This feature allows you to adjust the intensity of the light to suit various occasions, from a soft glow for a romantic evening to bright, vibrant colors for a festive celebration.

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What types of custom channels are available?

Invisilights offers two types of custom channels, available in 40 different colors, ensuring a nearly invisible installation. These channels are designed to blend seamlessly with your home’s architecture, providing discreet yet effective lighting.

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Can I control different zones independently?

Yes, the Invisilights system supports multiple zones which can be controlled independently or synchronized. This functionality allows for intricate lighting designs that can vary across different areas of your home, enhancing the overall impact and utility of your installation.

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What is outdoor permanent lighting?

Permanent lighting refers to architectural-grade lighting systems that are installed permanently on your property to provide year-round illumination.

How does permanent lighting differ from traditional holiday lighting?

Unlike traditional holiday lighting, which is typically temporary and used only during specific seasons, permanent lighting is installed once and can be used throughout the year for various occasions

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Christmas lights on Google Maps

Why You're Not Showing Up on Google Maps for Christmas Lights

October 18, 2026•11 min read

If you install Christmas lights for a living, the customers you want are already searching for you. They type "Christmas light installation" into Google, and a handful of local businesses show up at the top. The rest are invisible.

This guide covers how professional installers earn a spot in that top group before the season starts, and why the same steps now matter for AI search tools. If you're a business owner focused on growing a Christmas light installation company, local search is one of the best places to put your time.

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Why Google Maps Matters Most for Local Installers

Google's results page has four zones: ads, the Google Maps "map pack," organic website results, and AI answers. For local services, the map pack is the most clicked area on the page. Over 70% of clicks for local services land there, because searchers know those businesses are local.

The Four Zones, Explained

  • Ads: Usually at the very top, depending on when Google serves them. Click costs vary by industry and city. Lawyer clicks can reach $500 to $700, while pressure washing clicks haven't been seen above $30 to $40. A big city costs more than a smaller market.

  • Map pack: Local businesses with reviews, a category, and a phone number. Ready-to-hire customers click here.

  • Organic results: Websites mixed in with big directories like Thumbtack, Angie's List, and Yelp. They're hard to beat and work better for people still researching, such as someone asking whether installers will hang lights on an apartment building.

  • AI answers: AI mode vets the options and gives a short list of top choices.

For most installers, the map pack is the first target.

Be the Most Popular Installer in Your Area

You don't need to rank nationally. Nobody in Tampa hires an installer from San Francisco. Your job is to be the most popular option inside roughly a 20-mile circle around your business. Think of it as being the Starbucks or the Home Depot of Christmas lighting in your market.

  • Get listed on local websites, such as your chamber of commerce or a local little league, if they have business listings.

  • Make sure your business shows a clear location so Google sees you as a company based in that area.

  • Skip worrying about backlinks from all over the country.

Your own website can say "serving all of Tampa Bay" instead of showing a street address. But other websites should carry your business name, address, and phone number so Google can confirm where you operate.

The Triangle: Website, Google Business Profile, and Reviews

Three things decide who shows up in the map pack and in AI recommendations: your website, your Google Business Profile, and what people say about you in reviews. They have to work together, and they account for about 90% of the result. Everything else is the spice on the steak.

Optimize Your Website With the "Four Kings"

Google needs to know what you do and where you do it. Put both in four places:

  1. Title tag: The text shown at the top of the browser tab.

  2. H1 heading: The main headline. "Welcome to my website" tells Google nothing; a headline with your service and city does.

  3. First sentence: Name the service and the city right away.

  4. Business name: If you can work them in, great.

Doing this puts you well ahead of most competitors.

Website builders come in two types: designers, who make the site look beautiful, and developers, who make the code clear to Google. You need both.

Also confirm Google can see your site at all. Type site:yourwebsite.com into Google. If nothing returns, your pages aren't indexed, and no amount of good design will help you rank.

Set Up Your Google Business Profile Correctly

Your Google Business Profile is the listing in the map pack, and its category is the most important setting.

  • Match the winners. Search your service in your area and see what ranking competitors use. There is no dedicated "Christmas light service" category. In a sample search, lighting contractor and landscape lighting designer came up.

