Features    
Store Design FT MM5
Use Store Morph Technology™ to completely customize entire look and feel. no yes
Use pre-defined pages, or add your own custom pages. yes yes
Use the ready-made design for your store, or create a unique look based on the default templates. yes yes
Specify the position of each component on every store page. no yes
Easily insert third party module components into store pages. no yes
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Access to page template code for customization through admin.
no yes
Access to global HEAD tag for your store. yes yes
Change content of HEAD and BODY tags on each page individually. no yes
Point + Click mode control over fonts, colors, buttons, default navigation bar, product layouts, and more. yes yes
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Access to individual page headers and footers to customize with HTML.
yes yes
Advanced mode control over navigation bar code, buttons, product layouts, login links, and more. no yes
Version history controls to save updates and revert back to old changes. yes yes
Ability to make store pages search engine friendly. coming soon yes
Apply a pre-designed Skin for a completely new look and feel. coming soon coming soon
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Purchase new Skins from Web designers at MIVA Central.
coming soon coming soon
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Save your current look and feel as a new Skin.
coming soon coming soon
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Export pages to Macromedia Dreamweaver for customization offline.
coming soon coming soon
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Import edited pages from Dreamweaver and instantly update your store's design.
coming soon coming soon
Catalog Management FT MM5
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Product count
100 unlimited
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Category count
5 unlimited
Sub-categories enabled no yes
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Create detailed product descriptions with text or HTML.
yes yes
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Create user-defined custom fields for each product
no yes
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Assign thumbnail and full-size images to each product.
yes yes
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Define product characteristics with attributes.
yes yes
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Add additional prices or weight to individual attribute options.
yes yes
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Multiple attribute display types, including drop-down boxes, radio buttons, and text fields.
yes yes
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Use attribute templates to assign sets of attributes to multiple products.
no yes
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Changes to an attribute template can be copied to all products referencing it.
no yes
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Set order minimums based on price, quantity, or both.
yes yes
Display custom message for not meeting order minimum. no yes
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Inventory and Merchandising
FT MM5
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Low Stock and Out of Stock inventory warning levels storewide.
yes yes
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Low Stock and Out of Stock inventory warning levels for each product.
no yes
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Display customized inventory level messages storewide.
yes yes
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Display customized inventory level messages per product.
no yes
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Hide out-of-stock products from customers.
yes yes
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Receive email notifications for low or out of stock products.
yes yes
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Associate related products.
no yes
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Offer upsale products based on order total, items purchased, or both.
yes yes
Customer Management FT MM5
Store unlimited customer records. yes yes
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Encourage repeat business with customer accounts.
yes yes
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Provide customers easy access to their account details and addresses.
yes yes
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Create price groups to offer special pricing for specific customers.
no yes
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Use availability groups to offer hidden products to specific customers.
no yes
Order Processing FT MM5
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Batch all new orders and run batch reports.
no yes
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Detailed order data, including customer information, payment and shipping methods, and products ordered.
yes yes
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Process credit cards with MIVA Payment directly through the admin interface.
yes yes
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Order encryption to provide increased security for customer payment details.
yes yes
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Generate confirming e-mail messages for customers when orders are placed.
yes yes
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Receive e-mail notifications when new orders are received.
yes yes
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Notification emails can be copied to a third party for drop-shipping, among other uses.
yes yes
Integrated Marketing FT MM5
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Built-in affiliate system.
yes yes
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Affiliate commission levels based on order total, traffic referred, or combination.
yes yes
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Affiliate login page to view earnings, links, banners and program agreement.
yes yes
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Track all affiliate earnings and payouts.
yes yes
MIVA Mailer: a built-in mailing list management and email distribution system. coming soon coming soon
MIVA Ad Center: online search advertising service, powered by the MIVA Performance Marketing Network. yes yes
MIVA Submit: a suite of search engine optimization and web presence enhancement tools. yes yes
Shipping and Sales Tax FT MM5
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Shipping methods supported:
   
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 - Flat Rate Table
built-in built-in
 - Quantity Based Table add-on built-in
 - Weight Based Table add-on built-in
 - Price Based Table add-on built-in
 - Base + Weight Table add-on built-in
 - USPS add-on built-in
 - UPS add-on built-in
 - FedEx add-on built-in
Customized weight labels for products.
no yes
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Customizable state and country lists.
no yes
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Sales tax methods supported:
   
 - State-Based yes yes
 - Shopper Selected no yes
 - German Vat no yes
 - Canadian VAT no yes
 - Customizable Generic VAT no yes
Payment and Currency FT MM5
Payment gateways supported:    
 - MIVA Payment built-in built-in
 - PayPal built-in built-in
 - Authorize.Net Payment Services add-on built-in
 - Cardservice/LinkPoint Payment Gateway add-on built-in
 - CyberSource Payment Services add-on built-in
 - debit-it! add-on built-in
 - E-Commerce Exchange/QuickCommerce add-on built-in
 - e-ValuCheck add-on built-in
 - GlobalCommerce Payment Gateway add-on built-in
 - Innovative Gateway Solutions add-on built-in
 - Lynk Internet Processing add-on built-in
 - Moneris e-SELECT Payment Service add-on built-in
 - Paradata Payment Service add-on built-in
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 - PayQuake
add-on built-in
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 - Rodopi Payment Gateway
add-on built-in
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 - U.S. Merchant Systems
add-on built-in
 - VeriSign Payflow Link add-on built-in
 - VeriSign Payflow Pro add-on built-in
 - Simple Validation add-on built-in
 - Check Payment add-on built-in
 - COD add-on built-in
Currency formats supported:    
 - US Currency yes yes
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 - European Currency
no yes
 - Customizable Generic Currency no yes
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Administration and Maintenance
FT MM5
Web accessible administration interface. Nothing to install on your computer. yes yes
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Number of accounts with administration access.
1 Unlimited
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Assign access groups to limit user access to specific store administration duties.
no yes
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Maintenance mode enables you to close the store for maintenance.
yes yes
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Customizable maintenance message displayed to all visitors while store is temporarily down.
no yes
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Automated streaming updates from MIVA Update Server.
yes yes
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Import data for faster store setup:
   
 - Products yes yes
 - Categories no yes
 - Customers yes yes
Export data to use offline:    
 - Products yes yes
 - Categories no yes
 - Customers yes yes
 - Orders no yes
 - Affiliates yes yes
Add MIVA Synchro to provide real-time synchronization with QuickBooks.
coming soon yes
Configurable for use with MySQL database systems.
yes yes
Logging and Analytics FT MM5
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Generate an ELF2 formatted log file for use with Urchin 5 software.
no yes
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Track customer page visits with MIVA Access Log.
yes yes
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View statistics for revenue, number of orders, and top selling products.
yes yes
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Expansion
FT MM5
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Easily accept add-on modules from third party developers.
Shipping and Fulfillment only Unlimited
Third party module settings configured directly in your administration interface.
yes yes
Module interface provides access to all installed modules.
no yes
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Remove built-in modules you do not wish to use.
no yes