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The
MIVA Merchant Hosting Plan includes all of the features of our
Linux Pro
Hosting Plan plus these MIVA Merchant features...
Powerful Store Design Tools
MIVA Merchant 5, with Store Morph Technology™, provides you with complete
control over your entire online store design. Use the built-in store template,
or modify pages to suit your specific business needs. You can even create a
completely custom set of pages.
Specify the content and position of each component on any page to fully control
the appearance of each page. With Store Morph Technology, it's easy to insert
components from third parties to display additional content on your store pages.
Simple 'Point + Click' controls allow you to specify fonts, colors, button
labels, navigation bar settings, product layouts, and more. The 'Advanced' mode
lets you manipulate the underlying code for those settings. MIVA Merchant 5 also
provides access to the HEAD and BODY tags, which can be edited for each page
individually or globally.
Catalog Management
MIVA Merchant 5 enables you to build up your online store as large as you like.
The software has been designed with no limitations on the number of products,
categories, or sub-categories you can create. You also have the ability to
assign a product to as many categories and sub-categories as your business
needs.
Product descriptions can be entered with plain text, or enhanced with HTML.
Assign thumbnail and full-size images to display your products in detail. With
Custom Fields, you can enhance existing product information by defining your own
product fields to be shown on the Product Display screen. Create fields for any
form of product data, such as ISBN, UPC, Manufacturer, etc.
Product attributes can be assigned to define product characteristics, with the
ability to add additional prices or weight with each attribute option. Multiple
attribute display types include drop-down boxes, radio buttons, text fields, and
more. If several products have the same attributes, create an attribute template
to quickly assign them. Changes can be made to the single attribute template,
and applied to all products referencing it.
Inventory Tracking and Product
Merchandising
The extensive inventory tracking system in MIVA Merchant 5 allows you to keep
track of what products you have on hand, and can even notify you when an item is
out of stock. Display customized messages, telling your customers how many are
available, or if stock is running low. You can even hide out of stock products
from your customers.
Draw customers' attention to complementary products to help boost sales with
related products. You can assign an unlimited number of related products.
Utilize the upsale feature to suggest a product at checkout, based on the order
total, or on specific products in the order. Discounts may also be applied with
an upsold product.
Order minimums enable you to require customers to meet a certain order total or
product quantity amount. If not met, a custom message can be displayed to your
customers.
Order Processing and Customer
Management
Batch your orders at the end of the day, run a batch report to analyze order
data, and even process your orders through your payment gateway right from
within MIVA Merchant 5.
Provide security for your shoppers. Encrypt sensitive payment details with order
encryption. Your customer's payment information is locked with a pass-phrase
that you create, to help prevent stolen data.
Send confirming e-mail messages when customers place orders. You can also
receive your own e-mail notifications when new orders are received. Notification
emails can also be copied to a third party for drop-shipping, among other uses.
With the customer management system in MIVA Merchant 5 your customers can create
accounts, providing them easy access to their account details and addresses.
Offer special pricing and products when registered customers sign-in to your
store.
Shipping Calculation and Payment
Processing
FedEx and USPS shipping calculators in MIVA Merchant 5 retrieve real-time
shipping rates based on weight and distance. The UPS shipping module connects to
MIVA servers to retrieve current shipping rate tables.
MIVA Merchant 5 also provides a number of table-based shipping modules to help
you offer a range of shipping options to your customers. These enable you to
build your own shipping rate tables to meet your business needs.
MIVA Merchant 5 has a wide variety of built-in payment modules, designed to work
smoothly with industry leaders. These payment modules were designed in
partnership with the Payment Gateway providers, to ensure security and
ease-of-use. Just turn it on, enter your account information, and the payment
module does the rest.
For a convenient, one-stop solution, try MIVA Payment. Tightly
integrated into MIVA Merchant 5, MIVA Payment features advanced fraud screening,
an online Virtual Terminal, and order processing directly through the MIVA
Merchant 5 administration interface. Coupled with our world-class customer
service, MIVA Payment offers you a complete credit card processing solution.
The ability to accept other forms of payment, such as PayPal, electronic checks,
and COD, is also included. If you have your own credit card processing terminal,
you can choose to accept credit cards for manual processing.
