Mercari: Buying & Selling App

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Last verified 30 Aug 2026

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Last verified 30 Aug 2026

4.8 1944341 ratings · App Store

1. 5/5Good app❤️

   𝑬𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝑴𝒆𝒓𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒊 𝑰𝒏𝒗𝒊𝒕𝒆 𝑪𝒐𝒅𝒆 “𝑬𝑼𝑹𝑴𝒀𝑨” 𝒕𝒐 𝒈𝒆𝒕 $𝟓𝟎! Okay so I’ve been using this app for YEARS. I have made a couple thousand dollars on everything I’ve sold. I mainly buy and resell clothing but some electronics too since I manage a phone store. When you sell something please be aware that you do not receive payment until the item is received by the buyer and they have inspected and given you a rating. After you receive a rating you then rate the buyer as well. The ratings are kind of nice but once in awhile you will run into a buyer who is just an a hole and gives you a 1 star because it took you an extra day to ship the item. (Yes it’s happened to me a couple times.) I blocked them and refuse to sell to them again. When buying stuff please look at the other persons profile. Read the reviews they have been given and how many listings they have. You can also see when the last time they posted an item was to determine if they are still active. If the buyer doesn’t rate you within a couple days then mercari team will automatically give you a 5 star with no comment. When selling please make sure to take good quality photos. And please make a detailed description of the item. Trust me, you don’t want the item showing up different than you described it. Overall this is the best app I have used to sell and buy items. The only thing I wish they would improve is maybe a live agent to talk to instead of waiting days for an email about your issues.

   emilyscott1994 · 30 Aug 2026

2. 5/5Like the app but the buyer fees are ridiculous

   I like the app. It’s pretty easy to list items and I like being able to find things I’m looking to buy not easily found other places. However the added buyer fees are ridiculous! As someone who sells and buys I would rather have the selling fees then placing that responsibility on the buyer. The buyer looks at the cost of item and by the time they check out and shipping, service fee, processing fee, and tax has been added that $10 item is now $20. Or even worse. It’s hurting sales. People are looking elsewhere to spend their money and it’s forcing sellers to greatly reduce the price of their items. You should remove the buyer fees and go back to the old selling fees. My only other issue is the lack of repercussions for anyone on the app. There are lots of people with ridiculously high cancelation rates. I’ve personally dealt with people who repeatedly “sell” items they don’t have and then cancel the order on the last day they have available to ship it, then relist. They do this over and over again. I’m not sure the end game other then maybe making it look like their sale numbers are higher then they actually are. Nothing is done other then a warning way down the page once the person hits a 50% cancelation rate. I notice they usually use sought after new and popular items to do this with. Also happening are alot of stock or stolen photos and listings for items they’ve ordered but aren’t in their possession.

   Stephaniet711 · 30 Aug 2026

3. 5/5Mercari has gotten worse since a year ago

   When I first started using this app in February 2020 it was great. I loved the no cost to list as many items as you want(I was up to 3500 things listed when I finally gave up on Mercari) They have slowly gotten worse which I did think could be possible. From February til November everything seemed to go smoothly, then there came out with there processing fee of .30 cents per sold item and 2.9 percent (which wasn’t a deal breaker, eBay already does this) Then a couple months back they started having shipping update issue. After 7 days of selling something you would get a message from them to ship your item or buyer can cancel, even though the item has been shipped already and the tracking is updating from place to place. So I stopped cause this happened twice that a buyer canceled and then received there item a couple days later and now I’m out that money. They also don’t allow you to ship items together, if you have 2 or 3 $5 items sold to the same person you will need 3 different tracking numbers cause you can’t use the same tracking number for more then 1 item (which is the stupidest thing I’ve ever heard of) And also this was not a problem when I first started Mercari, I was able to ship as many things as people bought with the same tracking number. All in all I stopped using them after the 2nd cancel item and I won’t use them again. Stick with eBay fees and very much similar and with them now offering 250 free listings a month it’s worth it knowing your not gonna get ripped off!!!!!

   drs505 · 30 Aug 2026

4. 5/5Better than Facebook Marketplace

   Okay so I’ve been using this app for YEARS. I have made a couple thousand dollars on everything I’ve sold. I mainly buy and resell clothing but some electronics too since I manage a phone store. When you sell something please be aware that you do not receive payment until the item is received by the buyer and they have inspected and given you a rating. After you receive a rating you then rate the buyer as well. The ratings are kind of nice but once in awhile you will run into a buyer who is just an a hole and gives you a 1 star because it took you an extra day to ship the item. (Yes it’s happened to me a couple times.) I blocked them and refuse to sell to them again. When buying stuff please look at the other persons profile. Read the reviews they have been given and how many listings they have. You can also see when the last time they posted an item was to determine if they are still active. If the buyer doesn’t rate you within a couple days then mercari team will automatically give you a 5 star with no comment. When selling please make sure to take good quality photos. And please make a detailed description of the item. Trust me, you don’t want the item showing up different than you described it. Overall this is the best app I have used to sell and buy items. The only thing I wish they would improve is maybe a live agent to talk to instead of waiting days for an email about your issues.

   StefaneeDay · 30 Aug 2026

5. 5/5Confused

   I find that this selling and buying is really great great Friday lotta great stuff lotta great people but it’s very confusing because if you buy a product or something and you think if you purchased it and then it doesn’t show up for days on your page and then you’ve been charged for it but it never shows that you’ve purchased it it shows sold but not to yourself so I am very confuse there’s been a lot of debits taken out of my checking account but nothing showed up I was very surprised that something showed up I didn’tI was the buyer I was almost going to purchase it from another person so I get very confused about that part so my car is great but the way they run it I think it’s a little bit I don’t know I don’t want to say bad night it’s just confusing to me I still have over charges in my account and I’m not sure whatthsy are for ? You can’t get anyone from Mercari to communicate with you it’s always a question answered by question answered my question so the communication with my car he is not great it’s the people that you work with that are wonderful they are the ones that show me the ropes and I really appreciate it so I don’t even know how to get in touch with Makari I guess her email to say hey what are these charges because I had a credit and I didn’t even use it all but they took it all so we’ll see. I will finish up my transactions and I will not work with Mercari anymore and as soon as I get my banking squared away with them

   bella 1965 · 30 Aug 2026

4.7 615316 ratings · Google Play

1. 2/5

   App is still incredibly buggy, sluggish and continues to ignore phone Do not Disturb settings. App will constantly wake my screen, no other app does this. This DnD issue has persisted across multiple phones over multiple years, it's an issue with the app they refuse to fix.

   Steve DeBellis · 31 Jul 2026

2. 5/5

   this app is awwwwwwsome

   Aj Jones · 31 Jul 2026

3. 2/5

   It is common for transactions to be canceled because the seller found a better price elsewhere or doesn't even actually have the item in the first place. Every order that miraculously arrives is filthy like it was fished out of a dumpster and shipped as is. Sellers constantly badger you for feedback so their funds can be released. Very sketchy overall.

   Dane Marcusen · 31 Jul 2026

4. 1/5

   Buyer broke the brand new item I shipped and requested a refund and Mercari Approved his return! How, Buyer ADMITTED Item Arrived Brand New And They Still Granted Him A Refund. This App is Beyond Ridiculous!

   Angelica Flores · 31 Jul 2026

5. 1/5

   I signed the divorce papers this morning. you only used me for the money. I've found someone new who treats me better and even has free shipping! I warned you this would happen if you didn't change your ways. I pity the fools who come to you, unaware of the stress and loss they will face. Goodbye, forever, Mercari! I never loved you anyway. 😤

   xMETALxBABYx · 31 Jul 2026

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