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Commitments and Contingencies (Details) |  | 0 Months Ended | 3 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended |  | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2015 USD ($) | Mar. 31, 2015 Argentinean Subsidiaries [Member] item | Mar. 31, 2015 Mexican Subsidiaries [Member] item | Sep. 23, 2010 State of Sao Paulo Fraud Claim [Member] USD ($) | Aug. 25, 2010 State of Sao Paulo Fraud Claim [Member] USD ($) | Jun. 29, 2009 State of Sao Paulo Fraud Claim [Member] USD ($) | Aug. 15, 2011 City of Sao Paulo Tax Claim [Member] BRL | Mar. 31, 2015 City of Sao Paulo Tax Claim [Member] USD ($) | Mar. 31, 2015 City of Sao Paulo Tax Claim [Member] BRL | Dec. 31, 2007 City of Sao Paulo Tax Claim [Member] USD ($) | Mar. 31, 2015 Brazilian Ordinary Courts [Member] item | Mar. 31, 2015 Brazilian Consumer Courts [Member] item | Mar. 31, 2015 Brazilian Federal Tax Claims [Member] USD ($) | Mar. 31, 2015 Brazilian Federal Tax Claims [Member] BRL
Loss Contingencies [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Reserves for proceeding-related contingencies | $ 2,708,000 us-gaap_LossContingencyAccrualAtCarryingValue |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Aggregate amount for legal actions for which no loss amount has been accrued | 4,451,000 meli_AggregateAmountForLegalActionsForWhichNoLossAmountHasBeenAccrued |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Number of lawsuits pending |  | 41 meli_LawsuitsPending / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = meli_ArgentineanSubsidiariesMember | 2 meli_LawsuitsPending / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = meli_MexicanSubsidiariesMember |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Number of legal actions pending |  | 767 us-gaap_LossContingencyPendingClaimsNumber / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = meli_ArgentineanSubsidiariesMember | 57 us-gaap_LossContingencyPendingClaimsNumber / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = meli_MexicanSubsidiariesMember |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 641 us-gaap_LossContingencyPendingClaimsNumber / us-gaap_LossContingenciesByNatureOfContingencyAxis = meli_BrazilianOrdinaryCourtsMember | 2,672 us-gaap_LossContingencyPendingClaimsNumber / us-gaap_LossContingenciesByNatureOfContingencyAxis = meli_BrazilianConsumerCourtsMember |  |
Daily non-compliance penalty |  |  |  |  | 6,000 us-gaap_LossContingencyDamagesSoughtValue / us-gaap_LossContingenciesByNatureOfContingencyAxis = meli_StateOfSaoPauloFraudClaimMember | 2,500 us-gaap_LossContingencyDamagesSoughtValue / us-gaap_LossContingenciesByNatureOfContingencyAxis = meli_StateOfSaoPauloFraudClaimMember |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Penalty and damages |  |  |  | 6,000 us-gaap_LossContingencyDamagesAwardedValue / us-gaap_LossContingenciesByNatureOfContingencyAxis = meli_StateOfSaoPauloFraudClaimMember |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Approximate additional amount related to asserted taxes and fines |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 12,800,000 us-gaap_IncomeTaxExaminationEstimateOfPossibleLoss / us-gaap_LossContingenciesByNatureOfContingencyAxis = meli_CityOfSaoPauloTaxClaimMember | 41,000,000 us-gaap_IncomeTaxExaminationEstimateOfPossibleLoss / us-gaap_LossContingenciesByNatureOfContingencyAxis = meli_CityOfSaoPauloTaxClaimMember | 5,900,000 us-gaap_IncomeTaxExaminationEstimateOfPossibleLoss / us-gaap_LossContingenciesByNatureOfContingencyAxis = meli_CityOfSaoPauloTaxClaimMember |  |  | 1,600,000 us-gaap_IncomeTaxExaminationEstimateOfPossibleLoss / us-gaap_LossContingenciesByNatureOfContingencyAxis = meli_BrazilianFederalTaxClaimsMember | 5,200,000 us-gaap_IncomeTaxExaminationEstimateOfPossibleLoss / us-gaap_LossContingenciesByNatureOfContingencyAxis = meli_BrazilianFederalTaxClaimsMember
Total amount of claim including surcharges and interest |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 5,800,000 meli_LossContingencyEstimateOfPossibleLossIncludingSurchargesAndInterest / us-gaap_LossContingenciesByNatureOfContingencyAxis = meli_CityOfSaoPauloTaxClaimMember |  |  |  |  |  |
Deposit with court |  |  |  |  |  |  | 9,500,000 meli_LossContingencyDepositsWithCourtOfLaw / us-gaap_LossContingenciesByNatureOfContingencyAxis = meli_CityOfSaoPauloTaxClaimMember |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Accrued interests |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 3,200,000 meli_LossContingencyInterestAccruedOnSettlement / us-gaap_LossContingenciesByNatureOfContingencyAxis = meli_CityOfSaoPauloTaxClaimMember | 10,400,000 meli_LossContingencyInterestAccruedOnSettlement / us-gaap_LossContingenciesByNatureOfContingencyAxis = meli_CityOfSaoPauloTaxClaimMember |  |  |  |  |

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