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Acceptance of these Terms

OnlyMechanics is operated by Only Mechanics LLC. OnlyMechanics™ and the OnlyMechanics logo identify the company's platform and services.

By creating an account, checking the Terms box, posting content, purchasing a membership, unlocking UTK content, buying a one-time repair-information pass, requesting a job, or using a professional account, you agree to the current version of these Terms and acknowledge that your acceptance may be recorded electronically. If you do not agree, do not create an account or use paid or interactive features.

You must be at least 18 years old or the age of legal majority where you live and have authority to enter this agreement. A person creating a shop or team account represents that they have authority to act for that business.

OnlyMechanics is a marketplace and publishing platform

OnlyMechanics is a software-as-a-service company that provides tools that may help users discover providers, exchange messages, share vehicle information, view educational content, request estimates, accept repair proposals, record conversions, route jobs, purchase platform memberships or digital information, and publish reviews. OnlyMechanics may collect its own platform charges and administer digital-access transactions, but it is not the repair facility, mechanic, vehicle inspector, parts manufacturer, parts seller, insurance company, insurance producer or broker, insurance agent, underwriter, warranty administrator, engineering firm, or emergency service unless a separate written agreement expressly says otherwise.

OnlyMechanics does not take possession of a vehicle and does not direct the hands-on means or methods of a repair. A match, badge, search position, identity check, credential review, rating, confirmed fix, procedure, or platform recommendation is not a guarantee of skill, legality, availability, price, diagnosis, repair quality, safety, insurance coverage, or outcome.

Mechanics, shops, shop connections, and insurance

Repair shops and independent mechanics are responsible for the advice and services they offer, their licenses and permits, taxes, insurance, tools, worksite safety, estimates, disclosures, invoices, parts, labor, recordkeeping, personnel, and compliance with applicable law. Shop personnel work under their shop's arrangements. Using OnlyMechanics does not by itself create employment, agency, partnership, joint venture, franchise, fiduciary, or subcontractor status between OnlyMechanics and a provider.

A technician or shop may request that a technician's platform profile be released from a shop team. A confirmed release or admin override changes only the OnlyMechanics account association. It does not decide employment or contractor status, final pay, ownership of tools, customers or content, restrictive covenants, access to a physical shop, or any other off-platform right or dispute. Both sides remain responsible for their separate agreements and applicable law.

An “Insured” badge means OnlyMechanics reviewed proof showing a policy expiration date that had not passed when the badge was issued. OnlyMechanics does not sell, place, underwrite, administer, interpret, monitor, or guarantee insurance. A badge is not an endorsement or representation that a particular job, vehicle, person, location, loss, claim, limit, deductible, exclusion, cancellation, or lapse is covered. Policies can change or terminate without notice to OnlyMechanics. Before authorizing work, users should request current evidence directly from the provider and confirm relevant coverage with the insurer or a licensed insurance professional.

Users are responsible for reviewing a provider's identity, shop type, rate, scope, payment terms, warranty, insurance where relevant, and written job terms before authorizing work. Providers must not overstate credentials, hide unsafe conditions, or recommend work they are not qualified to perform.

The named provider owns the repair warranty

Unless OnlyMechanics issues a separate written protection contract that expressly names OnlyMechanics as the provider, OnlyMechanics does not provide, administer, expand, or guarantee a warranty on diagnosis, advice, parts, labor, workmanship, or a completed repair. Warranty labels displayed on a profile or job are supplied for comparison and refer to the named shop, mechanic, parts seller, network, or other warrantor.

The written work order and provider warranty control. Warranty questions and claims must be directed to the named warrantor. Purchasing a membership, video, confirmed-fix result, or repair procedure does not create an OnlyMechanics repair warranty. OnlyMechanics may help preserve records or communication, but doing so does not make OnlyMechanics responsible for the underlying warranty. Nothing in these Terms reduces a provider's express warranty or any consumer right that cannot legally be waived.

Repair payments stay direct; OnlyMechanics charges platform fees

Repair transactions are directly between the customer and provider. Diagnosis, inspection, parts, labor, and completed repair services are contracted, invoiced, and paid outside the OnlyMechanics platform under the technician's or shop's terms. OnlyMechanics does not collect or hold those repair funds, take a percentage of the repair price, or act as the seller or merchant of record for that repair. The provider is responsible for receipts, taxes, refunds, disputes, chargebacks, and warranty obligations arising from its repair transaction.

Charges made through OnlyMechanics are limited to platform and digital-access transactions. Depending on the features offered, these may include customer or professional memberships, confirmed-conversion fees, UTK expert content, expert-library subscriptions, one-time repair-information passes, licensed-procedure access, and clearly disclosed Wrench Thanks. OnlyMechanics or its payment processor may administer those charges, but that limited role does not make OnlyMechanics a party to the separate repair contract.

A customer's acceptance of a repair proposal creates a confirmed conversion. The proposal should identify scope, estimated price, service location, proposed date, timeline, and provider warranty. A Starter provider owes a flat $50 conversion fee; the displayed Pro Tech or Shop plan may partially discount that fee. The fee applies regardless of repair scope and is separate from any content or procedure purchase. If the accepted repair does not begin, the provider may request a credit under the then-current conversion dispute policy.

