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Long Term Retention Plan - Long Term Retention Plans Accrued Compensation Expense (Detail) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Long term retention plan	$ 11,851,615us-gaap_EmployeeServiceShareBasedCompensationAllocationOfRecognizedPeriodCostsCapitalizedAmount	$ 11,645,077us-gaap_EmployeeServiceShareBasedCompensationAllocationOfRecognizedPeriodCostsCapitalizedAmount	$ 4,453,858us-gaap_EmployeeServiceShareBasedCompensationAllocationOfRecognizedPeriodCostsCapitalizedAmount
Long Term Retention Plan 2008 [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Long term retention plan			20,595us-gaap_EmployeeServiceShareBasedCompensationAllocationOfRecognizedPeriodCostsCapitalizedAmount / us-gaap_PlanNameAxis = meli_LongTermRetentionPlanTwoZeroZeroEightMember
Long Term Retention Plan 2009 [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Long term retention plan	664,619us-gaap_EmployeeServiceShareBasedCompensationAllocationOfRecognizedPeriodCostsCapitalizedAmount / us-gaap_PlanNameAxis = meli_LongTermRetentionPlanTwoZeroZeroNineMember	1,562,957us-gaap_EmployeeServiceShareBasedCompensationAllocationOfRecognizedPeriodCostsCapitalizedAmount / us-gaap_PlanNameAxis = meli_LongTermRetentionPlanTwoZeroZeroNineMember	587,106us-gaap_EmployeeServiceShareBasedCompensationAllocationOfRecognizedPeriodCostsCapitalizedAmount / us-gaap_PlanNameAxis = meli_LongTermRetentionPlanTwoZeroZeroNineMember
Long Term Retention Plan 2010 [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Long term retention plan	930,244us-gaap_EmployeeServiceShareBasedCompensationAllocationOfRecognizedPeriodCostsCapitalizedAmount / us-gaap_PlanNameAxis = meli_LongTermRetentionPlanTwoZeroOneZeroMember	1,611,521us-gaap_EmployeeServiceShareBasedCompensationAllocationOfRecognizedPeriodCostsCapitalizedAmount / us-gaap_PlanNameAxis = meli_LongTermRetentionPlanTwoZeroOneZeroMember	1,006,740us-gaap_EmployeeServiceShareBasedCompensationAllocationOfRecognizedPeriodCostsCapitalizedAmount / us-gaap_PlanNameAxis = meli_LongTermRetentionPlanTwoZeroOneZeroMember
Long Term Retention Plan 2011 [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Long term retention plan	1,107,795us-gaap_EmployeeServiceShareBasedCompensationAllocationOfRecognizedPeriodCostsCapitalizedAmount / us-gaap_PlanNameAxis = meli_LongTermRetentionPlanTwoZeroOneOneMember	1,698,285us-gaap_EmployeeServiceShareBasedCompensationAllocationOfRecognizedPeriodCostsCapitalizedAmount / us-gaap_PlanNameAxis = meli_LongTermRetentionPlanTwoZeroOneOneMember	1,236,275us-gaap_EmployeeServiceShareBasedCompensationAllocationOfRecognizedPeriodCostsCapitalizedAmount / us-gaap_PlanNameAxis = meli_LongTermRetentionPlanTwoZeroOneOneMember
Long Term Retention Plan 2012 [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Long term retention plan	1,385,407us-gaap_EmployeeServiceShareBasedCompensationAllocationOfRecognizedPeriodCostsCapitalizedAmount / us-gaap_PlanNameAxis = meli_LongTermRetentionPlanTwoZeroOneTwoMember	2,013,011us-gaap_EmployeeServiceShareBasedCompensationAllocationOfRecognizedPeriodCostsCapitalizedAmount / us-gaap_PlanNameAxis = meli_LongTermRetentionPlanTwoZeroOneTwoMember	1,603,142us-gaap_EmployeeServiceShareBasedCompensationAllocationOfRecognizedPeriodCostsCapitalizedAmount / us-gaap_PlanNameAxis = meli_LongTermRetentionPlanTwoZeroOneTwoMember
Long Term Retention Plan 2013 [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Long term retention plan	3,935,215us-gaap_EmployeeServiceShareBasedCompensationAllocationOfRecognizedPeriodCostsCapitalizedAmount / us-gaap_PlanNameAxis = meli_LongTermRetentionPlanTwoZeroOneThreeMember	4,759,303us-gaap_EmployeeServiceShareBasedCompensationAllocationOfRecognizedPeriodCostsCapitalizedAmount / us-gaap_PlanNameAxis = meli_LongTermRetentionPlanTwoZeroOneThreeMember
Long Term Retention Plan 2014 [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Long term retention plan	$ 3,828,335us-gaap_EmployeeServiceShareBasedCompensationAllocationOfRecognizedPeriodCostsCapitalizedAmount / us-gaap_PlanNameAxis = meli_LongTermRetentionPlanTwoZeroOneFourMember

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- Definition

Represents the compensation cost capitalized during the period arising from equity-based compensation arrangements (for example, shares of stock, units, stock options or other equity instruments) with employees, directors and certain consultants qualifying for treatment as employees.

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