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Inventory Tracking
Now you can track inventory levels for all the products in your store. Your
customers will know exactly when a product is in stock or out of stock. This
powerful new feature even sends email notifications about low and sold out
items. You can manage inventory levels and notices for your entire store or for
specific items. It's easy to administer and you'll eliminate orders for products
that are no longer in stock.
Simple Administration
It's never been easier to set up and administer your storefront. Now one wizard
manages the complete storefront configuration and displays progress to
completion so you know exactly where you are at each step of the way. You can
revisit completed steps at any time and quickly switch between advanced and
simple mode administrative interfaces.
Quick Selection
Easily select and deselect an entire range of products at once when
administering your storefront.
Shipping Calculation
Now you can calculate shipping costs as a percentage of the total order, in
addition to weight and distance-based options.
Store Management
Miva Merchant comes complete with a set of wizards to simplify the process of
building your store. Then, the browser-based administration interface provides
access to an array of more sophisticated tools to maintain your catalog and
inventory, manage accounts, create comprehensive promotional campaigns, handle
order fulfillment responsibilities, and generate detailed sales and website
traffic reports.
Account Management
Whether you are running a single store, or a "shopping mall", Miva Merchant
allows you to have complete management control. You can create a store manager
with full authority and multiple user accounts to handle the normal day-to-day
operations of running your store. Also, customer accounts can be set up to
provide frequent shopper programs, discounted pricing and special product
availability.
Catalog Management
Create categories, products, and attributes within Miva Merchant using wizards,
the Miva Merchant administration interface, or the product import utility. Use
the sorting capability to quickly organize your products for display. Create
detailed product descriptions using text and HTML and attributes can be assigned
to products to allow you to identify your products' characteristics more
accurately to your customers.
Merchandising
Merchandising is key to success of all stores and Miva Merchant has the
capability to implement a variety of programs to increase your sales. With Miva
Merchant you can associate complimentary products to give shoppers the
opportunity to purchase others that are similar . You can also create an upsale
process when shoppers meet pre-defined criteria such as purchasing specific
products, or exceeding specified dollar amounts. Pricing groups can be used in
combination with select shopper availability groups to qualify them for
discounts on any or all products in the store.
Order Fulfillment
Processing credit card payments is easy with Miva Merchant's pre-configured
payment processing solutions from industry leaders. Miva Merchant also
configures multiple sales tax methods and provides your customers with multiple
shipping options. Checking order status is also simple with our instant order
email confirmations that are sent to both the merchant and customer. Miva
Merchant is bundled with interfaces to the following list of payment gateways
and, supports over 40 others:
Authorize.Net Payment Services v3.0
E-Commerce Exchange/QuickCommerce 3.0 Payment Gateway
Moneris e-SELECT Payment Service
GlobalCommerce Payment Gateway
CyberSource ICSv2 Payment Services
Cardservice/LinkPoint Payment Gateway
Paradata Payment Service
Verisign Payflow Link
Verisign Payflow Pro (PaymentNet)
Through Miva Merchant's modular architecture, many other payment processors can
be integrated to a Miva Merchant storefront. Visit our Partners section for more
details.
Modular Architecture
Miva Merchant is specifically designed so developers and aftermarket vendors can
implement their own customized modules around a common API. Once a module is
developed, push-button registration automatically integrates it into the main
Miva Merchant system.
Modules can be developed for the following sub-systems:
Fulfillment
User Interface
Shipping
Payment
Currency
Sales Tax
Batch Reporting
Import / Export
Buyer Traffic Reporting
Intercept System Functions
Existing Site Integration
E-merchants who have sites in HTML can hyperlink directly into a Miva Merchant
e-catalog. Key e-catalog functions such as product lookup, category
presentation, shopping basket, and order forms can be accessed as components of
existing HTML-based web sites. Security
All sensitive data can be encrypted with SSL prior to transmission. This
includes the customer ordering process and processing of orders. Multiple layers
of login permissions give a centralized manager the ability to grant store-level
permissions to different developers and merchants.
Documentation and Support
Context-sensitive help is available for each key field in the administrative
interface within Miva Merchant. In addition, online documentation is available
on Miva's web site. Support for Miva products is available through Miva's
Incident Reporting System and user group forums.
Attribute Templates
You'll save lots of time with the new attribute template feature. Now you can
assign similar attributes to multiple products and easily change attributes
globally by updating the template. Product attributes can still be modified
without affecting the template. Plus, you can assign attribute templates in the
Product Import.
Site Traffic and Sales Statistics
Now you'll know exactly how many customers have visited your store and how much
they have spent. This useful new feature makes it easy to track your store
traffic and make smarter inventory and promotional decisions.
Miva Marketplace
Miva Marketplace is a new automated marketing service integrated with Miva
Merchant that drives targeted shoppers to Miva storefronts. Merchants instantly
add their products into a powerful search engine and "shop
box" that is displayed on popular web sites. Miva Marketplace
generates more sales and builds lasting relationships with buyers who return
again and again...
Affiliate Program
Build your own affiliate network and attract new customers to your storefront!
You save time and money by managing your affiliate program at the same time you
manage your store. This new features makes it easy to control commissions you
pay to affiliates for both sales and click-thrus. Both you and your affiliates
have access to payout reports and you can even choose to have your affiliates
added automatically or with administrative approval.
Site Administrator Friendly
Miva Merchant requires no daily management. Installation takes less than a
minute on any Miva-enabled web server with several automated installation
scripts provided free by Miva Corporation to hosting services and service
providers.

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