  • Pick three to five categories. Google allows up to 10, but more waters them down.

  • Build a page for every category. Each category needs its own page on your website with your city included, such as yoursite.com/tampa-christmas-light-installation.

  • Fill out the full description. You get about 1,500 characters. Cover what you do and the areas you serve.

If you run a Christmas light business and a pressure washing business, use two separate profiles. Google decides what you are based on what it sees, and one profile can't be both.

Be careful when changing your business name or categories. Those edits can trigger re-verification.

Earn Reviews That Name the Job and the Town

Reviews matter as much as collecting the second half of a payment. Don't leave a job without one.

  1. In your Google Business Profile, use "ask for review" to copy your review link.

  2. Save it on your phone or email it to yourself.

  3. When the job is done, text it to the customer as they write the check or hand over a card. Customers rarely know how to find your listing on their own.

  4. Put the link or a QR code on your business card or truck.

Google doesn't allow you to tell customers to leave five stars. You can give guidance, though: ask them to mention the service you provided and the area where you provided it. A review that says "they're great" carries little weight. One that says you hung Christmas lights in a specific town, or even a neighborhood, tells Google what you did and where.

Ask customers to use your company name rather than an employee's name. Google may filter out reviews that include a person's name.

Why the urgency? If you have 39 reviews now, your competitors may have 300 by next year. AI tools also read your reviews on Google, Yelp, and Facebook.

Answer Your Phone

If customers call through your Google listing and you don't answer, Google can remove you from the map.

Understand Proximity and How to Extend Your Reach

An address-based business beats a service-area business every time. If you're good, you can rank within about 10 miles of your address. If you're very good, about 20. It depends on your market: a crowded area like Wall Street may only give you a block, while a lawyer in Utah may get 20 miles.

Reviews can stretch that reach. A lot of reviews from a nearby town can make Google see you as the better choice there, even though you're farther away.

To rank 30 or 40 miles away, add another Google Business Profile for that area. It needs a real location, since Google can spot a P.O. box or UPS box, plus its own phone number and landing page. Expect to verify it, possibly by video. Check any phone number's history before you use it, and check any domain name's history before you buy it. If either was used for something else years ago, you may never rank it.

Don't start with the profile. Build the website first, add the business to directories with the new address, and publish a couple of press releases. Let those signals sit for two to three months, then apply. A profile on a clean slate is much harder to approve, and in categories like locksmiths and roofers it can be nearly impossible.

Use Directories to Confirm What You Do and Where

Directories, also called citations, back up the signals on your website and profile. Each listing has your name, address, phone number, website, service, and area. Together they tell Google and AI tools you're a Christmas light installer in your city.

Examples include Yelp, Manta, Merchant Circle, Thumbtack, white pages, Angie's List, HomeAdvisor, MapQuest, Foursquare, and Yellow Pages. A Facebook business page and a Better Business Bureau listing are worth having too, and a basic BBB listing is free.

Get listed in three kinds of directories:

  • Industry directories: Christmas light and holiday lighting directories confirm what you do.

  • Local directories: A Tampa Bay-style directory confirms where you operate, even if it has nothing to do with lighting.

  • General business directories: The usual big names.

To build your list quickly, ask ChatGPT, Gemini, or Claude for the best directories for Christmas light installation, and ask for sign-up links.

Quality beats quantity. You don't want 300 listings on poor directories. Aim for the ones AI tools recommend, because that's where they pull information. When someone asks an AI tool for the best installer near them, it shows where its answer came from: your website, Yelp, or another site's article about you.

You can hire someone on Fiverr to add you to a list of directories for around $50, or hand it to a kid over a weekend. It's a repeatable task.

Keep your name, address, and phone number identical everywhere. Google has caught up on small format differences, but consistency is still a safe habit. You also need to include your address in directory listings. You don't have to put it on your website, but without enough citations you won't rank in Google Maps.

Use Press Releases as a Trust Signal

A press release is an article about your business written in the third person and sent to news outlets. It's a strong trust signal, and it counts as a citation when it includes your business name, address, and phone number. Fiverr and other companies will write them. During the Christmas season, consider one every two weeks on different subjects.

