Miva Merchant vs. osCommerce
 

 

Miva Merchant
www.miva.com/products/merchant


Miva Merchant is a dynamic browser based storefront development and management system that allows merchants to create multiple online stores.
 

osCommerce
www.oscommerce.com


osCommerce is an open source e-commerce solution and is released under the GNU General Public License (GPL).

 

• Store management (simple wizards and sophisticated tools)
• Account management (provide frequent shopper programs, discounted pricing and special product availability)
• Catalog Management
• Associating complimentary products to give shoppers the opportunity to purchase others that are similar .
• Configuring multiple sales tax methods, configures multiple sales tax methods and instant order e-mail confirmations.
• Secure transactions with SSL
• Driving targeted shoppers to your store with a search engine and "shop box" that is displayed on popular web sites.
• Affiliate Program
• Inventory Tracking
• Advanced and simple mode administrative interfaces
• Product Attribute Template
• Site Traffic and Sales Statistics
• Quick Selection when administering your storefront
• Calculating shipping costs as a percentage of the total order

• Add/Edit/Remove categories, products, manufacturers, customers, and reviews
• Categories-to-categories structure
• Statistics for products and customers
• Dynamic product attributes
• Tax zones, classes, and rates Configuration parameters in database for remote editing
• Not tied together with the catalog module (admin module can be installed on another server)
• Payment and shipping modules
• Backup tool
• Customer accounts
• Customer address books (other shipping destinations)
• Order history
• Temporary (not logged on) and permanent (logged on) shopping carts
• Search catalog for products or manufacturers
• Product reviews by customers
• E-mail notifications
• Foreseen checkout procedure
• Secure transactions with SSL
• Number of products in each category are shown
• Bestseller lists
• Display what other customers have brought (relating to the current product displayed