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POPULAR E-COMMERCE
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SHOPPING CART SERVICES
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Miva Merchant 5.0
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(Plan I)
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Merchant Account Cost?
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$15/month
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$9.95/month
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Discount Rates/Transaction Fees?
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2.39% + $.25 (Authorization and Processing Fees)
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As low as 1.99% + $.25 (Authorization and Processing Fees)*
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Rate review annually to lower rates as business grows and establishes reliability
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No
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Yes
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Reliable Hosting?
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No, so hosting has to be arranged with some hosting company at an extra charge
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Yes, at no additional charge
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One-Page Check Out
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Yes
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Yes
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Telephone Support?
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Starting at $399.99 every year. You must pay $699.99 every year to be considered a priority. 5 Days a week 8 hours a day (PST).
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Free Expert Support. 7 Days a week 24 hours a day.
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24/7 Technical Support
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No
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Yes
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No-Risk, FREE 30-Day Trial
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No
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Yes
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Free Lifetime Upgrades?
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No, you must pay $149.99 for every upgrade.
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Yes
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Customer Reviews Option?
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No
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Yes
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UPS Online® Tools Integration?
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No
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Yes+
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Unlimited Products and Categories
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No, depends upon the hard disk space provided by the hosting company.
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1000 items at this price level. Unlimited options available with higher options.
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Search Engine Optimization
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Only offers capability to include meta tags, alt tags and keywords. Modification needs to be done to template pages for anything else.
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Offers capability to include meta tags, keywords, alt tags. Additionally one can also make dynamic category, product and content pages look static by defining unique page names. This makes the page easily indexable by search engines.
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Marketing and Promotion Tools?
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Yes, limited Options. See Site for Details.
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Yes, Newsletter Management, Bulk E-mailing System, Integrated Affiliate Program Manager, Cross Sell and Up Sell options.
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Gift Certificates and Discount Codes
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No
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Yes
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Search Engine Friendly Architecture?
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No
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Yes
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Import/Export Features?
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Yes
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Yes
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Reliability of the Software and Hosting?
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No, the software is provided by Miva while the hosting is done by some other hosting company.
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GoECart being a hosted application, our Technical Team assures its reliability and efficiency 24/7.
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Includes Email Accounts
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Depends upon the hosting company with which the contract is signed.
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Yes
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Choice of Payment for Signup?
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No, a credit card is required
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Yes
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Disk Space
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Depends on Hosting company
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300 MB
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