Providers must report honestly and may not evade platform fees. Providers may not direct users to conceal a platform-originated hire, falsify job status, or use off-platform contact solely to avoid a conversion fee. OnlyMechanics may use proposal acceptance, customer confirmation, verified reviews, job messages, and reasonable account activity signals to administer conversion records and investigate disputes. Private communications are handled subject to the Privacy Policy that counsel must prepare.

Subscriptions renew only on the terms displayed at checkout. Before charging, checkout should clearly disclose the amount, billing frequency, automatic-renewal terms, trial terms, material limitations, cancellation method, and refund policy and obtain the consent required by applicable law. Users must be able to cancel an online subscription online. Cancellation stops future renewals but does not automatically refund a completed billing period unless the checkout terms or applicable law require it.

Expert UTK and expert subscriptions use the published 85/15 split. OnlyMechanics keeps a platform fee equal to 15% of the expert sale price and credits the remaining 85% expert share, subject to clearly disclosed taxes, legally required withholding, payment-processing adjustments, refunds, chargebacks, and reversals. Commercial terms for third-party licensed procedures or databases may use a separately negotiated split or usage fee that is disclosed to the applicable content partner and at checkout where required.

Wrench Thanks are not repair payments. If offered, checkout must disclose the recipient share and OnlyMechanics fee before payment. Wrench Thanks are optional expressions of appreciation and do not pay a repair invoice, create a repair warranty, or change the provider's obligations. Payments connected to a shop employee may need to route through the shop's approved account and compensation process.

Payment processing, taxes, refunds, and chargebacks. A third-party payment processor may collect and transmit platform charges. Users authorize the processor to use the submitted payment method for the disclosed transaction. Users and providers remain responsible for their own taxes except where law requires collection or withholding. Refund eligibility depends on the checkout terms, whether access was delivered or used, and applicable law. Fraud, chargebacks, or payment failure may suspend access or delay expert payouts while a dispute is reviewed.

Paid videos, confirmed fixes, and licensed repair procedures

A subscription, UTK unlock (Unlock This Knowledge), or one-time repair-information pass provides a limited, personal, revocable right to access the identified information. Access may be limited by account, seat, vehicle, VIN, year-make-model, repair category, number of sessions, or time period. It is a license to view or use the information within the allowed experience, not a sale or transfer of ownership.

Expert content remains subject to the expert's rights and platform license. Third-party procedures, diagrams, specifications, confirmed fixes, labor information, and databases remain the property of their respective owners and may be governed by additional partner terms presented before access. Users may not scrape, reproduce, resell, publish, redistribute, defeat access controls, share credentials, or use paid information outside the granted license.

Paid access does not guarantee that information is complete, current, applicable to the exact vehicle, or sufficient to diagnose or repair it. Users must confirm vehicle identity, options, service-information revisions, recalls, safety notices, specifications, and professional requirements before relying on any procedure. Content owners may correct, replace, restrict, or withdraw information. If paid information becomes unavailable before meaningful access, the checkout or partner policy governs replacement, credit, or refund rights, subject to applicable law.

Posts, licenses, and honest reviews

You keep ownership of content you create. By posting, you give OnlyMechanics a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license to host, store, reproduce, format, display, and distribute that content as needed to operate, promote, and improve the platform, subject to the audience and payment controls offered by the service. You represent that you have the rights needed to post it and that it does not unlawfully disclose private or proprietary information.

OnlyMechanics does not prohibit or penalize honest reviews. Users may share truthful experiences and opinions. We may moderate content that is fraudulent, unlawful, threatening, harassing, privacy-invasive, confidential, unrelated, technically harmful, or otherwise violates platform rules. Ratings and comments are opinions of their authors, not OnlyMechanics guarantees.

Repair disputes, governing law, and individual arbitration

The customer and provider are solely responsible for negotiating and performing the repair contract, exchanging repair payment, documenting authorization, resolving invoice or chargeback questions, handling vehicle or property damage, and honoring refunds and warranties. OnlyMechanics has no duty to inspect the work, supervise the provider, collect the repair bill, force either party to proceed, or decide a repair dispute. If OnlyMechanics voluntarily preserves records, forwards a complaint, or offers informal assistance, that does not make it responsible for the transaction or outcome.

To the maximum extent permitted by law, users and providers release OnlyMechanics and its affiliates, officers, employees, and agents from claims and damages arising from another user's or provider's acts or omissions, an off-platform repair payment, a repair or warranty dispute, provider-supplied parts or labor, user content, or a DIY decision. This proposed release does not waive claims based solely on OnlyMechanics' own unlawful conduct, gross negligence, willful misconduct, breach of an express written obligation, or any right that applicable law does not allow to be waived. Counsel must approve and tailor the release before launch.

Draft governing law. These Terms and disputes arising out of them are governed by Colorado law, without regard to conflict-of-law rules, except that the Federal Arbitration Act governs the arbitration provision.

