Last Updated on September 5, 2024 by Mathew Diekhake
Mercado Pago (mercadopago.com.ar) is a financial services site. Mercado Pago has services for individuals and businesses.
Mercadopago.com.ar is more reliable than the average financial services site, though it could remove its 503 Service Unavailable status to improve its reliability.
ALTERNATIVES
Similar sites to Mercado Pago include Mercadolibre, Personalpay, Bitso, Lemon (me), Dolarito, Criptoya, Gocuotas, Bbva, Finanzasargy, and Dolarhoy.
DESCRIPTION
The homepage of mercadopago.com.ar was in Spanish when I visited. I was able to translate it into English. I noticed two big boxes above the fold. One offered me a free account without bureaucracy. The second was saying I could sell and get my money instantly. There was also a smaller box to enter my phone number and have the app downloaded to my smartphone. I thought it was unusual for a site to offer to download the app to my smartphone after entering my number, but it seemed innocent enough. It was notable that there was a regret button that allowed me to cancel a product. I thought the regret button was a very good feature and it added trust.
HISTORY
As of January 2024, mercadopago.com.ar has 26.80 million monthly views. Mercadopago.com.ar was founded on November 5, 2003. The Internet Archive has saved mercadopago.com.ar 5,182 times between November 5, 2003 and March 2, 2024.
Is mercadopago.com.ar Safe?
Here, I analyzed mercadopago.com.ar for malware and malicious content to check if it was legit or a scam:
I checked mercadopago.com.ar on Sucuri, and it returned as a low security risk.
Sucuri says mercadopago.com.ar is a low security risk; however, it returned a 503 Service Unavailable status on the URL http://mercadopago.com.ar/404testpage4525d2fdc.
Security hardening flaws:
- Missing security header for
ClickJacking Protection. Affected pages:
https://www.mercadopago.com.ar/cuenta#from=public_navigation
https://www.mercadopago.com.ar/herramientas-para-vender#from=public_navigation
https://www.mercadopago.com.ar/herramientas-para-vender/check-out
https://www.mercadopago.com.ar/herramientas-para-vender/cobrar-con-qr
https://www.mercadopago.com.ar/herramientas-para-vender/lectores-point - Missing
Content-Security-Policydirective. Affected pages:
https://www.mercadopago.com.ar/cuenta#from=public_navigation
https://www.mercadopago.com.ar/herramientas-para-vender#from=public_navigation
https://www.mercadopago.com.ar/herramientas-para-vender/check-out
https://www.mercadopago.com.ar/herramientas-para-vender/cobrar-con-qr
https://www.mercadopago.com.ar/herramientas-para-vender/lectores-point
I then ran a parasite scan with Unmask Parasites on mercadopago.com.ar, and it is clean.
I also checked mercadopago.com.ar on VirusTotal, and it is clean.
Further, mercadopago.com.ar passed all blocklist engines on URLVoid.
In conclusion, mercadopago.com.ar returned a 503 Service Unavailable site issue on a test page (http://mercadopago.com.ar/404testpage4525d2fdc) but on no other URL. Subsequently, Sucuri doesn’t view mercadopago.com.ar as a threat. Numerous security hardening flaws affect pages. OVERALL GRADE: Safe.
Links and Profiles
Website: mercadopago.com.ar
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