Beginners Guide to Miva Merchant Modules- If this is your first venture into the world of Miva Modules you may find the product selection here a little daunting! Have a look at this Module Guide. Click on the icon like this one above when you get to the landing page to view it.

What are Miva Modules?
Modules are one of the things that make Miva Merchant a very special product.

The module story begins back in the very early days when Miva created something to help a small but growing number of independent developers who offered services to "tweak" Miva Merchant for customers. Miva developed a "plug-in" interface so these "tweaks" could be rolled up into scripts and installed instead of the developer having to manually edit the Miva Merchant source code for each customer..

Now several years later the number of developers has grown greatly, the number of products available has exploded, and thanks to friendly rivalry and competition quality has remained high.

As a result, if a feature is not in Miva Merchant itself, there's a very good chance that you can find it off-the-shelf at MvCool at a FRACTION of the cost you would pay for custom development.

What modules should you buy? That's a good question. If you surf the store you'll find that there are modules for just about anything, ranging from very simple one task plug-ins to all-singing-all-dancing product suites. There are even comprehensive complimentary products to help you with out-of-store processes like order fulfillment.

Which ones are right for you? That depends on what's happening in your online store and what makes your business different from others. Typically we find that many customers want to change some things about how their stores look, but there are hundreds of other modules that can help you satisfy local legal requirements (like Sales Tax), improve your bottom line with marketing initiatives and much more. If you want your Miva Store to do more...email us and let us know what you are desiring and we can help you find the correct module for your need...and the great thing is...we can provide installation and implementation to complete your project!

Cost - Modules are a very affordable way to add features. Typically the cost of a module at MvCool is between 1/10th and 1/20th of the development cost.

Some History - When the same modules are sold over and over again, developers get good feedback from customers to help improve them, iron out bugs and make better documentation. When Miva release a new version of Miva Merchant (even major new releases) you can be sure that developers will create a module for the new version as soon as possible to allow their customers to upgrade and retain the same features. And by the way, version 5 is coming...stay tuned!

Best Sellers - Frequently Used Module Types
Promotions, Marketing and Customer Loyalty Miva Modules
Search Engines Miva Modules
Store Management Miva Modules
Sales Tax Miva Modules
Security & Fraud Miva Modules
Email Related Miva Modules
Shipping / Checkout Related Miva Modules
Order fulfillment / Shipping Products Miva Modules
Look and Feel Miva Modules
OpenUI


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More on Miva Merchant Modules for Shopping Cart Customization - You cannot believe all the things you can do with third party Miva Modules! If you already own a Miva Merchant Store Front, you can customize it in a million different ways by adding modules. Such as:

• Promotions, Marketing and Customer Loyalty: There is a MASSIVE amount of promotion type modules in the "Discounts and Promotions" category ranging from simple free shipping modules to complex coupon modules. Check out the one we are using at the top of our page: 'Subscribe2'. It allows us to keep in touch with interested customers and visitors through a permission based mass email program...by the way if you didn't sign up yet...please do...it is a fun way to receive great business, web site and SEO info to keep your Internet Business running smoothly. MORE>
• Store Management and Maintenance: Keep your store tidy! Find easier ways to manage store contents! MORE>
• Shipping and Checkout: People often underestimate the importance of the impact that shipping costs have on their customers. You should consider shipping to be a MARKETING related issue at your store. With that in mind, you may like to experiment with a "Free Shipping" promotion even if that means increasing your product prices to cover the cost! Need to allow your customer to split an order into different destinations? Need to control what shipping modules people see depending on the size of their order or what products are in the basket? MORE>
• Look and Feel: It's possible that there is only one small thing about your look and feel that is bugging you. If that is the case, then you might find a module that deals specifically with this problem. You install OpenUI*, you install the module and you are good to go...OR...Let's assume that you want to make some pretty significant look and feel changes to your store. You can do that. The important thing to realize is that the more control you want, the more complex a module you are going to need to do it. MORE>
• What is OpenUI? You'll see throughout Miva Modules Stores that there is a reference to a product called "OpenUI". When you see this it refers to a Miva Add-In that is the foundation for many other modules. If you are getting into modules then sooner or later you'll probably need to install OpenUI. Sooner is usually better! MORE>