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Latigo · Latin America

Sell on Mercado Libre without relocating, without hidden costs, without surprises

The full cycle: registration, logistics, warehousing, sales, marketing, and getting your profit back home. We work until it produces a result.

Calculate the profit
Selling 1–2 weeks after the goods arrive Six Latin American markets Payouts in USD, crypto, or RUB
What we take on
1 We importWe collect the cargo from your supplier, handle freight, insurance, and customs
2 We storeOur own warehouse in Buenos Aires, check-in with photo report, order fulfillment, returns
3 We sellProduct listings in the local language, pricing, advertising, buyer messaging
4 We account for itEvery expense, line by line, in the client dashboard
5 We pay outWe collect and repatriate revenue and send your profit wherever you are
6 We close the paperworkAccounting and legal matters in the country of sale
Your part is choosing the product. We do not source suppliers in China and we do not inspect goods at the factory: you know your category better than we do. In Argentina the warehouse and the team are ours; in the other countries we open the company per project.

Honest and out in the open

We do not like seeing people ripped off. We disclose every expense line by line: import duties, marketplace commissions, shipping, taxes. There are no hidden fees. If you change your mind, we return the unspent funds.

We are here — and there

The contract is signed with our company outside Russia and is governed by international commercial law. All settlements are in US dollars. In Argentina, a team with local citizenship and our own warehouse; in Brazil, people with local citizenship. In the other four countries we open the company per project and work through local contractors; we say so plainly on each country's page.

Turnkey, end to end

We bring the goods in, clear customs, put them in the warehouse, list them on the marketplace, set up the advertising, collect the revenue, and transfer it to you. Your part is choosing the product.

Flexible structures

From a test batch to a network of companies across several countries. Start small and scale as the market proves itself.

Choose your route

Four ways of working. They differ in whose company sells and what stays in your ownership.

Where most people start
01 · Fast start on our account

Partnership

We work through our company and our account. You need no legal entity, bank account, or accounting in the country of sale. Sales start 1–2 weeks after the goods reach the warehouse.
Priced against your product a fixed fee to bring the batch in, plus a share of net profit
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02 · Registered in your name

Your own company

The company is registered in your name and stays your asset: your own seller reputation, your own sales history, the right to reclaim taxes on import.
Priced against your project registration, bank account, accounting, and marketplace onboarding
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03 · From your existing legal entity

Subsidiary

If you already have a company in Poland, the UAE, or elsewhere, we open a subsidiary under it. Ownership stays inside your own structure.
Priced against the structure depends on the parent company's country
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04 · A holding company for the group

Company network

Once trading companies operate in two or more countries, it makes sense to consolidate management, marketing, logistics, and accounting into a single company with a low tax burden.
Custom for groups of companies in two or more countries
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Compare the structures in a table →

Latin American markets

The figures for each country carry a reference to the source and the date. We do not publish numbers we cannot confirm.

ARArgentina
Selling fee
11.8–17.1%
Free-shipping threshold
ARS 33,000
Population
46.0 million
Presence
We operate on the ground
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BRBrazil
Selling fee
11–19%
Free-shipping threshold
R$ 79
Population
213.6 million
Presence
Team with local citizenship
See the market →
MXMexico
Selling fee
8–20.5%
Free-shipping threshold
MXN 299
Population
133.0 million
Presence
Opened on request
See the market →
CLChile
Selling fee
13–20%
Free-shipping threshold
CLP 19,990
Population
19.9 million
Presence
Opened on request
See the market →
COColombia
Selling fee
9–20%
Free-shipping threshold
COP 60,000
Population
53.9 million
Presence
Opened on request
See the market →
UYUruguay
Selling fee
11.5–17%
Free-shipping threshold
not confirmed — being verified
Population
3.38 million
Presence
Jurisdiction of the holding company
See the market →
$19.0 billion
Mercado Libre GMV in Q1 2026, +42% in dollars1
84 million
unique buyers in the quarter, +26% year over year1
722 million
units sold in the quarter, +47% year over year1
25–30%
Mercado Libre's share of Latin American e-commerce2
About the "62% of the market" figure

It gets quoted constantly in articles about Mercado Libre, but there is no confirmation in open sources: eMarketer2 and Quartr3 both put it at 25–30%. We publish what we can verify.

