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Powerful Store Design Tools

  • Complete control over store design with new Store Morph Technology™.
  • Use pre-defined pages, or add your own custom pages.
  • Specify the position of each component on every store page.
  • Easily insert third party module components into store pages.
  • Change content of HEAD and BODY tags on each page individually or globally.
  • Use the ready-made design for your store, or create a unique look based on the default template.
  • Point + Click mode control over fonts, colors, buttons, default navigation bar, product layouts, and more.
  • Advanced mode control over navigation bar code, buttons, product layouts, login links, and more.

Easy-to-Use Administration Tools

  • Web accessible administration interface. Nothing to install on your computer.
  • Version history records each change for many store design components.
  • Version recall enables you to experiment, and create alternate versions, without risk.
  • Navigation tree directs you to all aspects of your online store settings.
  • Links to the store provide an easy way to view changes as you work.

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Catalog Management

  • Unlimited products.
  • Unlimited categories and sub-categories.
  • Create detailed product descriptions with text or HTML.
  • Create user-defined custom fields for each product, such as ISBN, UPC, Manufacturer, etc.
  • Assign thumbnail and full-size images to each product. 
     
Inventory and Merchandising

  • Low Stock and Out of Stock inventory levels for each product.
  • Display customized inventory level messages for each product or universally.
  • Hide out-of-stock products from customers.
  • Receive email notifications for low or out of stock products.
  • Associate unlimited related products.
  • Offer upsale products based on order total, items purchased, or both.
  • Define product characteristics with attributes.
  • Add additional prices or weight to individual attribute options.
  • Multiple attribute display types, including drop-down boxes, radio buttons, and text fields.
  • Use attribute templates to assign sets of attributes to multiple products.
  • Changes to an attribute template can be copied to all products referencing it.
  • Set order minimums based on price, quantity, or both.
  • Display custom message for not meeting order minimum.

Customer Management

  • Encourage repeat business with customer accounts.
  • Provide customers easy access to their account details and addresses.
  • Create price groups to offer special pricing for specific customers.
  • Use availability groups to offer hidden products to specific customers.
  • Assign customers to one or multiple MIVA Mailer mailing lists.
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.
  •  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. 
Affiliate Programs

  • Promote your store by working with affiliates.
  • Set affiliate commission levels based on order total, traffic referred, or a combination of both.
  • Online affiliate accounts enable affiliates to see earnings, retrieve store links and banners, and view program agreement.
  • Track all affiliate earnings and payouts through a simple affiliate management system.


Order Processing

  • Batch all new orders and run batch reports.
  • Orders provide customer information, payment and shipping methods, and product details.
  • Process all orders through your payment gateway remotely.
  • Order encryption provides increased security for customer payment details.
  • Generate confirming e-mail messages for customers when orders are placed.
  • Receive e-mail notifications when new orders are received.
  • Notification emails can be copied to a third party for drop-shipping, among other uses.


Localization Settings

  • State-based sales tax and shopper selected sales tax settings available.
  • Calculate sales tax for Canadian VAT, German VAT, or customize with a generic VAT setting.
  • Connect to CertiTax for real-time sales tax calculation.
  • Use US currency format or European currency, with conversion rates.
  • Create any customized currency format.
  • Specify product weights with customized weight label.
  • Customizable state and country lists can be modified for use in any part of the world. 

     
Logging and Analytics

  • Generate an ELF2 formatted log file for use with the Urchin E-Commerce module for the Urchin 5 software.
  • Track customer page visits with MIVA Access Log.
  • View statistics for revenue, number of orders, and top selling products.