On The Brink Designs offers both Miva Merchant and osCommerce on all business hosting plans (personal hosting offers Quick Shopping Cart). You can see some of the major differences in these E-commerce applications below. Please contact us for a detailed explanation of what system is best for you. Install Request

Miva Merchant 5
 
osCommerce

WHY PICK MIVA?

Miva is widley recognized and is simple to set up. It's a great choice for a basic shopping cart with many user friendly setup wizards. Add-ons such as special check out information or discounts at check out might require Miva modules at an additional cost.

 

WHY PICK OSCOMMERCE?

osCommerce is ideal for a more complex store. osCommerce supports a specialty check out process (coupons, discounts, comment box). If you are comfortable with editing code to configure the look and feel, osCommerce allows more design flexibility.

STORE FEATURES MIVA OSCOMMERCE
Customer accounts yes yes
Unlimited products and categories yes yes
Store creation and setup wizards yes no
Shipping cost calculators (UPS, FedEx, USPS) yes yes
Multiple sales tax methods yes yes
Inventory tracking yes yes
Product attributes support yes yes
Sale pricing / product specials no yes
Pricing groups, affiliate accounts yes no
3rd party module feature add-on support yes yes
Store statistics yes yes
Export orders to Quickbooks yes no
SSL secure ordering yes yes
Payment Options COD, Check, Simple Credit Card Validation, Real-time Credit Card Transactions, Supported Merchant Gateways Check, Real-time Credit Card Transactions, Supported Merchant Gateways
Customer product reviews no yes
Bestseller lists no yes
Display what other customers have purchased

no yes
ADMIN FEATURES MIVA OSCOMMERCE
Add/Edit/Delete categories, products, and customer accounts yes yes
Multi-user interface yes no
Order processing yes yes
Sales tax setup yes yes
Easily modify look of store pages, custom header/footer, and meta tags

yes no
DEMO MIVA OSCOMMERCE
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