Data Access and Storage
Import your existing product, customer, and category data directly into MIVA
Merchant 5 for faster setup of your online store. With the included import
utilities, quickly set product inventory levels, assign products to categories,
create new customer accounts, and more.
To work with your store data offline, you can conveniently export your
customers, products, categories, affiliates, and orders with multiple export
utilities built into MIVA Merchant 5. All of your data is exported to a secure
location on your website.
The additional MIVA Synchro utility provides real-time product,
customer, and order synchronization between your MIVA Merchant 5 store and
QuickBooks.
The new MIVA-SQL database technology enables you to harness the power of SQL for
enhanced database performance without the need for an SQL-compatible server.
MIVA Merchant 5 is also configurable for use with a MySQL database system, for
increased performance and security.
Affiliate Programs and Marketing
Services
Promote your online store with an affiliate program. The affiliate tracking
system built into MIVA Merchant 5 enables you to create affiliate partners for
your store, with individual commission levels based on order traffic, customers
referred, or a combination of both.
An online affiliate account system lets affiliates see their earnings, retrieve
store links and banners, and view your program agreement. Track affiliates'
earnings and payouts through a simple affiliate management system.
MIVA also offers additional marketing services, all of which are available
through the MIVA Merchant 5 administration interface:
- Work seamlessly with MIVA Mailer, the mailing list management and email
distribution system.
- Fully integrated, MIVA Marketplace offers online pay-per-click search
advertising, powered by FindWhat.com.
- Take advantage of MIVA Submit, a suite of search engine optimization and
web presence enhancement tools.
Easy-to-Use Administration Tools
The MIVA Merchant 5 administration interface for your online store is web
accessible, so there is nothing to install on your computer. You can access it
from anywhere in the world, with any web browser. Once logged in, the
straightforward navigation tree directs you to all aspects of your store
settings.
Version history tracking records each change made for many of the store design
components. The version recall feature enables you to experiment with your look,
and create alternate versions, without risk. Links to your online store provide
an easy way to view changes while you work.
Create unlimited administrator accounts, with access groups to limit access to
specific store management duties. For example, limit a group of administrators
to viewing and editing the product list only.
Maintenance mode enables you to close the store for maintenance, so changes are
not being made while customers shop. A customizable message can be displayed to
all visitors while your store is temporarily down.
MIVA Merchant 5 is connected to the MIVA automated update server, providing
direct access to the latest software updates. The MIVA update server notifies
you of available patches, offering an optional automated installation.
Modular Architecture
MIVA Merchant 5 is specifically designed so developers and aftermarket vendors
can create customized modules to easily expand the functionality of your store.
The built-in module interface provides access to all modules in your store. Here
you can remove modules you do not wish to use, and install modules purchased
from third party developers.
Modules automatically appear in the appropriate section within your
administration interface. Simply activate the new module, configure the module
settings, and go. No complicated programming or tricky installation routines.
Our large module aftermarket provides an unlimited number of new features and
services. Context-sensitive 'Extras' buttons link you directly to
MIVACentral.com, the world's largest collection of third party modules for
MIVA Merchant 5. You will be linked to relevant modules for the section of the
administration interface you are working with, providing you with suggestions
for which modules work best in that area.
Documentation and Support
MIVA Merchant 5 includes a comprehensive online Help system, with complete,
relevant information. Each topic is available at the click of a mouse directly
through the MIVA Merchant 5 administration interface. Detailed instructions
explain how to accomplish the task at hand, and provide information to help you
learn how to use the tool most effectively for your business.
The entire Help system is easy to browse via a detailed table of contents. Each
topic also provides related topics, and directs you to reference information
explaining common tools in detail. A glossary provides quick, accurate
explanations of terms you will encounter as you learn about e-commerce.
Active user communities support idea sharing and skill building for online
businesses using MIVA Merchant 5. Software developers and store designers create
innovative new modules and templates to extend the functionality of your store,
without limits. These are available at
MIVACentral.com, along with books, tutorials, and training from an array of
knowledgeable providers.
Finally, MIVA offers expert support and training. Experienced professionals work
with you, on the phone, or by e-mail, to support you in achieving e-commerce
success.
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