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More
about Miva Merchant
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.
Supported payment processors
include:
- Anacom
- Authorize
Net
- CSI Linkpoint
- CyberCash
- CyberSource
ICS2
- Verisign
Payflow Link
- Verisign
Payflow Pro
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.
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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