Mercari Users Can Now Use Mercari
to Buy and Sell Popular NFTs Listed on OpenSea
TOKYO, Jan. 28,
2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Mercari, Inc. ("Mercari")
announces that on January 28, 2025,
it has launched Mercari NFT, an online marketplace for
NFTs[1] on Mercari. The new service allows users
to use Mercari to buy and sell popular NFTs[2]
available on OpenSea, a major NFT marketplace based in the US. This
change kicks off the expansion of Mercari's business from a
marketplace for buying and selling physical items into a digital
marketplace for buying and selling NFTs.
PressRelease
URL：https://about.mercari.com/en/press/news/articles/20250128_mercarinft/
Mercari NFT URL:
https://campaign.jp.mercari.com/pages/nft-2501-org-lp/index.html
(available only in Japanese)
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1. Non-fungible token
(NFT): A unique digital asset that cannot be falsified or
replicated.
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2. Users can only list
NFTs purchased on the Mercari NFT platform.
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Background
In order to realize Mercari Group's mission of "circulate all
forms of value to unleash the potential in all people," Mercari has
continued to grow its marketplace app, which now boasts
approximately 23 million monthly active users as well as a
cumulative total of over 4.0 billion listings[3]. In
addition to the items and money that circulate on Mercari,
the company has expanded the circulation of value by increasing
payment locations, creating new credit through Merpay, the Group's
payment and credit business, and by making it possible to trade
cryptoassets through Mercoin.
In order to further expand the circulation of value, the company
has launched Mercari NFT, a marketplace for buying and
selling NFTs. Users will now be able to seamlessly purchase NFTs
using their Mercari sales balance without having to apply to
create a cryptoasset wallet or open a new account. In addition,
users will also be able to easily list the NFTs they purchase on
Mercari NFT.
From day one of the service launch, Mercari users will be
able to buy and sell NFTs from popular projects on OpenSea, a major
NFT marketplace. Going forward, Mercari plans to issue and sell NFT
contents together with businesses and IP holders in Japan and overseas in a variety of categories
including art, trading cards, and entertainment to further expand
Mercari NFT as a digital marketplace.
Mercari NFT Information (as of January 28, 2025)
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Item
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Details
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Features
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- Buying
NFTs
Users can buy NFTs
using the familiar payment methods they use when shopping on the
Mercari marketplace, such as Merpay balance and
Mercard.
Note: Some payment
methods are not available.
Reference: How to make
purchases on Mercari NFT
https://help.jp.mercari.com/guide/articles/1902/
(available only in Japanese)
- Collecting
NFTs
Users can view a list
of the NFTs they own on the "My items & listings" screen.
- Listing purchased
NFTs
Just like when selling
physical items on Mercari, as soon as an NFT sells, the
seller receives the profits as sales balance.
Reference: How to list
items on Mercari NFT
https://help.jp.mercari.com/guide/articles/1900/
(available only in Japanese)
Note: There is no
comment feature on Mercari NFT listing pages and no
transaction message feature when buying and selling
items.
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Payment
methods
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The following payment
methods are available for buying items on Mercari
NFT.
- Mercari
points
- Merpay
balance
- Merpay
Smart Payments (lump-sum payment only)
- Mercard
(lump-sum payment only)
Note: For details on
payment methods, see the following guide.
https://help.jp.mercari.com/guide/articles/1903/
(available only in Japanese)
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Payments
fees
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Buying
- Users are not charged transaction fees when buying NFTs.
- Users are not charged payment fees when using the payment methods
currently available on Mercari NFT.
Regarding price
listings that include handling fees:
The displayed prices include handling fees. The amount a buyer pays
is the amount displayed on the details screen of the item. There is
no need to calculate other handling fees.
Note: The amount displayed on the details screen of the item
includes the item's price, gas fees, consumption tax, and selling
fees.
Listing
There are no fees for listing NFTs.
Note: Once a listed NFT
sells and the transaction is complete, the seller pays a selling
fee of 10% of the NFT's listing price.
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How to
access
Mercari NFT
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1. Open Mercari
through the Mercari marketplace app or a web browser.
2. Go to My Page and select Mercari NFT.
(Alternatively, open a
web browser and go to https://nft.jp.mercari.com/.)
(available only in Japanese)
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Note: This information
may be subject to future change.
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For detailed information on this feature, see the following
guide.
https://help.jp.mercari.com/guide/articles/1896/ (available
only in Japanese)
Overview of Mercari
Company Name: Mercari, Inc.
Location: Roppongi Hills Mori Tower, 6-10-1 Roppongi, Minato-ku,
Tokyo 106-6118
Main Business Activities: Planning, development, and operation of
the Mercari marketplace app
Representative: Shintaro Yamada
For information about using the Mercari logo and icon, please
see the page below.
https://about.mercari.com/en/press/press-kit/mercari/
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