MercadoRu Blog
Practical guides on Mercado Libre and importing, no filler: getting started, company setup, taxes, customs and logistics.
3 ways to start importing from China to Argentina
Three ways to bring goods from China to Argentina. Courier, cargo and full import in your own name. What each costs and where people lose money.
How to sell on Mercado Libre without Spanish
Selling on Mercado Libre without Spanish is realistic. Search understands Russian, support answers in Russian, the listing builds itself from a photo and the platform voices your video.
Price and instalments — three numbers that change everything
The 33,000-peso threshold, free shipping and instalments. Three numbers that decide whether they buy from you or the seller next door, and how much stays in your pocket.
Where to source products for Mercado Libre
Where to source products for Mercado Libre. Wholesale Once in Buenos Aires, China and AliExpress, Ciudad del Este, your own production. With a checklist for choosing a product.
Where to sell your product in Argentina
Your own store in Argentina on Tiendanube, Empretienda, Shopify or custom code. What each platform takes and why Shopify is expensive here.
Mercado Libre Global Selling: selling in Latin America without a local company
Global Selling is Mercado Libre’s programme for foreign sellers. Entry from the US, China or Hong Kong, fees by country, four logistics options.
Which AI tools we use for Mercado Libre
The AI models we use every day. Photos and copy for listings, market research, spreadsheets and code. What each one does and where each is cheaper.
Can you import from China without importer status?
You can order goods from China through a courier service without importer status. The limits, the pequeños envíos regime, how FOB differs from DAP and where the risk is.
How to start on Mercado Libre from scratch
The first step on Mercado Libre is not picking a product and not China. Post one listing, walk through a sale by hand, and only then do the maths.
The product listing — what sales depend on
Photos, video, title and specs. What makes a Mercado Libre listing sell, and what you can and cannot put on the main photo.
When the money arrives on Mercado Libre
Payout timelines on Mercado Libre. A newcomer waits 20 days or more, with reputation about 14. How the shipping method changes the wait and when early payout works.
How to open a company in Argentina in order to sell on Mercado Libre
SAS, SRL or monotributo. What an Argentine Mercado Libre seller should choose, and how to open a company on a Russian passport and remotely, by power of attorney.
Taxes in Argentina for a Mercado Libre seller
What a Mercado Libre seller in Argentina actually pays. Monotributo versus Responsable Inscripto, the 2026 Ganancias scale, 21% IVA and IIBB.
Taxes for a Mercado Libre seller: 6 countries compared
A Mercado Libre seller’s taxes in six countries. Simplified regimes, turnover ceilings in dollars and the thing that actually decides it: recovery at customs.
Your first order has arrived — what to do next
Your first Mercado Libre order has arrived. What packaging you need, where to print the label, how quickly to ship and why packaging is counted in advance.
Registering on Mercado Libre in Argentina (2026)
You cannot register on Mercado Libre in Argentina without a DNI. We go through three routes that work: your own DNI, a trusted person, an Argentine company.
SEO and search words in a Mercado Libre listing
How search works inside Mercado Libre. Sixty characters of title, the ficha técnica, the myth about keywords in descriptions, and the catalogue where the title is not yours.
How much you can earn on Mercado Libre
The monotributo ceiling in Argentina works out to about 2,350 dollars net a month. We do the maths on the official scale and look at how to go beyond it.
Mercado Libre fees from 1 September 2026: what changes in Argentina
Mercado Libre is changing the cargo fijo in Argentina from 1 September 2026. The fee on cheap products now depends on price and weight. The new grid and what to do.