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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.
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.

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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.
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.
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.
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