In the New Year, with the launch of the 2022 investment promotion campaign, it is time for sellers who are paying attention to the Mexican market to get ready to enter the market! So how much will it cost to move into Mercado Libre in 2022, and what will it take to prepare? Let's take a look at it.

Mercado Libre sales commission

The cost of selling on Mercado Libre depends on your sales site, category, delivery method and other variables. You can find the combination of targets that works best for you based on your business model.

The platform has no monthly rent and is free to list, and only when you successfully sell, the platform will collect a percentage of sales commission.

In addition, the platform will charge you affordable surcharges for products with low customer unit price.

Sales commission: For each item sold, the seller is required to pay the platform a percentage of the total sales price (including the price of the item, shipping costs and other expenses).

The sales commission in Mexico is determined by category, and a single piece surcharge is required. You can check the commission rate for specific products at this link. To see the percentage of sales commissions for that item on the Mexican site, you simply type in the product's keywords and search.

Mercado Libre delivery costs

Delivery fees for the Mercado Libre platform depend on the following three factors:

· Place of shipment and destination of distribution;

· Store Reputation level;

· Delivery method: Spontaneous or Mercado Libre overseas warehouse (FBM).

1. The consignment

If you deliver goods by yourself, the seller background will allocate platform cooperation logistics by itself. You can use the official freight calculator to calculate the delivery cost of spontaneous goods.

Overseas warehouse (FBM)

Mercado Libre Mexico station can support overseas warehouse mode, and the basic distribution cost of sellers using overseas warehouse mode is composed of initial freight, conventional storage fee and final delivery fee.

The final delivery fee for each item depends on the weight and size of the item and the Reputation level of the store.

In order to encourage sellers to better develop their overseas warehouse business, the platform will reduce the final delivery fee up to 50% according to your store Reputation level and commodity price!

The final delivery fee of Overseas warehouses in Mexico is as follows:

Mercado Libre overseas regular storage fees

Regular storage charges are based on the average daily volume (in cubic feet) of space occupied by your inventory in the Platform operations Center on a per-piece basis, and a list of charges payable will be generated at the end of each month.

The volume is measured based on the size of goods that have been properly packed and ready for shipment. The charging standard is divided into three parts according to the volume of goods (small, medium and large).

Example of conventional storage charge calculation:

Other sales expenses

If you store your inventory in the Operations Center, there may be additional charges in addition to the monthly inventory storage fee, such as long-term storage fee and pickup fee.

1. Long-term storage fees

In order to make better use of the storage space in the operation center, monthly long-term storage charges will be incurred for goods over 60 days in storage. Prior to the end of this settlement cycle, we will review how much of your inventory is unsold for pickup.

We will calculate the long term storage charge you should pay for each item based on the package size and storage time.

Therefore, for goods that have been stored in overseas storage for more than 60 days, there is a regular storage fee (calculated on a daily basis) and a long-term storage fee (calculated on a monthly basis) based on the product volume!

2 pickup fee

In order to avoid storage charges, it is suggested to participate in promotional activities to stimulate sales rate, or choose logistics service provider to take out damaged and redundant inventory stored in FBM.

The piukup fee for goods stored abroad in Mexico depends on the size of the goods (including the initial packaging).

From December 14, 2021, the overseas warehouse pickup fee will be charged according to the green standard in the table.

Tips:

All promotions on The Mercado Libre platform (DOTD/LD/DOW) are free to participate, just make sure Reputation is green!

The above is the basic cost of sales for Mercado Libre store. When you calculate the total cost of goods sold on Mercado Libre platform, please be sure to list all the different costs that should be considered, such as advertising costs, off-site promotion costs, etc.