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The State of Mercado Shops in 2024

Updated Nov 15 2024

Mercado Shops is an ecommerce platform that lets you create an online store integrated with the Mercado Libre ecosystem.

In this report, we'll cover the following essential statistics on Mercado Shops usage.

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Mercado Shops Growth

At present, there are 43,367 live stores running on the Mercado Shops platform.

Here is the historical growth of stores running Mercado Shops.

  • Mercado Shops stores increased 9.9% quarter-over-quarter in 2024 Q3.
  • Mercado Shops stores increased 62% year-over-year in 2024 Q3.
Quarter
Active Stores
2021 Q2
10,805
2021 Q3
17,315
2021 Q4
22,486
2022 Q1
23,779
2022 Q2
21,292
2022 Q3
33,245
2022 Q4
36,229
2023 Q1
44,217
2023 Q2
46,590
2023 Q3
48,096
2023 Q4
48,922
2024 Q1
48,589
2024 Q2
47,197
2024 Q3
44,634
2024 Q4 (to date)
43,367
Active Stores by Quarter

Note: the store counts displayed in this section are based on actual historical store counts.

It's hard to know exactly when a Mercado Shops store was first created but we use a heuristic that includes historical DNS data which provides a reasonable approximation.

Social Media Usage On Mercado Shops Stores

Ecommerce brands use social media sites to engage with millions of consumers. Instagram and Facebook are the dominant social media sites for ecommerce stores, by far, with Twitter, Pinterest and YouTube also having notable usage.

  • Instagram is used by 64.1% of Mercado Shops stores.
  • Facebook is used by 46.7% of Mercado Shops stores.
  • YouTube is used by 15.9% of Mercado Shops stores.
Type
Stores
Instagram
27,800
Facebook
20,258
YouTube
6,917
Twitter
2,254
WhatsApp
1,628
LinkedIn
188
Tiktok
103
Pinterest
6
Facebook Group
4

Contact Information On Mercado Shops Stores

Email remains an extremely popular communication channel for merchants. Many merchants also provide a phone number so that their customers can reach them instantly.

  • 58% of Mercado Shops stores have an email on their website
  • 29% of Mercado Shops stores provide a phone number on their website
Type
Stores
Email
25,317
Phone
12,713

Top Categories For Mercado Shops Stores

Here is the breakdown of industry verticals for stores on Mercado Shops.

  • 0.2% of Mercado Shops stores sell Home & Garden products.
  • 0.2% of Mercado Shops stores sell Apparel products.
  • 0.2% of Mercado Shops stores sell Autos & Vehicles products.

Top Countries For Mercado Shops Stores

Here are the top countries for stores using Mercado Shops.

  • 56.8% of Mercado Shops stores are in Brazil
  • 18.3% of Mercado Shops stores are in Argentina
  • 14.3% of Mercado Shops stores are in Mexico
  • 6.1% of Mercado Shops stores are in Chile
Country
Stores
24,637
7,942
6,223
2,659
1,906

With a paid account, stores can also be segmented by region and city.

Number Of Employees For Mercado Shops Stores

Here is the breakdown of Mercado Shops stores by the number of employees.

  • 99.2% of Mercado Shops stores have Unknown employees.
  • 0.3% of Mercado Shops stores have 1 - 9 employees.
  • 0.1% of Mercado Shops stores have 10 - 24 employees.
Employees
Stores
Unknown
43,033
1 - 9
120
10 - 24
60
25 - 49
26
50 - 99
33
100 - 249
43
250 - 999
34
1000 - 4999
15
5000+
3

Number Of Products Sold For Mercado Shops Stores

Here is the breakdown of Mercado Shops stores by the number of products that they sell.

