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Auto Paint Authority review

Auto Paint Authority is listed on Skool. It charges $1 a month.

A review on the numbers, not an opinion: nobody here has joined Auto Paint Authority, and nothing below is a verdict.

Auto Paint Authority (Free) is the entry community of Auto Paint Authority, which trains people to run a mobile auto body and paint repair service alongside a job, without a shop or staff.[1][2] Created in November 2025, it is run by founder Matt Harden, a former attorney who left law around 2008 to 2009 and started a mobile repair operation in 2011.[1][2][3]

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Members
528
Published price
$1
per month
Members, last 29 days
+4
5 Oct 2026 to 3 Nov 2026
Rank by members
#3,023
of 6,073 sellers listed here
Size rank in niche
#54
of 112 sellers listed in trades and local services, by published members
Price rank in niche
#36
of 41 priced in Trades and local services listed here, highest first
Check the Course score
67
B, above average
Niche
Trades and local services
125 listed here
Created
1 Nov 2025
Skool publishes this date
Readings
22
since 7 Sept 2026

About Auto Paint Authority

Members learn how the business works, the equipment, skills and practice needed to begin, and how to find paying customers, and they watch real repairs and student jobs broken down.[1] The group states that it is not quick money and is meant for people ready to put in time, practice and capital.[1]

Harden's paid program, the Mobile Auto Body Business Accelerator (MABA), combines step-by-step training with six months of live coaching, weekly calls, a private community and a growing library of repair videos.[3] It follows The Mobile Method, a six-pillar framework from mobile setup to lead generation and expansion, and includes a 30-day free trial of shop management software.[3] The Auto Paint Authority site states that it makes no income guarantees, and Harden's YouTube channel covers starting a mobile paint repair business and finding retail clients.[2][4]

Sources

  1. Skool listing: skool.com/auto-paint-authority-9470, as collected 28 Sept 2026
  2. Official website: autopaintauthority.com/about, retrieved 30 Sept 2026
  3. Official website: autopaintauthority.com, retrieved 30 Sept 2026
  4. YouTube: youtube.com/channel/UCx5Qk3gN1ub9u4ZgeuFo3Dg, retrieved 30 Sept 2026

Compiled by Check the Course from the sources listed, to the best of our ability.

What the listing describes
NicheTrades and local servicesFormatCommunity

Read from the listing’s own words: what is offered, never how well.

What is inside

Course modules
2
Courses
2
Posts, all time
96
People running it
1

Counts published by Auto Paint Authority on its own page, read on 28 Sept 2026: how much is included, never how good it is. Listed as run by matt-harden-7504.

How we knowSourced & dated
Observed on 3 Nov 2026 from Skool source page archived copy 55c335784977.
Observable monthly ceiling
$1
monthly price
528
published members
$528
theoretical ceiling per month

This is not revenue, earnings or income. It assumes every listed member pays the headline price, which is never the case in practice, and it does not account for free members, trials, discounts, churn, refunds, platform fees or tax.

Against the trades and local services niche

Percentile among the other 124 trades and local services listings here, each seller counted once for size.

Size52nd
smallestlargest
Price · further right is cheaper88th
most expensivecheapest

Held at $1 per month in each of the 21 readings that published a price, from September 2026 to 3 Nov 2026.

Check the Course Score
67BAbove average

Ahead of 67% of the 13,589 Skool communities we track, including ones without a page here, on the measures below, each read from a figure Auto Paint Authority published itself.

  • Size 53% of the scoreahead of 68%
  • Growth 27% of the scoreahead of 61%
  • Track record 20% of the scoreahead of 36%

An algorithmic position among tracked listings: not an endorsement, a guarantee or advice. How the score works.

  • Members up 6% since September 2026. Measured by Check the Course.Members up 6% since September 2026. Measured by Check the Course.

    Net member count up 6% between our first reading, on 7 Sept 2026, and our latest, on 3 Nov 2026.

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Evidence and signals

Listed on 528 members.

Evidence: measured.

Following elsewhere
7,970 at its largest7,970 on YouTube. Followers on another platform, not members here.
First recorded
7 September 2026our first reading, not its launch
Elsewhere
WebsiteYouTube

Tracked over time

Member change
No changeover 3 days+4+0.8%over 29 days
Price change
Unchanged at all 21 readings with a price

22 observations over 57 days.

Member count
5005055105155205255287 Sept 20263 Nov 2026change
Monthly price
$1$128 Sept 20263 Nov 2026

Observation log

Observation log
ObservedMembersChangePriceCeiling / month
3 Nov 20265280$1 per month$528
30 Oct 2026528+1$1 per month$528
28 Oct 20265270$1 per month$527
26 Oct 20265270$1 per month$527
25 Oct 2026527+1$1 per month$527
22 Oct 20265260$1 per month$526
21 Oct 20265260$1 per month$526
18 Oct 20265260$1 per month$526
17 Oct 20265260$1 per month$526
15 Oct 2026526+1$1 per month$526
14 Oct 20265250$1 per month$525
13 Oct 2026525+1$1 per month$525
12 Oct 2026524-1$1 per month$524
10 Oct 20265250$1 per month$525
9 Oct 2026525+1$1 per month$525
8 Oct 20265240$1 per month$524
6 Oct 20265240$1 per month$524
5 Oct 2026524+1$1 per month$524
2 Oct 20265230$1 per month$523
1 Oct 2026523+2$1 per month$523
28 Sept 2026521+23$1 per month$521
7 Sept 2026498Not recordedNot calculated
Average per week, last 29 days5 Oct 2026 to 3 Nov 2026+1
Average per week, since first reading7 Sept 2026 to 3 Nov 2026+4

Milestones observed

Milestones observed
MembersCrossingBetween readings
500Passed7 Sept 2026 and 28 Sept 2026

Seller’s followers on other platforms

Seller’s followers on other platforms
Read, about monthlyYouTubeTikTok
15 Oct 20267,970+610
15 Sept 20267,360

Course content readings

Course content readings
ObservedPostsModulesCourses
28 Sept 202696+422
15 Sept 20269222
Added per week15 Sept 2026 to 28 Sept 2026+2.100

Common questions about Auto Paint Authority

What is Auto Paint Authority?
Auto Paint Authority (Free) is the entry community of Auto Paint Authority, which trains people to run a mobile auto body and paint repair service alongside a job, without a shop or staff.
How much does Auto Paint Authority cost?
Auto Paint Authority charges $1 per month on Skool, read 3 Nov 2026. That is cheaper than 88% of the other priced trades and local services listings here.
How many members does Auto Paint Authority have?
Auto Paint Authority lists 528 members, read 3 Nov 2026.
How has Auto Paint Authority's membership changed?
From 498 members on 7 Sept 2026, our first reading, to 528 on 3 Nov 2026: up 30, or 6%.
How does Auto Paint Authority compare with other trades and local services communities?
At $1 a month, Auto Paint Authority sits below the $42 median of the 40 priced trades and local services listings here. The niche median is 509 members. Pricing benchmarks by niche.
What do you get inside Auto Paint Authority?
Auto Paint Authority publishes 2 course modules, 2 courses, 96 posts, 1 admin. Communities with the most course content.

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