Show Your Work

Stop keeping your work a secret.

  • Post before-and-after photos on your website, Google Business Profile, and social media, for installs and takedowns.

  • Protect privacy by naming only the block and city, like "the 100 block of Maple Street in Tampa Bay."

  • Show your team in branded shirts. It builds know, like, and trust.

  • Photograph your service area so Google connects you with it. GPS data in photos no longer counts, since Google Business Profile strips it out.

  • Use a clear logo. Google needs to recognize your brand.

Great photos start with great displays. You can find Christmas lights and supplies at Christmas Lights HQ.

Try Bing for a Quick, Low-Cost Test

If all of this feels like too much, set up a pay-per-click campaign on Bing that sends traffic to your website. Some people never change their default browser from Bing. Clicks can be far cheaper: something that costs $25 per click on Google might cost $5 on Bing. A couple hundred dollars between now and the season may bring in a couple of jobs.

Also track your calls. If you have different phone numbers for ads, your Google profile, and your website, you can see which one brings in the most money.

Quick-Win Checklist for This Season

  1. Make sure your name, address, and phone number are correct and consistent everywhere.

  2. Check your Google Business Profile category against ranking competitors.

  3. Put your service and city in your title tag, H1, and first sentence.

  4. Save your review link on your phone and send it at every job.

  5. Answer every call that comes through Google.

  6. Post before-and-after photos.

  7. Get listed in industry, local, and general directories.

  8. Publish press releases regularly.

For more strategies on growing your installation business, visit ChristmasLights.io. For supplies, see Christmas Lights HQ.

Is Google still relevant for Christmas light installers?

Yes. The map pack is the most clicked area for local services, with over 70% of clicks, and AI tools draw on your website, Google profile, and reviews when picking top choices. Learn more at ChristmasLights.io.

What three things decide who ranks in the map pack?

Your website, your Google Business Profile, and your reviews. They have to work together, and they make up about 90% of the result.

What are the "four kings" for a website?

Your service and city should appear in your title tag, H1 heading, first sentence, and ideally your business name.

Which Google Business Profile category should a Christmas light installer pick?

There's no dedicated Christmas light category. Check what ranking competitors use. In a sample search, lighting contractor and landscape lighting designer appeared. Pick three to five categories and build a page for each.

How should I ask customers for reviews?

Copy your review link, save it on your phone, and text it at the end of each job. Don't tell customers to leave five stars. Ask them to mention the service and the area.

Should customers name my employees in reviews?

No. Google may filter out reviews that include a person's name. Have customers use your company name instead.

How far from my address can I rank?

If you're good, about 10 miles. If you're very good, about 20. It depends on your market, and many reviews from a nearby town can help you rank there.

Should I use one Google Business Profile for lights and pressure washing?

No. Use a separate profile for each business, because Google decides what you are based on what it sees.

How important are directories and citations?

Very. They confirm what you do and where you do it, and AI tools pull from them. Without enough citations, you won't rank in Google Maps.

What's the cheapest way to start getting leads if I'm overwhelmed?

Run a pay-per-click campaign on Bing. Clicks can cost far less than on Google, such as $5 versus $25, and a couple hundred dollars before the season may bring in a few jobs. Find more help at ChristmasLights.io.

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Jason Geiman

Jason Geiman parlayed his early passion for festive lighting into a thriving Christmas décor installation company which he founded and grew for over 4 years before selling the business in 2018. Now, he draws from his experience scaling a holiday lighting venture to help other Christmas lighting companies maximize their success. Jason feels compelled to share shortcuts he learned running his decoration operation. Jason has made it his mission to enable both residential and commercial clients to execute jaw-dropping lighting displays more easily. He loves experimenting with the latest high-tech LED bulb innovations to incorporate into his instructional programs and resources for those running their own Christmas lighting businesses. After selling his original company, he reinvented himself - driven as ever to spread seasonal magic, but now by helping others grow their holiday lighting ventures successfully. Follow Jason for regular tips on taking your Christmas lights business to the next level!

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