Who it's for
For established merchants outside the United States whose customers have family there with money to spend. It works especially well at high ticket: hardware, building materials, parts, appliances, supplies.
Good fit if
- You're a registered company with identifiable owners.
- You buy from a wholesale supplier in the United States.
- Your customers already ask whether a relative can pay you from there.
- Your average ticket runs into the hundreds of dollars.
Not a fit if
- You sell as an individual, with no registered company.
- You're looking to receive money without delivering a product.
- Your ticket is a few dollars: the markup will not cover the cost of handling each transaction.
- You sell prohibited goods or goods you can't document the origin of.
What you get
You collect in the United States, in dollars: no currency conversion, and the money never leaves the country. We collect on your behalf.
Every sale with its paper trail: who bought, what they bought, who paid, and when. It's what a bank or an accountant asks for, and here it's generated automatically.
Your own store inside the site: with your name, your catalog, and your prices. Customers land on your store, not an anonymous listing.
Your catalog comes in automatically: if it's already in another system, we import it and keep it synced. You don't re-enter everything by hand.
Your sales, in plain sight: every verified sale appears in your panel instantly, with what we bought from you and what is still owed to you.
How it works, step by step
1Onboarding
You write to us and we verify your company
We review your business registration and your owners' identity. We sign the sale-of-goods agreement: you sell us the merchandise and invoice us. It's the slowest step and that's deliberate: it's what makes a bank take this seriously.
2Catalog
We load your products
From your current system or entered in the panel. You set the prices, in dollars, and the stock.
3Sale
Your customer orders and their relative pays
The customer builds the order and shares the link with whoever will pay in the United States. That link shows what's being bought, from which merchant, and for how much.
4Verification
We verify the payment
A person checks it against the bank. Once approved, you get the notice and that merchandise moves onto the list of what we bought from you.
5Delivery
You deliver
In your country, to whoever the buyer named, and you record the delivery. That closes the cycle.
Who provides what
| You | Mercatren | |
|---|---|---|
| The product and its price | Yes | No |
| The online store and catalog | No | Yes |
| Collecting in the United States | No | Yes |
| Verifying every payment | No | Yes |
| The record of each transaction | No | Yes |
| Delivery to the customer | Yes | No |
| Customer support about the product | Yes | No |
How to start
Ready to sell on Mercatren?
Create your account and tell us about your business. We're in pilot: we onboard a few at a time so we can support each one properly.
Create my merchant account