Wholesalecentral.com Store vs MIVA Store System

Advantages of Wholesale Central Storefont

1.Extreme ease of use.
It doesn’t get much easier than Wholesale Central’s storefront. Miva is fairly easy to use, but with the added power of Miva comes a higher learning curve.

2.No maintenance required.
Miva recommends a regular backup and maintenance routine to keep the system working smoothly and prevent data loss.

3.Free live technical support.
Wholesale Central offers free live technical support for our storefront product. Miva does not offer free live technical support for their product, nor do we. Miva has a large community of users and there are many online resources, including free documentation and user forums. Miva also offers annual service contracts.

4.Volume pricing and “CALL” in the price field.
Wholesale Central provides two different ways to set quantity discounts, and allows you to enter “CALL” in the price field. Miva does not. However, there are modules you can purchase for Miva that will allow volume pricing.

5.Unit field.
Wholesale Central lets you set your price on an item in any units you want (dozen, case, etc.) In Miva the price you enter is always per piece.

6.Two description fields.
Wholesale Central has a brief description that appears on the item listing pages, and a full description that appears on the Item Detail page. Miva has only one description field.

7.Automatic image thumbnailer.
Wholesale Central gives you the option of uploading a separate thumbnail and full size image file, or just uploading a full size image and it will make the thumbnail for you. Miva requires that you upload your thumbnail and full size images separately.

8.Item lists.
Wholesale central allows you to get three useful reports: Deactivated Items, Items with No Category, Items listed by category. Miva does not have these three options. However, Miva lets you export your items. From there you can get any report you want with your local database or spreadsheet.

9.Tax ID and Comments field in Checkout.
Wholesale Central has fields for Tax ID, Credit Card Security Code, and Comments on the order form page. Miva does not. However, you can buy a modules that let you add custom fields.

10.Automatically included in Wholesale Central “Items for Sale” search.
All items in Wholesale Central storefronts are automatically searchable from the "Items for Sale" search on the home page of Wholesale Central.

11. Search engine exposure.
Items in Wholesale Central stores are ranked highly in search engines because they are within Wholesale Central, a highly ranked web site.

12. FREE with membership to Wholesale Central.

Advantages of Miva

1. Highly customizable and upgradable.
There are hundreds of modules that you can install that will do almost any storefront feature you can imagine including volume pricing, fraud detection, customizable fields in checkout, etc.

2. Built in affiliate program.

3. Import and Export store items.

4. Export Orders and Customer information.

5. Integrates with Quicken.

6. Batch Order Processing.

7. Attribute templates.
Wholesale Central allows you to add attribute pulldown menus to items (color, style, etc.). However, you if you want to apply the same attribute to several items, you have to enter the complete attribute list for each item. Miva allows you to make “attribute templates” where you enter the list once, then apply it to any items you want.

8. Variable pricing based on attribute.
Miva lets you assign different prices to attribute options.

9. Pricing Groups.
Miva allows you to set different pricing levels for different customers.

11. Real Time Credit card processing.
Miva allows you to set up your store to process credit cards online when an order is placed, or process credit cards online after the order has been approved.

12. Paypal integration.
Miva allows you to integrate your store payment with Paypal.

13. Flexible shipping calculations.
Miva allows you to set up your store to automatically calculate shipping based on weight, total value of order, and other factors.

14. Password protection.
Miva allows you to set up your store to require a password to enter.

15. Add to basket on product list page.
Wholesale Central only allows the buyer to add an item to the shopping basket on the product detail page. Miva allows buyers to add an item to the shopping basket on every page where the item appears. And, Miva displays how many of the item are currently in the shopping basket!

16. Personalized shopping environment.
Wholesale Central storefronts are all a part of the Wholesale Central shopping environment. When a buyer checks out of a Wholesale Central store, they are sent back to Wholesale Central. On Miva, the buyer stays on the seller’s web site.

17. Coupons, Upsell, On Sale.
Miva allows you to accept coupons, put items on sale, and offer related “upsell” offers based on what the buyer has purchased.

18. Personalized SSL Certificate.
Wholesale Central storefronts all share the same SSL certificate. This sometimes causes problems depending upon how the buyer has their browser set. Miva stores have their own personalized SSL certificate. This can lead to increased buyer confidence.

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