What CLASCO does

CLASCO operates an online classifieds marketplace in Mexico, headquartered in Querétaro with a staff of 11-50. The platform connects individual and SMB sellers with buyers across five horizontal categories: real estate, vehicles, electronics, furniture, and home appliances. The core product, the CLASCO Marketplace, organizes listings by category and supports transactions via SSL-secured checkout through PayPal, Visa, Mastercard, and American Express.

The company extends the marketplace with BOOST, a shipping service offering free delivery above a $399 MXN order threshold, intended to reduce friction for cross-seller orders and capture logistics revenue. Featured listing prices span $59 MXN to $28,000 MXN, with seasonal promotional campaigns (e.g., Primavera) driving discounts up to 50%. Sellers identified on the platform include FERROPLASTICOS, Amalia, Concept Store, Fumineitor, and Comfort de verdad, indicating a long-tail SMB and individual seller base rather than enterprise anchors.

CLASCO's business model combines marketplace commissions on transactions with seller-side monetization, including subscription plans and featured listing placements. The Bloque partnership — an innovation and entrepreneurship center — provides a community-anchored onboarding funnel for new sellers. The brand is positioned around trust ("El marketplace seguro") as the primary differentiation lever against informal classifieds channels in the Mexican market. No mobile app, API, or AI/ML capabilities are disclosed in the available material.

Name

CLASCO

Legal name

CLASCO

Website

https://clasificadoscontacto.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

CLASCO operates an online classifieds marketplace in Mexico, connecting buyers and sellers of real estate, vehicles, electronics, furniture, and home appliances. The platform monetizes through listing commissions, seller subscriptions, featured placements, and a BOOST shipping service.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Online Marketplace

akta.pro primary industry

Grocery, Food & Essentials Commerce Platforms (BPAMAGAF)

akta.pro secondary industry

Home, Furniture & Appliances C2C (CRAFAKAD)

Keywords

• Online marketplace platform
• E-commerce marketplace
• Multi-vendor marketplace
• Mexican online shopping
• Secure e-commerce transactions

Headquarters

HQ city

Querétaro

HQ country

Mexico

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Personnel, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Marketplace Commission: CLASCO operates as a multi-vendor marketplace taking a transaction fee or commission on sales made through the platform. Sellers pay to list and sell products on the marketplace.
2. Seller Services: Revenue generated from seller services including store subscriptions, featured listings, and promotional placements for sellers on the platform.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

CLASCO operates a Mexican online multi-vendor marketplace where independent sellers and small businesses list products across categories such as electronics, home goods, fashion, automotive parts, and appliances for sale to Mexican consumers. The platform provides secure SSL payment processing, buyer protection on every order, multiple payment options (PayPal, Visa, Mastercard, Amex), and integrated logistics including a BOOST expedited shipping option offering 24-hour delivery on eligible products.

Product overview

CLASCO operates as a multi-vendor e-commerce marketplace connecting buyers and sellers in Mexico. The platform is architected as a core marketplace (CLASCO Marketplace) with an integrated shipping service (BOOST). The marketplace aggregates products from multiple third-party sellers and stores (such as FERROPLASTICOS, Amalia jewelry, Concept Store, Fumineitor, and Comfort de Verdad) across diverse categories including electronics, home and kitchen, fashion, automotive, appliances, and pets. Key value propositions include secure transactions with buyer protection, free shipping via BOOST starting at $399 MXN, and promotional campaigns offering up to 50% discounts on selected products.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• CLASCO Marketplace A Mexican e-commerce marketplace platform enabling individuals and businesses to buy and sell products across multiple categories including electronics, home goods, fashion, automotive, and appliances. The platform connects third-party sellers with buyers and provides secure transaction handling with SSL encryption, buyer protection on every order, multiple payment methods (PayPal, Visa, Mastercard, Amex), and integrated logistics services with free shipping on orders over $399 MXN.
• BOOST Shipping A logistics and shipping service offered within the CLASCO marketplace that provides free or discounted shipping on eligible products, with same-day or next-day delivery options advertised as 'Envío en 24 horas con BOOST' (24-hour shipping with BOOST). Free shipping is offered on orders over $399 MXN.

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• BloquecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCLASCO partners with Bloque, described as a center of innovation, technology, and creativity, to support entrepreneurship and incubation projects. The partnership aims to help entrepreneurs grow their businesses by providing access to CLASCO's marketplace platform. This is described as a collaborative effort to support the Mexican entrepreneurial ecosystem.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• eBay: eBay is a global horizontal C2C and B2C marketplace with seller storefronts and broad category coverage including electronics, home goods, fashion, and collectibles. Its marketplace model, buyer protection, and multi-seller storefronts closely mirror CLASCO's operating format and category mix.
• Mercado Libre: The dominant horizontal e-commerce marketplace in Mexico and Latin America, connecting buyers and third-party sellers across electronics, home, fashion, automotive, and appliances. Mercado Libre competes directly with CLASCO in the same multi-vendor marketplace format, with integrated logistics (Mercado Envíos) and buyer protection analogous to CLASCO's BOOST and SSL features.
• Facebook Marketplace: Facebook Marketplace is a C2C classifieds platform with significant penetration in Mexico covering vehicles, electronics, home goods, and furniture — categories that overlap directly with CLASCO's listed assortment. It competes with CLASCO for Mexican peer-to-peer and SMB sellers seeking access to buyers without platform fees.
• AliExpress: AliExpress is a cross-border horizontal marketplace serving Mexican buyers with low-priced electronics, home, and lifestyle goods from international sellers. It competes with CLASCO for the same online Mexican consumer, particularly in price-sensitive electronics and home categories.
• Amazon Mexico: Amazon's Mexican marketplace offers third-party sellers a platform to reach Mexican consumers across electronics, home, kitchen, and appliances — categories that overlap directly with CLASCO's assortment. Amazon Mexico competes with CLASCO for both buyer mindshare and seller onboarding in the same horizontal marketplace format.

Broad incumbents

• Coppel: Coppel is a large Mexican retailer with both physical stores and an online marketplace serving mass-market consumers with electronics, home, and apparel credit offerings. It competes with CLASCO for the same Mexican online-buyer segment, particularly lower-to-middle-income shoppers, though with a different distribution and credit-based model.
• Walmart de México: Walmart Mexico operates omnichannel retail and an online marketplace reaching millions of Mexican consumers across home, electronics, and general merchandise. As a broader incumbent with physical-store distribution and significant capital, it competes with CLASCO for online buyer spend even though its core business is offline retail.
• Liverpool: Liverpool is a major Mexican department-store chain that operates an online marketplace and e-commerce storefront spanning electronics, home goods, fashion, and appliances. It is comparable to CLASCO as an established Mexican omnichannel player in overlapping categories, though its primary strength is brick-and-mortar retail.

Emerging players

• SHEIN: SHEIN is a cross-border fast-fashion and lifestyle marketplace that has rapidly grown Mexican buyer adoption with low-priced direct-from-manufacturer goods. It competes with CLASCO for Mexican consumer wallet share in fashion and home categories, leveraging supply-chain economics that domestic SMB sellers on CLASCO cannot match.
• Temu: Temu is a cross-border marketplace from PDD that has aggressively entered Mexico with deeply discounted general merchandise including electronics, home, and kitchenware. It competes with CLASCO on price-sensitive Mexican buyers across multiple overlapping categories, intensifying pressure on CLASCO's domestic sellers.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/ClasificadosContactoMx
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/agencia-de-publicidad-clasificados-contacto

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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