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Income Taxes - Composition of Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities (Detail) (USD $)
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Deferred tax assets    
Allowance for doubtful accounts $ 8,278,013us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsTaxDeferredExpenseReservesAndAccrualsAllowanceForDoubtfulAccounts $ 8,210,283us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsTaxDeferredExpenseReservesAndAccrualsAllowanceForDoubtfulAccounts
Unrealized net losses on investments 42,783us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsUnrealizedLossesOnTradingSecurities  
Property and equipment 2,636,124us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsPropertyPlantAndEquipment 147,263us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsPropertyPlantAndEquipment
Accounts payable and accrued expenses 953,842meli_DeferredTaxAssetsAccountsPayableAndAccruedExpenses 2,014,026meli_DeferredTaxAssetsAccountsPayableAndAccruedExpenses
Payroll and social security payable 5,407,562meli_DeferredTaxAssetsPayrollAndSocialSecurityPayable 3,960,481meli_DeferredTaxAssetsPayrollAndSocialSecurityPayable
Foreign exchange effect 7,526,669us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsUnrealizedCurrencyLosses 22,714us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsUnrealizedCurrencyLosses
Taxes payable 354,272meli_DeferredTaxAssetsTaxesPayable 1,058,659meli_DeferredTaxAssetsTaxesPayable
Goodwill 519,432meli_DeferredTaxAssetsGoodwill  
Provisions 4,946,080meli_DeferredTaxAssetsTaxDeferredExpenseProvisions 3,553,360meli_DeferredTaxAssetsTaxDeferredExpenseProvisions
Foreign tax credit 4,327,796us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsTaxCreditCarryforwardsForeign 668,659us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsTaxCreditCarryforwardsForeign
Tax loss carryforwards 2,611,877us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsOperatingLossCarryforwards 2,451,524us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsOperatingLossCarryforwards
Total deferred tax assets 37,604,450us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsGross 22,134,898us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsGross
Valuation allowance (4,531,232)us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance (3,089,113)us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance
Total deferred tax assets, net 33,073,218us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsNet 19,045,785us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsNet
Deferred tax liabilities    
Unrealized net gains on investments   (10,767)us-gaap_DeferredTaxLiabilitiesUnrealizedGainsOnTradingSecurities
Property and equipment (3,233,145)us-gaap_DeferredTaxLiabilitiesPropertyPlantAndEquipment (2,883,458)us-gaap_DeferredTaxLiabilitiesPropertyPlantAndEquipment
Outside basis dividends (4,327,796)meli_DeferredTaxLiabilitiesOutsideBasisDividends (668,659)meli_DeferredTaxLiabilitiesOutsideBasisDividends
Convertible notes and Capped Call (8,367,701)meli_DeferredTaxAssetsConvertibleNotesAndCappedCall  
Other liabilities   (11,237)us-gaap_DeferredTaxLiabilitiesOther
Total deferred tax liabilities (20,390,561)us-gaap_DeferredTaxLiabilities (5,339,359)us-gaap_DeferredTaxLiabilities
Net deferred tax assets 12,682,657us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsLiabilitiesNet 13,706,426us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsLiabilitiesNet
Customer Lists [Member]    
Deferred tax assets    
Customer lists   47,929us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsGoodwillAndIntangibleAssets
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_CustomerListsMember
Deferred tax liabilities    
Deferred tax liabilities intangible assets (2,618,827)us-gaap_DeferredTaxLiabilitiesGoodwillAndIntangibleAssetsIntangibleAssets
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_CustomerListsMember		 (45,963)us-gaap_DeferredTaxLiabilitiesGoodwillAndIntangibleAssetsIntangibleAssets
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_CustomerListsMember
Non-Compete Agreement [Member]    
Deferred tax liabilities    
Deferred tax liabilities intangible assets (265,670)us-gaap_DeferredTaxLiabilitiesGoodwillAndIntangibleAssetsIntangibleAssets
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_NoncompeteAgreementsMember		 (26,019)us-gaap_DeferredTaxLiabilitiesGoodwillAndIntangibleAssetsIntangibleAssets
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_NoncompeteAgreementsMember
Trademarks [Member]    
Deferred tax liabilities    
Deferred tax liabilities intangible assets $ (1,577,422)us-gaap_DeferredTaxLiabilitiesGoodwillAndIntangibleAssetsIntangibleAssets
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_TrademarksMember		 $ (1,693,256)us-gaap_DeferredTaxLiabilitiesGoodwillAndIntangibleAssetsIntangibleAssets
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_TrademarksMember