 International logo since 2018 | |
 Headquarters in Roppongi Hills Mori Tower in Minato, Tokyo | |
Native name | メルカリ株式会社 |
|---|---|
| Company type | Public |
| TYO: 4385 | |
| Industry | E-commerce |
| Founded | February 1, 2013 |
| Founder | Shintaro Yamada, Ryo Ishizuka, Tommy Tomishima |
| Headquarters | Minato, Tokyo, Japan 35°39′38″N 139°43′45″E / 35.66056°N 139.72917°E |
Area served | Japan, Taiwan, United Kingdom, and United States |
Key people | |
| Services | Online shopping |
| Subsidiaries | Merpay, Mercoin, Kashima Antlers |
| Website | mercari |
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[update]) and the company is the first in Japan to reach unicorn status.[3][6]
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