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Business Combinations, Goodwill and Intangible Assets (Composition of Goodwill and Intangible Assets) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Mar. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Goodwill	$ 65,577us-gaap_Goodwill	$ 68,829us-gaap_Goodwill	$ 55,101us-gaap_Goodwill
Total intangible assets, net	22,801us-gaap_IntangibleAssetsNetExcludingGoodwill	23,171us-gaap_IntangibleAssetsNetExcludingGoodwill
Software Development Company In Argentina [Member]
Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Goodwill	65,577us-gaap_Goodwill / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = meli_SoftwareDevelopmentCompanyInArgentinaMember	68,829us-gaap_Goodwill / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = meli_SoftwareDevelopmentCompanyInArgentinaMember
Total intangible assets	28,336meli_IntangibleAssetsAndGoodwillGross / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = meli_SoftwareDevelopmentCompanyInArgentinaMember	28,510meli_IntangibleAssetsAndGoodwillGross / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = meli_SoftwareDevelopmentCompanyInArgentinaMember
Accumulated amortization	(5,535)us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAccumulatedAmortization / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = meli_SoftwareDevelopmentCompanyInArgentinaMember	(5,339)us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAccumulatedAmortization / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = meli_SoftwareDevelopmentCompanyInArgentinaMember
Total intangible assets, net	22,801us-gaap_IntangibleAssetsNetExcludingGoodwill / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = meli_SoftwareDevelopmentCompanyInArgentinaMember	23,171us-gaap_IntangibleAssetsNetExcludingGoodwill / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = meli_SoftwareDevelopmentCompanyInArgentinaMember
Software Development Company In Argentina [Member] | Licenses and Others [Member]
Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Gross	5,862us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsGross / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = meli_SoftwareDevelopmentCompanyInArgentinaMember / us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis = us-gaap_LicensingAgreementsMember	5,111us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsGross / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = meli_SoftwareDevelopmentCompanyInArgentinaMember / us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis = us-gaap_LicensingAgreementsMember
Software Development Company In Argentina [Member] | Non-Compete / Solicitation Agreement [Member]
Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Gross	1,662us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsGross / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = meli_SoftwareDevelopmentCompanyInArgentinaMember / us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis = us-gaap_NoncompeteAgreementsMember	1,829us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsGross / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = meli_SoftwareDevelopmentCompanyInArgentinaMember / us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis = us-gaap_NoncompeteAgreementsMember
Software Development Company In Argentina [Member] | Customer Lists [Member]
Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Gross	10,826us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsGross / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = meli_SoftwareDevelopmentCompanyInArgentinaMember / us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis = us-gaap_CustomerListsMember	11,294us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsGross / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = meli_SoftwareDevelopmentCompanyInArgentinaMember / us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis = us-gaap_CustomerListsMember
Trademarks [Member] | Software Development Company In Argentina [Member]
Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Trademarks	$ 9,986us-gaap_IndefiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsExcludingGoodwill / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = meli_SoftwareDevelopmentCompanyInArgentinaMember / us-gaap_IndefiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis = us-gaap_TrademarksMember	$ 10,276us-gaap_IndefiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsExcludingGoodwill / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = meli_SoftwareDevelopmentCompanyInArgentinaMember / us-gaap_IndefiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis = us-gaap_TrademarksMember

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