  • 15.7% of Mercado Shops stores sell 1 - 9 different products.
  • 11.0% of Mercado Shops stores sell 100 - 249 different products.
  • 9.4% of Mercado Shops stores sell 250 - 999 different products.
Products Sold
Stores
1 - 9
6,809
10 - 24
2,408
25 - 49
3,383
50 - 99
858
100 - 249
4,786
250 - 999
4,098
1000 - 4999
1,160
5000 - 9999
260
10000 - 24999
259
25000 - 99999
115

Top Technologies on Mercado Shops Stores

We're tracking 55 different technologies that have 259,910 collective installs on Mercado Shops stores.

  • New Relic is used by 100.0% of Mercado Shops stores.
  • reCAPTCHA is used by 95.2% of Mercado Shops stores.
  • Google Tag Manager is used by 86.3% of Mercado Shops stores.

Here are the top 10 third-party technologies, ordered by number of installs, across all Mercado Shops stores.

Technology
Stores
43,358
41,279
32,812

Top Shipping Carriers Used By Mercado Shops Stores

  • Fedex is used by 0.4% of Mercado Shops stores.
  • UPS is used by 0.2% of Mercado Shops stores.
  • Correos is used by 0.1% of Mercado Shops stores.

Here are the top 9 shipping carriers across all Mercado Shops stores.

Shipping Carrier
Stores
Fedex
163
UPS
108
Correos
31
Purolator
17
Correios
10
China Post
6
DHL
4
USPS
2
Royal Mail
2

Mercado Shops Store Top-level Domain Distribution

Here is the top-level domain distribution for Mercado Shops stores.

  • 49.7% of Mercado Shops stores have a .com.br domain.
  • 15.5% of Mercado Shops stores have a .com domain.
  • 13.3% of Mercado Shops stores have a .com.ar domain.
Top-level Domain
Stores
.com.br
21,537
.com
6,715
.com.ar
5,747
.com.mx
2,819
.cl
2,373
.mx
757
.com.co
668
.shop
610
.ar
508
.store
351

Top Mercado Shops Stores

Here are the top stores, powered by Mercado Shops, ordered by store rank.

Name
Domain
Rank
Created
Mercado Shops
13,440
2016/12/30
TIENDA CLARIN
16,318
2021/04/09
El Ateneo
17,098
2016/12/30
Mercado Shops
39,691
2016/12/30
Mercado Shops
49,298
2016/12/30

New Mercado Shops Stores

Here are the 0 highest-ranked stores added most recently.

Name
Domain
Rank
Created
www.chabelo.shop
852,208
2024/11/15
www.ramtec.shop
875,558
2024/11/15
Bliss Garden
1,314,134
2024/11/15
Ferretera Kimura
1,561,411
2024/11/15
Olmo Bikes
1,593,819
2024/11/15

Stores Switching to Mercado Shops From Other Platforms

Over the last 90 days, Mercado Shops has taken 521 merchants from competitive ecommerce platforms.

Here are the top stores that have switched to Mercado Shops from competitive ecommerce platforms.

Name
Domain
Rank
Last Platform
Changed
Tienda online
130,105
Shopify
2024/10/10
Maxxi Tacos
375,408
Vnda
2024/11/10
cirúrgicos e estéticos
481,175
Magento
2024/10/24
iGoto Swiss
526,614
Shopify
2024/11/07
STILLGER JEANS
585,211
Tiendanube
2024/09/24

Stores Switching from Mercado Shops To Other Platforms

Over the last 90 days, Mercado Shops has lost 574 merchants to competitive platforms.

Here are the top Mercado Shops stores that have recently changed to a competitive platform.

Name
Domain
Rank
New Platform
Changed
Comercial Têxtil Store
384,310
Tiendanube
2024/10/30
www.tienda.rheem.com.co
514,135
Oracle CX Commerce
2024/09/17
Minha Loja De Móveis
523,678
Tray Commerce
2024/09/25
La Esquina del Neumático
612,407
VTEX
2024/10/15
www.jugueteriassantaclaus.com
637,178
Tiendanube
2024/11/09

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