Features and Technology

In August 2007, InfoWorld proclaimed, "In the near future, there's only one way to go for small and medium-size businesses (SMB) when it comes to purchasing business software -- and that's out-of-house. Whether it's full-on SaaS (software as a service), where users access all facets of the application through a browser, or a hosted product (including hosted Exchange, where only the server component is off-site and users employ a standard desktop client such as Outlook), either model is simply too cost-effective for SMBs to ignore."

We believe that future is TODAY. In the "old" days of e-commerce, it took weeks or even months to get an online store designed, and even longer to integrate UPS, FedEx or USPS online shipping calculations. And then the new merchant still had to figure out how to process credit cards!

But TODAY, everything is different! Instead of choosing from a myriad of amateur developers, hosting companies who don't understand your business, and agencies who want to charge you thousands for a simple store and waiting MONTHS for all of this to work together, you can go SaaS "eMediately" TODAY. Our fully featured SaaS Online Store system offers a feature set rivaled only by custom $10,000 online stores, but is ready to sell in minutes! No hosting to worry about, no software to purchase, just point-and-click and your online! Our SaaS Online Stores are powered by Miva Merchant™ Five - the most comprehensive and reliable software on the market.

Full Feature List

Powerful Store Design Tools

• Complete control over store design with Store Morph Technology™.
• Use pre-defined pages, or add your own custom pages.
• Specify the position of each component on every store page.
• 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.

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 Merchant Mailer mailing lists.

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.

Additional Marketing Services

• Work seamlessly with Miva Merchant Mailer, the mailing list management and email distribution system.
• Take advantage of Miva Merchant Submit, a suite of search engine optimization and web presence enhancement tools.

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.
• 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

• View statistics for revenue, number of orders, and top selling products.
• Can be integrated with Google Analytics.

Shipping Calculation and Payment Processing

• Get automatic shipping rates from UPS, USPS, and FedEx.
• Create custom rate tables based on quantity, order total, order weight, and more.
• Accept credit cards with a variety of built-in payment gateways, including Authorize.net, VeriSign, CardService International, CyberSource, and many more. Gateway and merchant accounts sold separately.
• Ability to accept and process credit cards manually.
• Compatible with other payment methods, such as PayPal, electronic checks, and COD.
• Completely integrated and certified to work with Google Checkout

"Getting Started" Wizards

• Easy-to-use wizards to walk through every aspect of your storefront to help get started.
• Wizards provide assistance for getting adjusted to using an e-commerce solution.
• Simple Mode administration interface provides a step-by-step walk-through of all required parts of an online storefront.

Store Maintenance

• Maintenance mode enables you to close the store for maintenance.
• Customizable maintenance message displayed to all visitors while store is temporarily down.

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