Draft venue. For disputes not required to be arbitrated, the parties consent to exclusive jurisdiction and venue in the state courts located in El Paso County, Colorado, or, where federal jurisdiction exists, the United States District Court for the District of Colorado.

Draft individual arbitration. Except for eligible small-claims matters and requests for temporary or injunctive relief involving intellectual property, platform security, unauthorized access, or misuse, disputes not resolved informally will be resolved by binding arbitration on an individual basis under the Federal Arbitration Act. The final rules, administrator, notice process, fees, and any legally required opt-out procedure must be approved by counsel before paid launch.

Draft jury-trial waiver. For any dispute allowed to proceed in court, each party knowingly waives a jury trial to the fullest extent permitted by law.

Draft class-action waiver. Disputes must be brought only in an individual capacity, not as a plaintiff or class member in a class, collective, consolidated, or representative action, to the fullest extent permitted by law. If any part is unenforceable, counsel-approved severability terms will govern.

Assumption of risk and user responsibility

Vehicle diagnosis and repair can involve sharp edges, heat, pressure, chemicals, heavy components, stored energy, high voltage, fire, toxic exhaust, moving parts, and unstable vehicles. To the maximum extent permitted by law, you assume the risks of choosing a provider, supplying parts, following free or paid content, using tools, working on a vehicle, or allowing work at your property.

You are responsible for deciding when not to proceed, using appropriate protective equipment and support equipment, following current manufacturer instructions, complying with laws, and obtaining qualified help. Professionals are responsible for their own advice, work, supervision, and representations.

Service and information disclaimers

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, the platform and platform-provided information are offered “as is” and “as available.” OnlyMechanics does not promise uninterrupted operation, permanent access to third-party information, error-free data, a successful match, an accurate diagnosis, a safe or successful repair, provider availability, or that free or paid content covers every risk or vehicle variation.

Where legally permitted, OnlyMechanics disclaims implied warranties concerning the platform itself, including merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement. These platform disclaimers do not replace or reduce any express warranty made by a provider, expert, licensor, or parts warrantor and do not exclude obligations or remedies that applicable law does not allow to be excluded.

Limitation of liability

To the maximum extent permitted by law, OnlyMechanics will not be liable for indirect, incidental, special, exemplary, punitive, or consequential damages; lost profits, revenue, data, use, or opportunity; vehicle damage; substitute transportation; towing; storage; personal property loss; or losses arising from a provider's acts or omissions, user content, DIY activity, paid repair information, unavailable third-party content, parts, workmanship, warranty disputes, payment-processor failures, or off-platform conduct.

Subject to attorney approval and any non-waivable law, OnlyMechanics' aggregate liability arising from the platform would be limited to the greater of $100 or the platform fees you paid directly to OnlyMechanics during the 12 months before the event giving rise to the claim. This proposed cap does not apply where such a limit is prohibited, including liability that cannot legally be limited.

Where permitted by law, business and professional users agree to defend and indemnify OnlyMechanics from third-party claims arising from their services, content, legal violations, personnel, taxes, warranties, or misuse of the platform. Counsel must tailor this provision for consumer and professional accounts.

Account data, cookies, and first-party analytics

By creating an account, you consent to Only Mechanics LLC collecting, using, and storing the account, contact, vehicle, verification, content, usage, and transaction information you provide or generate while using OnlyMechanics. This data is used to operate, secure, support, moderate, and improve profiles, garages, search, messages, estimates, safety tools, and other services you request.

Public-profile controls do not make private fields such as email, phone, VIN, license plate, verification documents, or exact location public. Authorized administrators may access information reasonably needed for support, verification, platform safety, operations, and legal compliance.

The site uses essential sign-in and preference cookies and first-party analytics identifiers. The analytics system records an anonymous visitor ID, a browser-session visit ID, page path, referring website host when supplied by the browser, whether a visit was signed in, and timestamps used for aggregate measures such as visits, active sessions, and popular pages. It does not intentionally store raw IP addresses in the analytics database. Counsel must prepare the final Privacy Policy, retention periods, request process, and any consent or opt-out controls required by applicable law before broad launch.

Changes, severability, disputes, and legal details

OnlyMechanics may update these Terms prospectively. Material changes should be presented with a new version and a fresh acceptance where appropriate. If one provision is unenforceable, the remaining provisions should continue to the extent permitted by law. Failure to enforce a provision is not a waiver.

The governing-law, venue, arbitration, jury-waiver, and class-action-waiver provisions above are working draft terms for counsel to validate before reliance or paid launch. Counsel must finalize the arbitration administrator and rules, pre-arbitration notice process, allocation of fees, any legally required opt-out, and the effect of an unenforceable provision based on the states served and applicable consumer law.

The current working contact for platform support, privacy requests, safety reports, account disputes, billing questions, and legal correspondence is admin@onlymechanics.com. Counsel must confirm whether this email and a physical notice address satisfy the final notice requirements. The account record stores the version and time accepted so the agreement presented to a user can be identified later.