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Metrics type: Key MetricsCategory: Marketplace

At a glance

Mercari Health Score is a single 0-100 read on how healthy your seller account looks to the marketplace, blending rating, ship time, returns, disputes, and listing compliance. When it dips below the safe band, your standing and visibility are at risk.

Calculation

Vortex IQ combines several account signals into one weighted index on a 0-100 scale. The inputs are your seller rating, ship-time performance such as the share of orders sent within the promised window, your return and dispute rates, and listing-compliance signals. Each input is normalised and weighted so that no single factor dominates, then summed to the headline score. Because it blends a near-real-time view with a 7-day trend, a sharp single-day move and a slow weekly slide both surface here.

Worked example

A representative reading of Mercari Health Score for a typical Mercari reseller. Suppose a seller who usually sits around 88 drops to 66, tripping the <70 alert. Unpacking the inputs shows ship time slipped because two orders went out late during a busy week, and one dispute is open. None of those alone would feel urgent, but together they pulled the composite below the safe band, where Mercari can quietly reduce visibility. The action is to clear the late-shipping backlog, resolve the open dispute promptly, and protect the seller rating. Cross-reference mer_ships_within_3_days_rate for the shipping driver, mer_dispute_rate for the dispute driver, and mer_avg_review_rating for the rating driver. Vortex Mind traces the upstream causes that moved the score, and Ask Viq answers plain-English questions like “what pulled my health score below 70 this week?”

Sibling cards merchants should reference together

Reconciling against Mercari

Where to look in Mercari’s own dashboard: Mercari does not publish a single health number, but it surfaces the underlying pieces in your seller profile and ratings: your star rating, badges such as Fast Shipper, and any policy or shipping flags. This card synthesises those signals into one trackable index. Why the Vortex IQ value may legitimately differ: Cross-connector reconciliation: Each marketplace defines account health differently, so treat this score as Mercari-specific rather than comparable across connectors. For divergence investigations, use Vortex Mind.

Known limitations / merchant FAQs

Q: How often does Mercari Health Score update? It refreshes on the standard data refresh, blending a near-real-time snapshot with a rolling 7-day trend of its inputs. Q: Why does my Mercari dashboard show a different number? Mercari shows no single health figure, only the component signals. This card combines them into one weighted index, so it will not match any one native metric. Q: Which input is dragging my score down? Open the sibling cards for each input, rating, ship time, returns, and disputes, to see which moved. Vortex Mind can attribute the change to the largest contributor automatically. Q: Can I customise the alert threshold? Yes, alert thresholds are configurable per profile in the Alert Rules tab. Adjust to match your business baseline rather than relying on the generic default.

Tracked live in Vortex IQ Nerve Centre

Mercari Health Score is one of hundreds of KPI pulses Vortex IQ tracks across Mercari and 70+ other ecommerce connectors. Nerve Centre runs the detection layer; Vortex Mind investigates the cause when something moves; Ask Viq lets you interrogate any number in plain English. Start for free or book a demo to see this metric running on your own data.