Online marketplace Mercari started the year with a TV commercial airing in the Super Bowl, and it’s ending 2021 by running a TV ad with a movie tie-in. The sequel to the animated movie Sing (“Sing 2”) hits theaters on Read more
Some people do everything on their mobile device, including selling online. Mercari informed its sellers they could now purchase shipping on its site without having to print a label, thanks to QR codes. “There’s no need for a printer. Just Read more
Mercari is giving sellers more room to describe their item in the listing title, it announced this week. That’s one of three new features it recently added for buyers and sellers on its platform. Listing titles can now have up Read more
Typically shoppers think of “Buy Now, Pay Later” features as being available on retail sites when shopping for commodity goods, but mobile selling app Mercari partnered with a service called Zip (formerly Quadpay) so customers can finance their purchases of Read more
Mercari is getting the word out about its local selling options with a new sweepstakes. “Declutter your garage with JoJo Fletcher” will give a winner a prize valued at $3500. The contest also kicked off in time to celebrate National Read more
Mercari is doubling down on its strategy to connect buyers and sellers locally. The selling platform partnered with Uber to expand “no meetup” local trading. Mercari Now, which rolled out in markets including San Francisco, New York, and Houston, launched Read more
Mercari settled into 5th place in the 2021 Sellers Choice Awards, slipping one spot from the previous year. The mobile selling app showed improvement in Profitability, and gained praised for its Ease of Use, placing near the top in that Read more
Mercari is running its first Super Bowl ad on February 7th, it announced Monday. The news comes the same day it was reported that Budweiser would not be running a Big Game ad this year – but Huggies would, a Read more
Mercari is giving away Christmas trees in three cities this month to promote its local selling service called Mercari Now, which it refers to as “Local selling without the meetup.” “This holiday season, we want to make the little things Read more
A significant number of people are supplementing their holiday budget by selling personal items, and they’re also more willing to buy used this year. Mercari commissioned Ipsos to conduct a survey of 1,000 people online in October, and 46% of Read more
