MIVA Merchant vs osCommerce

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<b>on-line store</b>
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<b>Miva Merchant</b>
 More information on Miva Merchant can be found here: www.miva.com/products/merchant
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Miva Merchant is a dynamic browser based storefront development and management system that allows merchants to create multiple online stores.
Read the license.
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<b>osCommerce</b>
www.oscommerce.com
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osCommerce is an open source e-commerce solution and is released under the GNU General Public License (GPL).
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<b>features</b>
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 - Store management (simple wizards and sophisticated tools)<br>
 - Account management (provide frequent shopper programs, discounted pricing and special product availability)<br>
 - Catalog Management<br>
 - Associating complimentary products to give shoppers the opportunity to purchase others that are similar .<br>
 - Configuring multiple sales tax methods, configures multiple sales tax methods and instant order e-mail confirmations.<br>
 - Secure transactions with SSL<br>
 - Driving targeted shoppers to your store with a search engine and "shop box" that is displayed on popular web sites.<br>
 - Affiliate Program<br>
 - Inventory Tracking<br>
 - Advanced and simple mode administrative interfaces<br>
 - Product Attribute Template<br>
 - Site Traffic and Sales Statistics<br>
 - Quick Selection when administering your storefront<br>
 - Calculating shipping costs as a percentage of the total order<br>
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 - Add/Edit/Remove categories, products, manufacturers, customers, and reviews<br>
 - Categories-to-categories structure<br>
 - Statistics for products and customers<br>
 - Dynamic product attributes<br>
 - Tax zones, classes, and rates<br>
 - Configuration parameters in database for remote editing<br>
 - Not tied together with the catalog module (admin module can be installed on another server)<br>
 - Payment and shipping modules<br>
 - Backup tool<br>
 - Customer accounts<br>
 - Customer address books (other shipping destinations)<br>
 - Order history<br>
 - Temporary (not logged on) and permanent (logged on) shopping carts<br>
 - Search catalog for products or manufacturers<br>
 - Product reviews by customers<br>
 - E-mail notifications<br>
 - Foreseen checkout procedure<br>
 - Secure transactions with SSL<br>
 - Number of products in each category are shown<br>
 - Bestseller lists<br>
 - Display what other customers have brought (relating to the current product displayed<br>
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