Simply aggregated and integrated
Mecka is a single, unified SaaS solution comprised of nearly every tool auto parts retailers, wholesalers and manufacturers require to run their business.
Industry Concerns
“...eBay set-up is so much work”
Mecka allows you to streamline your operations and gives you access to ACES and PIES catalogs and updates in real-time. There’s no more need to go in manually and change things.
Industry Concerns
“...eCommerce is outrageous”
Current platforms require a lot of time and financial investment just to get set up. In contrast, with Mecka, there is no initial investment, and you and your customers get unlimited support and training. Your success is our prime directive.
The value of a symbolic community
Retailer
Wholesaler
Manufacturer
Retailer
Retailer
Sell products via multiple integrated eCommerce channels
Retailers have the ability to build their “Mecka Shop” in addition to selling on marketplaces such as eBay or Amazon. Create the best experience for your customers with access to real-time information on the availability of parts. Orders placed will automatically flow back up the supply chain. Leaving you without the hassle of having to manually check for availabilities from multiple wholesalers or manufacturers. Read MoreWholesaler
Wholesaler
#1 Wholesaler Wholesalers sell to retailers via the Mecka B2B Portal, where they can set price levels, manage wholesale customer accounts, manage orders, and even connect with suppliers. Wholesalers can also use their Mecka Shop to showcase their entire catalog and company, with or without B2C eCommerce enabled. #2 Wholesaler-to-Retailer Wholesalers can tap into the retail exposure provided by their customers, seamlessly feeding catalogues, pricing and inventory to each of them. Their associated retailers can then list those items on their various sales channels so end customers can find them. #3 Wholesaler-to-Manufacturer On the supply side, wholesalers use the Mecka B2B Portal to connect with manufacturers—enabling a hassle-free flow of information between retail and manufacturing segments without the need for ACES and PIES import or export operations. #4 Symbiotic Community Empowered by Mecka’s innovative B2B platform, Manufacturers, Retailers, and Wholesalers can effortlessly and securely share business data, enabling them to increase sales, improve efficiency, anticipate market demands, and adapt to market changes like never before. Read MoreManufacturer
Manufacturer
#1 Manufacturer In addition to displaying catalogs via their Mecka Shop and selling products via the Mecka B2B Portal, manufacturers can create and maintain digital catalogs in the ACES and PIES format, control access to information and use sales data aggregated from all downline customers to anticipate market demand. #2 Manufacturer-to-Retailer Manufacturers can connect with retailers directly or indirectly through wholesalers, securely sharing catalogs and supply info. From there, manufacturers can control marketplace authorizations and set application-enforced MAP policies, eliminating the need to police their operations. #3 Manufacturer-to-Wholesaler Manufacturers can connect with wholesalers to live-feed catalogs and other supply information so wholesalers can pass that information on to retailers in a secure and controlled fashion without the inherent intellectual property risks associated with sharing raw ACES and PIES. #4 Symbiotic Community Empowered by Mecka’s innovative B2B platform, Manufacturers, Retailers, and Wholesalers can effortlessly and securely share business data, enabling them to increase sales, improve efficiency, anticipate market demands, and adapt to market changes like never before. Read MoreAutoparts Brands
The Mecka Vision
Build
Fulfill
Learn
Build
- Catalog
- Pricing
- Inventory
- Supply Chain
- Sales Channels
Fulfill
- Orders
- Placement
- Fulfillment
- Tracking
Learn
- Collect
- Analyze
- Strategize
Our Story
2000 - 2005
2005
2006 - 2009
2009 - 2011
2012 - 2013
2014
2015
2016 - Present
2000 - 2005
The Insightful Era of Brutal Complexity
After serving for five years in the auto parts industry, Mecka Co-Founder and current President & CEO, Sean Maisonneuve, discovered major limitations of readily available business systems of the day. Not only did these limitations prevent small to medium sized companies from selling auto parts online, but they also had their limits when it came to addressing issues for enterprise players. Opportunity had come knocking.
2005
Co-Founders Meet
Sean meets Mecka’s Co-Founder and current Vice-President and CTO, Robin Forest, a gifted programmer with experience working on big data projects for companies such as Canada Post, NAV Canada, and DND.
2006 - 2009
Founding an Enterprise
With their shared passion for technology and high-performance cars, they quickly hit it off. Sean shares ideas for a system to more efficiently manage his business. Not long after, the two find themselves planning how to address the challenges of the auto parts industry as a whole and what’s more, they hatch an idea that would allow any supply chain business to operate more efficiently.
Both co-founders believed that where the early part of the 21st century was spent building “pure play” solutions for supply chain management, data management, inventory management, online payments, eCommerce shopping carts, and more, the next decades would be spent unifying this myriad of disjointed systems. They figured someone was going to do it — so why not them?
As a result, Mecka was initially founded with the descriptive name of “Unified Technology Solutions Inc.”
Both co-founders believed that where the early part of the 21st century was spent building “pure play” solutions for supply chain management, data management, inventory management, online payments, eCommerce shopping carts, and more, the next decades would be spent unifying this myriad of disjointed systems. They figured someone was going to do it — so why not them?
As a result, Mecka was initially founded with the descriptive name of “Unified Technology Solutions Inc.”
2009 - 2011
Funding an Enterprise
Robin and Sean fund their new venture through managed service and development contracts with companies outside their primary area of focus while simultaneously courting BETA customers for their planned proprietary SaaS solution—the Mecka App.
2012 - 2013
Coding, Signing Clients, and Delivering on Promises
Mecka signs its first customers, then launches the first version of the app, a modest ACES and PIES catalog management system with a Wholesale B2B eCommerce portal. The fledgling company is officially in business, and starts to hire employees to service its growing customer base.
2014
Growth Phase, Rebranding & Focusing on Saas
After a multi-month rebranding effort, Mecka adopts is current name of (“Mecka Inc.”), dropping the Unified Technology Solutions name. Shortly thereafter, Mecka begins a planned ramps down of its aforementioned technology consulting activities to focus all its energy on Mecka’s SaaS offerings.
From this point on, the subscriber-base and Mecka’s revenue starts to grow steadily while the total number of data points within the app start to surge exponentially.
2015
Building Strategy Parterships
Mecka signs a landmark deal with eBay, Inc., officially becoming the third ever eBay Motors VIP partner and the first based in Canada, enabling Mecka’s extensive supply chain of novel catalog data to flow through to the eBay marketplace. Concurrently, Mecka starts working with other strategic partners to round out its offering, helping companies to more efficiently manage sales channels, logistics, payments, and foreign exchange.
2016 - Present
Exponential Growth Phase
With planned feature releases congruent with Mecka’s innovative approach to auto parts supply chain technology, coupled with continuous improvements to existing features, Mecka’s Business Operating System [BoS] concept starts to mature. Add to that Mecka’s high level of service and its community-based feedback loop and Mecka’s revenue and subscriber-base start to grow exponentially. This growth has enabled Mecka to correspondingly hire more Mentors to assist more companies of all sizes and types. Above all, we thank our subscribers for the privilege to serve them and hope to be able to continue to bring the industry solutions that have real-world benefits.
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