KEY FEATURES & BENEFITS
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.
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.
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.
Data Access and Storage
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.
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.
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.
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.
