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Segment Reporting (Financial Performance of Company's Reporting Segments) (Details) (USD $) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2015 | Mar. 31, 2014
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |  |
Net revenues | $ 148,103,000 us-gaap_SalesRevenueServicesNet | $ 115,382,000 us-gaap_SalesRevenueServicesNet
Direct costs | (79,811,000)us-gaap_DirectOperatingCosts | (61,560,000)us-gaap_DirectOperatingCosts
Impairment of Long-Lived Assets | (16,226,000)us-gaap_AssetImpairmentCharges |
Direct contribution | 52,066,000 meli_DirectContribution | 53,822,000 meli_DirectContribution
Operating expenses and indirect costs of net revenues | (26,478,000)meli_OperatingExpensesAndIndirectCostsOfNetRevenues | (19,821,000)meli_OperatingExpensesAndIndirectCostsOfNetRevenues
Income from operations | 25,588,000 us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss | 34,001,000 us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss
Other income (expenses): |  |
Interest income and other financial gains | 4,308,000 us-gaap_InvestmentIncomeInterest | 3,036,000 us-gaap_InvestmentIncomeInterest
Interest expense and other financial losses | (4,950,000)meli_InterestExpenseAndOtherFinancialCharges | (1,027,000)meli_InterestExpenseAndOtherFinancialCharges
Foreign currency gains (losses) | (8,570,000)us-gaap_ForeignCurrencyTransactionGainLossBeforeTax | 3,093,000 us-gaap_ForeignCurrencyTransactionGainLossBeforeTax
Net income before income / asset tax expense | 16,376,000 us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest | 39,103,000 us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest
Brazil [Member] |  |
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |  |
Net revenues | 68,498,000 us-gaap_SalesRevenueServicesNet / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = country_BR | 52,434,000 us-gaap_SalesRevenueServicesNet / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = country_BR
Direct costs | (39,681,000)us-gaap_DirectOperatingCosts / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = country_BR | (30,517,000)us-gaap_DirectOperatingCosts / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = country_BR
Direct contribution | 28,817,000 meli_DirectContribution / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = country_BR | 21,917,000 meli_DirectContribution / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = country_BR
Argentina [Member] |  |
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |  |
Net revenues | 47,431,000 us-gaap_SalesRevenueServicesNet / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = country_AR | 27,962,000 us-gaap_SalesRevenueServicesNet / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = country_AR
Direct costs | (24,785,000)us-gaap_DirectOperatingCosts / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = country_AR | (16,916,000)us-gaap_DirectOperatingCosts / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = country_AR
Direct contribution | 22,646,000 meli_DirectContribution / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = country_AR | 11,046,000 meli_DirectContribution / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = country_AR
Mexico [Member] |  |
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |  |
Net revenues | 9,437,000 us-gaap_SalesRevenueServicesNet / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = country_MX | 8,083,000 us-gaap_SalesRevenueServicesNet / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = country_MX
Direct costs | (5,969,000)us-gaap_DirectOperatingCosts / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = country_MX | (4,578,000)us-gaap_DirectOperatingCosts / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = country_MX
Direct contribution | 3,468,000 meli_DirectContribution / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = country_MX | 3,505,000 meli_DirectContribution / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = country_MX
Venezuela [Member] |  |
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |  |
Net revenues | 13,955,000 us-gaap_SalesRevenueServicesNet / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = country_VE | 19,357,000 us-gaap_SalesRevenueServicesNet / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = country_VE
Direct costs | (4,204,000)us-gaap_DirectOperatingCosts / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = country_VE | (5,635,000)us-gaap_DirectOperatingCosts / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = country_VE
Impairment of Long-Lived Assets | (16,226,000)us-gaap_AssetImpairmentCharges / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = country_VE |
Direct contribution | (6,475,000)meli_DirectContribution / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = country_VE | 13,722,000 meli_DirectContribution / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = country_VE
Other Countries [Member] |  |
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |  |
Net revenues | 8,782,000 us-gaap_SalesRevenueServicesNet / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = meli_OtherCountriesMember | 7,546,000 us-gaap_SalesRevenueServicesNet / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = meli_OtherCountriesMember
Direct costs | (5,172,000)us-gaap_DirectOperatingCosts / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = meli_OtherCountriesMember | (3,914,000)us-gaap_DirectOperatingCosts / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = meli_OtherCountriesMember
Direct contribution | $ 3,610,000 meli_DirectContribution / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = meli_OtherCountriesMember | $ 3,632,000 meli_DirectContribution / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = meli_OtherCountriesMember

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