what is mercado libre

We are the leading e-commerce platform in Latin America

Our purpose is to democratize trade and financial services to change millions of people’s lives in the region, offering equal opportunities for large and small sellers, within a simple, safe, and efficient experience.

We run business in 18 countries in Latin America, where millions of buyers and sellers meet to carry out transactions with a wide range of products and services.

Since 1999, we have evolved on a permanent basis. To optimize users’ experience, we have been taking part and adding value to different stages of the purchase process, enlarging our service portfolio and adding functionalities to the platform to make logistic and advertising as well as returns and financing easier. 

We are currently leaders in the e-commerce industry in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru, Uruguay, and Venezuela. We also operate e-commerce platforms in the Dominican Republic, Honduras, Nicaragua, Salvador, Panama, Bolivia, Guatemala and Paraguay. 

Information from the fourth quarter 2023

 

Our marketplace offers everything required by users today: immediate answers and solutions, access to a higher offer of products in the same room, chance to compare prices, payment method flexibility, financing and comfort of having access to products from any point, at any time and through any device.

True to our DNA, in a continuous beta, we update and add functions all the time to offer users an increasingly easy and close experience. Aiming at offering solutions in a faster and simpler way within one same ecosystem,  we articulate a dynamic and permanent connection with other business units such as Mercado Pago, Mercado Envios, Mercado Ads, and Mercado Shops.

Everything we do is user-oriented.  We have a vocation for excellence and we are aware of the fact that leading the sector relies on the ability of the user to always have access to the best. We want to offer the best product prices and widest variety, faster shipping every time and reaching more geographic locations,  safe and reliable transactions. We strive  to offer high impact solutions ensuring a good experience. All these solutions and services meant significant progress for the region throughout the years, and no doubt, generate a strong impact on millions of people’s lives who visit the platform day by day.