ShopBandit (demo is on their home page) is an amazing search solution for Miva Merchant. The guys have been around Miva Merchant forever, I know them personally, and they will install it, customize it, and you can test it out on your site before it goes live. Bottom line is if facets don't work for you, you need to check this out.
There are some interesting and exciting things in store for Miva Merchant. A new fraud prevention module (the module is free, the service might not be) has been released called Signifyd.
StoneEdge order manager is undergoing a major update so if you're frustrated with how ancient and useless StoneEdge is right now, it should be modernized in the near future.
You will be able to use workflow queues to hold orders before processing. For example, if you have customers calling in during the first 15 minutes of an order because they want to change something, you could automatically hold all new orders for 15 minutes before processing.
A new readytheme is almost ready: Colossus. This theme has a new mega menu and appears to be based on a lot of graphic tiles to help people find what they want to buy.
The old and very expensive Quotes module has been updated to Quote 2 and is free. It integrates nicely with miva merchant (because it's made by Miva devs).
They are going to add Customer Loyalty points that can be used for purchases and other things.
Staging! This is in 10.0 which should be out before the end of the year. We will be able to stage new pages and entire sites right within the miva merchant admin, and this includes version control so multiple developers can be working on a page or theme without messing each other up. Very very cool. This is a game changer.
Order Workflows are a dream come true for admins who need to do js integrations to push data to metric, analytics, management and other outside sources. For the most part, integration modules are unnecessary at this point. Workflow conditions are being added all the time, such as "send an email", and if we need one all we do is ask Miva because they are looking for ideas for more trigger conditions.
The JSON Api is another dream come true when it comes to pushing and pulling data. With the json api and workflow trigger/condition/action situation 95% of all integration modules are obsolete with the work being done within the admin.
Wait until true checks the workflow condition on a time interval/delayed situation. You can set it for 1 minute, five minutes, whatever you like up to 60 minutes. This is useful for workflow conditions that might take a few minutes such as receiving confirmation data from shipping or supplier data. It's probably useful to have "wait enabled" for all workflows, just set it to five minutes to make sure everything has finished grinding away before sending the data.
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Miva Merchant is one of the best eCommerce platforms out there, but a great platform without great Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is like a race car without tires: it looks nice but it isn't going anywhere.
Most Miva Merchant stores are lacking in basic eCommerce SEO. It's natural. Setting up a store is a big project and SEO isn't always a priority when dealing with all the technical details. We will help you fill in those SEO gaps and turn you into a true eCommerce SEO artist.
Perfect! Thanks for all of the expert support you have provided. Scot's Blogger module has evolved into a very useful tool for me now and I would recommend it to others wanting a built in blog for Miva stores.
Watermark has been released. Watermark helps branding and image security by automatically watermarking product and other images in your Miva Merchant store.
Scot's Blogger 2 is a professional blogging module that plugs into Miva Merchant and gives you all the tools you need to create professional looking product, news, and other blog posts.
AMP 2 for Miva Merchant is an SEO must. You might have the best store in the world, but it doesn't matter if not enough people visit it. AMP pages will help.
We are Miva Merchant eCommerce experts. Miva Merchant is an eCommerce Content Management System (ECMS) that can be used to create any kind of eCommerce app or storefront. Let us know what you have in mind.
Fast Miva Merchant development. Tricky HTML5, CSS3, jQuery, or other problemsp? Is your site getting bad SEO scores because it's not responsive? SSL issues? Let us know, we'll give you an accurate estimate.
Have an idea? Need an web app or custom CMS? Having trouble connecting to a REST API or other back end? We love solving these problems.
Looking for custom eCommerce for your specialty, adult, or other underground store? We developed a proprietary eCommerce CMS that can handle your ideas and is flexible and extensible enough to use a base for whatever kind of eCommerce site you need. Client privacy and anonymitiy is a priority.
The Miva Merchant template language is super powerful and lets you do complex coding within page templates. Using Lintalist will speed this process up dramatically.
