Mercari

Mercari, Inc.
Native name
メルカリ株式会社
Company typePublic
TYO: 4385
IndustryE-commerce
FoundedFebruary 1, 2013 (2013-02-01)
FounderShintaro Yamada, Ryo Ishizuka, Tommy Tomishima
HeadquartersMinato, Tokyo, Japan
35°39′38″N 139°43′45″E / 35.66056°N 139.72917°E / 35.66056; 139.72917
Area served
Japan, United Kingdom and United States
Key people
ServicesOnline shopping
SubsidiariesMerpay, Mercoin, Kashima Antlers
Websitemercari.com

Mercari, Inc. (TYO: 4385) is a Japanese e-commerce company founded in 2013.[1] Their main product, the Mercari marketplace app, was first launched in Japan in July 2013, and has since grown to become Japan's largest community-powered marketplace with over JPY 10 billion in transactions carried out on the platform each month.[2][3] Among those Japanese users utilizing one of the country's many community marketplace apps, 94% were found to be using Mercari.[4]

Mercari expanded to the United States in 2014 and the United Kingdom in 2016.[2][5] The Mercari app has been downloaded over 100 million times worldwide (as of 16 December 2017) and the company is the first in Japan to reach unicorn status.[3][6]

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