The founding register is open — founding carriers pay nothing for an extended, locked term.
See the criteria →The first ten carriers and the first ten brokers on Echelon are its founders. Their loads are the network's first record; their standard becomes its reputation. In return, founding members pay nothing — an extended, locked founding term, and it never re-prices mid-term.
The verification standard is identical for member one and member one thousand. Founding waives the dues, never the checks.
For carriers
The criteria — the same file every later carrier will hold:
Enclosed equipment only, documented per truck and trailer.
Operating authority and cargo coverage confirmed with the issuers — never taken on your word. Your confirmed ceiling sets your tier.
Identity verified for every driver who touches a load.
The four-point handshake at every pickup — truck plate, truck VIN, trailer plate, trailer VIN, matched to the file before the keys move.
Re-verification every 60 days, the same as everyone.
For brokers
The criteria — the practice the board is built around:
Bonded brokerage authority, confirmed at the source.
High-value vehicles are your practice, not your exception.
Loads post without naming the car — every listing reads simply “Echelon Vehicle.”
Assignment runs through the board's release flow, and the release is logged.
The record stays complete — what cleared at pickup, who held the keys, when.
The founding cohort is how the network learns — where operations must be flawless, what breaks, what to build next. That is worth more than a fee.
Founding members pay nothing for an extended, locked term. The terms you join on are the terms you keep for that term — nothing re-prices midway.
Verification is never relaxed and never a paid tier — for anyone. Founding members pass the same source checks and the same 60-day re-verification.
Founding members talk straight to the desk. What you flag gets fixed first; what you need next shapes the roadmap.
Your membership carries the founding designation permanently — the first names on the register that set its standard.
Applications are reviewed in order. When the ten seats on either side are filled, the founding register closes.