Selling on the Mercari app is easy and free. If you are an experienced online seller searching for more customers, or you are just trying to make some extra cash by selling unused stuff in your home, Mercari is the best online marketplace to do just that.
Mercari App – About
| Founders | Shintaro Yamada, Ryo Ishizuka, Tommy Tomishima |
| Industry | Marketplace, App |
| Categories | Shopping, Lifestyle |
| URL | mercari.com |
| Publisher Country | Japan |
| Most Popular Country | USA |
Mercari App in App Store
| Seller | Mercari, Inc. |
| Size | 109.5 MB |
| Category | Shopping |
| Compatibility | Requires iOS 11.0 or later. Compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch |
| Languages | English, Arabic, Burmese, Cambodian, Chinese, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Filipino, Finnish, French, German, Hebrew, Hindi, Indonesian,… |
| Age Rating | 4+ |
| Copyright | © 2020 Mercari, Inc. |
| Price | Free |
Mercari Adress & Phone number in USA
| Mercari, Inc. | Corporate Office |
| Address | 1530 Page Mill Rd #100, Palo Alto, CA 94304 |
| Phone | (888) 325-2168 |
Mercari App Fees
Listing your items on the Mercari app is free, a 10% flat fee is charged only when a sale transaction is complete.
How to Boost your Mercari Sales?
After you download the Mercari app and start listing your items, you should start making sales.
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Keep in mind that there are many sellers selling the same items you are listing on the Mercari app, which makes it hard sometimes to sell your items quick enough.
Following are 10 selling strategies that you can use to boost your Mercari sales:
1- List Frequently:
This first selling strategy applies to all selling apps (eBay, Poshmark, Mercari…). The more you list the more sales you will make.
When you list a new item, the Mercari app shows it at the top of the search results, allowing potential customers to see your newly listed item and your older listings.
2- Relist Older Items:
When an item doesn’t sell, it is better to relist it, or delete it and list it as a new item to bring it back to the top of the search result.
3- List in Demand Items:
You can sell almost everything on the Mercari app, but it is important to sell items and brands that are in demand to boost your sales and sell your items fast.
4- Improve your Titles and Descriptions:
Avoid boring titles and descriptions and concentrate on describing the item you are selling.
- Title – Mercari limit your title to 40 characters, make sure your title is keyword focused. Think about your title as a small 40 characters description of your item that includes the most important keywords such as Brand, Category, Size, Color..
- Description – The Mercari app allows you to describe your listing in 1000 characters. You don’t need to use it all if you don’t have to in order to avoid a boring description. Make sure your description is keyword focused and communicate to the potential customer what your item is, its brand, color, measurement, condition and any special features that your listing have.
5- Price your Items Competitively:
- Your pricing strategy should start before you list an item in the app. Make sure you buy your item cheap enough to have room for bargaining in the app and still make a profit.
- Search items similar to yours in the Mercari app to check their prices before deciding yours.
- Use the Mercari automatic pricing tool that allows you to decide a price you want for your item and a minimum price you are willing to accept. The app will then drop the price by 5% every 24 hours automatically until the item is sold or reaches the floor price.
6- Use Mercari Promotions Tool:
It’s important to make offers to potential customers in order to boost your Mercari sales. The Mercari app allows you to promote your listing to everyone by dropping the price by 5% every 36 hours, or promote your listing to likers (People who like your item) by changing the price without any restrictions.
7- Provide Good Customer Service:
Answering questions fast, accepting offers when they are reasonable, giving more information about your listings when requested by potential customers, and even declining offers politely are examples of good customer service that will allow you to accumulate good star rating and good feedback.
Keep in mind that many potential customers who like your listings can change their minds before making a purchase decision because of bad feedback from previous customers who had bad experience buying from you.
Good customer service=Good star rating and feedback=More Mercari sales
8- Use Keywords:
The Mercari app allows you to add 3 tags in your listing. Use it to add the 3 keywords that best describe your item.
You can also use keywords on your title and description to allow your listing to be found in the search results when a customer search for it on the app.
9- Obtain Mercari Seller Badges:
Try to obtain Mercari seller badges (Fast Responder, Quick Shipper and Reliable). Obtaining these badges will have similar effects on your listings as good star rating and good feedback.
10- Include Personal Touch:
Show your customers that you care by adding your personal touch, a good example is a thank you card. Many of my customers commented positively on thank you cards that I have added to their packages.
Do you have more questions about the Mercari app? how to sell on Mercari? or how to boost your Mercari sales? Leave us a comment.