Compare all countries →

Client dashboard: everything is visible

The complaint about contractors always sounds the same: "no idea where the money went." So we keep the whole calculation open, not just the bottom line.

  • Landed cost of the batchPurchase, freight, insurance, import duty, and customs clearance, per SKU.
  • Marketplace feesCategory selling fee, fixed fee on low-priced items, VAT on the commission.
  • Last-mile logisticsShipping, order handling, returns.
  • TaxesWhat was paid in the country of sale and how much of it comes back.
  • Advertising and marketingMarketplace budget and external channels, where they are running, at market rates.
  • Net profit and your shareThe figure the payout is calculated from. The same formula as in the contract and in the calculator on this site.
What a batch report looks like
Line itemShare of revenue
Marketplace revenue100%
Purchase, freight, insurance32.6%
Import duty and customs clearance8.2%
Marketplace commission and fixed fee15.0%
Delivery to buyer and returns11.1%
Advertising6.1%
Taxes in the country of sale7.4%
Net profit19.6%

An example of the report structure: the shares are illustrative. For your product we calculate with the actual rates of the country and the category. Every line in the dashboard opens down to the documents: invoice, customs declaration, marketplace report.

Alexei Slepenkov
The face of the company

Alexei Slepenkov

founder, legal representative of the companies in Latin America

An Argentine citizen. I run a blog about critical thinking, taking apart fraud schemes and popularizing science, with an audience of 120,000+ people. In clients' companies I serve as legal representative personally, up until the seller obtains residency and can run it themselves.

Someone who spends years publicly dismantling other people's scams cannot afford a murky scheme in his own project. That is exactly why everything here is open: expenses, commissions, documents.

The team and the track record →

The questions we get most often

Do I need a company in Latin America?
Under "Partnership," no: our company imports and sells the goods, and you work under a contract with us. If you later want an asset of your own, we register the company in your name — remotely, through a consular power of attorney.
Who do I sign the contract with?
The contract is signed with our company outside Russia and is governed by international commercial law. All settlements are in US dollars. The goods themselves are imported and sold by our company in Argentina — only a local taxpayer can do that in the country.
How do I get the money?
In US dollars — SWIFT transfer or crypto (USDT), as agreed. Cross-border payments for goods, freight, and customs run through us. You do not open accounts abroad and do not deal with payment routing.
Who picks the product?
You do. You know your category, your suppliers, and your purchase prices better than we do. Our part is to look at what sells on the marketplace and at what price, assess the niche, and run the numbers. We do not source suppliers in China and we do not inspect goods at the factory.
How much money do I need to start?
It depends on the product, the batch size, and the country: the budget is driven by the purchase price, weight and dimensions, import duty, and the marketplace commission. Send us the product parameters and we will calculate an exact quote within 24 hours.
How long does launch take?
Under partnership, 1–2 weeks from the goods arriving to the start of sales. With your own company it takes longer: roughly two months for registration, the bank account, and marketplace onboarding.
What if the product does not sell?
We look at demand and competition before importing and tell you honestly if the product does not look workable. If it still does not move, we work on price, listing, and advertising, and after that we discuss a markdown or shipping the remainder out. Unspent funds are returned.
What about CFC rules? Will I have a controlled foreign company?
Under partnership, no: no foreign company appears in your hands — we own it — and you receive money under a contract with us. If you register the company in your own name, then in most jurisdictions, while you remain a tax resident there, you take on the local reporting duties for a controlled foreign company: a notification of participation in a foreign organization and CFC reporting. That is the normal order of things, not a catch, and we go through it before the contract together with a tax adviser.
Can I take the business over myself?
Yes, and it is a normal path: partnership → your own company → several countries. The order of the handover, the migration of sales, and the transfer of the trademark are written into the contract up front.
Who runs the company while I do not have residency?
Alexei Slepenkov personally. The legal representative's powers and the procedure for handing management over to you are fixed in the contract.

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Sources

  1. Mercado Libre Q1 2026 results — data as of May 7, 2026
  2. eMarketer, Latin America e-commerce market shares — data as of May 6, 2025
  3. Quartr, Mercado Libre overview — data as of November 20, 2025