The industry
finally has
a home.

Mobile automotive service is one of the fastest-growing segments in the industry, but it has never had its own trade association. SEMA was founded in 1963. The detailing trade has IDA. Tire dealers have TIA. Mobile mechanics — the people who diagnose and repair vehicles in driveways, parking lots, and fleet yards — have had no one. Mechanics Alliance is the home that segment never had.

The Automotive Service Association serves brick-and-mortar repair shops. Mechanics Alliance serves mobile-only operators. Zero overlap. We're a complement to ASA, not a competitor — and we're building toward formal cross-association coordination on shared issues like Right-to-Repair.

Mechanics Alliance is operated by Commoner Apps LLC, headquartered in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. Founder Elijah Strauss came to the segment by building Trackara Pro — the SaaS Commoner Apps built specifically for mobile mechanics — and that's how he saw the institutional gap Mechanics Alliance exists to close. The full footer of every page on this site identifies the operating entity — there are no hidden owners.

Founding membership is capped at the first 1,000 mobile mechanics. There's no fixed end-date — the program closes permanently once the cap is reached. Founding members keep their free permanent membership for life, even after we move to standard $99/year General Member dues.

Mechanics Alliance Pro is $499/year. Trackara Pro is $500/year on its own. We deliberately priced at parity so the bundle is a sideways move for Trackara revenue, not a discount. You pay the same money you'd have paid Trackara, but you also get the trade body. The association membership comes at no additional cost when you bundle.

Trackara is the Alliance's founding technology partner. Both are owned by the same founder (Commoner Apps LLC operates Mechanics Alliance; Trackara is a separate product line). The partnership means Mechanics Alliance Pro members get real working business tools from day one, not just promises about software the association will someday build.

For self-employed mobile mechanics, professional association dues are generally deductible as ordinary business expenses on Schedule C. Mechanics Alliance is currently a for-profit association operated by Commoner Apps LLC — it is not a 501(c) nonprofit, so dues are not charitable contributions. Consult your CPA for your specific situation.

Yes — that's the point of the founding member program. Founding members have a real seat at the table on what Mechanics Alliance prioritizes: which vendor partners we pursue first, which advocacy issues we focus on, what the next resource guide should be, and how the member directory works. Reply to any Mechanics Alliance email; we read every message.