Scot Ranney, February 25, 2019
Email Preview is a free Miva Merchant module that lets you preview your Miva Merchant customer confirmation, merchant confirmation, and other email templates without having to send any emails or place test orders.
Scot Ranney, November 29, 2018
Anyone can put up a website, and it doesn't have to be a cookie cutter site from places like Wix or Squarespace, either. Here are five simple steps to get you rolling with a great new website.
Scot Ranney, November 01, 2018
Good Miva Merchant SEO means doing some adjustments to your basic ReadyTheme. If you're using stock Shadows ReadyTheme, here's a small tweak that will mean a lot to your customers and for your SEO.
Scot Ranney, September 21, 2018
Keeping your Miva Merchant store up to date is the first step in resolving eCommerce SSL errors. Sometimes this means contacting your host or a module developer. Usually Miva Merchant and Miva Empressa updates are painless and quick.
Scot Ranney, September 17, 2018
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We have been digging under the hood of Miva Merchant since the 20th century and can fix issues and come up with out of the box solutions quick. If you're hitting a wall with Miva support or other developers, contact us now.
JBugs VW Parts and Accessories has gone all in with our blog module and it looks great!
Christmas Traditions has done a fantastic job with the blogger module. Seamlessly integrated with their store it provides content, a great look and feel, and gives them an SEO boost you can't get any other way.
SEO issues in Miva Merchant can ruin your sales. We diagnose, fix and improve Miva SEO problems fast and thoroughly. Contact us for a Miva Merchant specific SEO audit.
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Flexible and powerful email campaign software that ties into the Miva Merchant ecommerce platform and gives you more control over your newsletter campaigns than you thought possible.
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This Miva Merchant module helps you design the store of your dreams by making it easy to create unlimited smart content blocks. ProContent also features powerful product and custom banner rotation features.
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This Miva Merchant FAQ module removes the hassle of managing FAQs and other documentation by giving you a FAQ dashboard that makes it easy to create and update your FAQs.
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Miva Merchant blogging and content manager for your store. This blog module for Miva Merchant adds a Wordpress style system to your store that makes it easy and convenient to write posts about your products and create unlimited content for your Miva Merchant SEO in a sophisticated WYSIWYG content manager.
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This Miva Merchant Module lets you search and sort by custom field and toggle the active state of your products. It's a niche module, but powerfully useful for Miva Merchant store owners who need this sort of thing.
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Scot's 301 Redirect & .htaccess utility is a Miva Merchant module that makes it easy to add 301 redirects to your .htaccess file. This module also lets you edit the .htaccess file directly, create backups, and save redirects and custom .htaccess settings.
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Spend less time answering questions and more time making your business grow. FAQs have never been easier. Fast and easy automatic folding FAQs for products, categories, and pages. No hassle, simple to install, convenient and easy to use FAQs.
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AMP for Miva Merchant will put your products and information into the AMP world. It's an easy way to increase sales and visibility. Don't be left behind, add AMP for Miva Merchant to your store today.
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Clicked is the easiest and fastest way to edit your products and categories. Edit descriptions, names, custom fields, headers, footers, and more while browsing your store.
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Watermark is a Miva Merchant module that watermarks your product and other images with text, graphic overlay, or both.
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Duplicate an entire product attribute template in one click.
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Create Miva Merchant readytheme replacement content for products, pages, and categories and control where, when, and how it is displayed.
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Image SEO for Miva Merchant is important. The Unite Gallery module displays your product images in beautiful, responsive galleries, carousels, sliders, tilers, and and makes image SEO as easy as blinking. (demos below)
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Display your product videos, images, sound bytes, and any other kind of media in The Gallery for Miva Merchant. Import different gallery styles and try them out in moments. Image SEO for Miva Merchant has never been easier. Add custom collections of video and other media to your product images.
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Simple Miva Merchant email previews. See what your customer and other emails will look like without having to place orders or wait for test emails to arrive.
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