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Additional Escrow Account

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Business Acquisition Cash Withheld As Indemnification.

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Business acquisition rights of buyer description.

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Business Combination Escrow Deposits Amounts In Percentage

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Business combination escrow deposits related to continue employment relationship of certain key employees.

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Business combination escrow deposits to cover unexpected adjustments to initial aggregate purchase price.

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Business combination escrow deposits to cover unexpected liabilities and negative working capital.

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Business combination net of negative working capital adjustments amount.

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Cash held in escrows.

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The aggregate expense charged against earnings to allocate the cost of intangible assets (nonphysical assets not used in production) in a systematic and rational manner to the periods expected to benefit from such assets. As a noncash expense, this element is added back to net income when calculating cash provided by or used in operations using the indirect method.

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Percentage of voting equity interests acquired at the acquisition date in the business combination.

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Amount of consideration transferred, consisting of acquisition-date fair value of assets transferred by the acquirer, liabilities incurred by the acquirer, and equity interest issued by the acquirer.

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This element represents the amount of earnings or loss of the acquiree since the acquisition date included in the consolidated income statement for the reporting period.

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This element represents the amount of revenue of the acquiree since the acquisition date included in the consolidated income statement for the reporting period.

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Amount due from customers or clients for goods or services, including trade receivables, that have been delivered or sold in the normal course of business, and amounts due from others, including related parties expected to be converted to cash, sold or exchanged within one year or the normal operating cycle, if longer, acquired at the acquisition date.

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Amount recognized for assets, including goodwill, in excess of (less than) the aggregate liabilities assumed.

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Fair value of contingent consideration in a business combination that is classified in shareholders' equity.

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The designation of funds furnished by a borrower to a lender to assure future payments of the borrower's real estate taxes and insurance obligations with respect to a mortgaged property. Escrow deposits may be made for a variety of other purposes such as earnest money and contingent payments. This element excludes replacement reserves which are an escrow separately provided for within the US GAAP taxonomy.

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Sum of the carrying amounts of all intangible assets, excluding goodwill, as of the balance sheet date, net of accumulated amortization and impairment charges.

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The cash outflow associated with the acquisition of business during the period. The cash portion only of the acquisition price.

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Business Combinations, Goodwill and Intangible Assets - Additional Information (Detail)	1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended				0 Months Ended					0 Months Ended	12 Months Ended							0 Months Ended	12 Months Ended		1 Months Ended	0 Months Ended				12 Months Ended			0 Months Ended		0 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2013 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2012 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2011	Sep. 12, 2014 Autopark LLC [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 Autopark LLC [Member]	Sep. 12, 2014 Autopark LLC [Member]	Sep. 14, 2011 Autopark LLC [Member]	Sep. 14, 2011 AP Clasificados [Member]	Mar. 22, 2013 Software Development Company in Argentina [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 Software Development Company in Argentina [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2013 Software Development Company in Argentina [Member] USD ($)	Jun. 24, 2013 Software Development Company in Argentina [Member] USD ($)	Mar. 22, 2013 Software Development Company in Argentina [Member] USD ($)	Mar. 22, 2013 Software Development Company in Argentina [Member] ARS	Mar. 22, 2013 Software Development Company in Argentina [Member] 24-Months Period [Member] USD ($)	Mar. 22, 2013 Software Development Company in Argentina [Member] 36-Months Period [Member] USD ($)	Apr. 08, 2014 Online Classifieds Advertisement Companies in Chile and Mexico [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 Online Classifieds Advertisement Companies in Chile and Mexico [Member] USD ($)	Apr. 08, 2014 Online Classifieds Advertisement Companies in Chile and Mexico [Member] USD ($)	Jan. 31, 2015 Online Classifieds Advertisement Companies in Chile and Mexico [Member] Subsequent Events [Member] USD ($)	Apr. 08, 2014 Online Classifieds Advertisement Companies in Chile and Mexico [Member] Customer Lists [Member]	Apr. 08, 2014 Online Classifieds Advertisement Companies in Chile and Mexico [Member] Non Solicitation Agreement [Member]	Apr. 08, 2014 Online Classifieds Advertisement Companies in Chile and Mexico [Member] Software [Member]	Dec. 15, 2014 Business Vision S.A. [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 Business Vision S.A. [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Business Vision S.A. [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 15, 2014 Business Vision S.A. [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 15, 2014 Business Vision S.A. [Member] 24-Months Period [Member]	Dec. 15, 2014 Business Vision S.A. [Member] 24-Months Period [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 15, 2014 Business Vision S.A. [Member] 12-Months Period and 24-Months Period [Member]	Dec. 15, 2014 Business Vision S.A. [Member] 12-Months Period and 24-Months Period [Member] USD ($)
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Percentage of acquisition					60.00%		100.00%	40.00%	60.00%	100.00%					100.00%	100.00%					100.00%								100.00%
Amount of consideration	$ 4,000,000					$ 4,000,000
Total purchase price															3,454,497	17,652,480					37,989,865								4,768,549
Business acquisition, cash paid											2,191,781								32,147,755							3,803,955
Cash held in escrows																					1,000,000
Additional cash considerations in escrows																					4,621,085
Additional price adjustment escrow																						221,025
Fair value of contingent consideration	4,833,061	4,833,061
Net revenues													524,965							10,631,998								169,093
Net income (loss)													(7,562)							2,207,709								(86,754)
Amount of Trademarks, customer lists, software and non-solicitation agreements	23,171,349	23,171,349	6,591,585									23,171,349	6,591,585								19,036,493
Intangible assets amortized period																							10 years	4 years	3 years
Business acquisition rights of buyer description												On such same date, the Buyer paid and agreed to pay the purchase price as follows i) $2,191,781 in cash; ii) set an escrow amounting to $489,237 for a 24-months period, aiming to cover unexpected liabilities and negative working capital; iii) set an escrow amounting to $547,945 for a 36-months period, aiming to continue the employment relationship of certain key employees; and iv) on June 24, 2013 the Company paid the remaining $225,534 net of certain negative working capital adjustments.															On such same date, the Buyer paid and agreed to pay the purchase price as follows i) $3,803,955 in cash, net of $111,045 of negative working capital adjustments; ii) set an escrow amounting to $250,000 for a 24-months period, aiming to cover unexpected adjustments to the initial aggregate purchase price; and iii) set an escrow amounting to $735,000, 50% for a 12-months period and 50% for a 24-months period since the closing date.
Escrow amount covering unexpected liabilities and negative working capital																	489,237
Escrow amount to continue employment relationship																		547,945
Business acquisition payment subject to collection of credits held by certain customer														225,534
Amount in escrow account															547,945																		735,000
Business acquisition, net of negative working capital adjustments amount																										111,045
Escrow amount covering unexpected adjustments to initial aggregate purchase price																															250,000
Percentage of amount in escrow account																														50.00%		50.00%
Total aggregate amortization expense for intangible assets		$ 1,691,771us-gaap_AmortizationOfIntangibleAssets	$ 781,074us-gaap_AmortizationOfIntangibleAssets	$ 891,661us-gaap_AmortizationOfIntangibleAssets