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Mercari

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A marketplace app founded by Shintaro Yamada in 2013. Enabling easy person-to-person buying and selling via smartphone, Mercari grew rapidly to dominate Japan's flea market app sector with over 20 million monthly users. Its expansion into Merpay mobile payments has transformed Japan's C2C economy, representing a major Japanese tech success story.

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Subcategory:Retail & Lifestyle
Location:Minato, Tokyo
Time Period:2013-present
Influence:National
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flea market appC2Ctech

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