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Managing Price Groups & Sales: Free Product at Checkout

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Not only is there a seemingly endless list of promotion types you can offer in your Miva store, but in some cases, there are also multiple ways to accomplish those promotions. This guide will take you through two different ways to offer your shoppers a free product at checkout, both using native Miva functionality. Both […]

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Managing Price Groups & Sales: Product Discounts on Variants

Product Discounts on Variants

As customers begin to offer more options for the products they purchase, product listings and site designs get more complicated. In order to support such a personalized shopping experience, you might have to get pretty creative with how you list your items. When you also factor in inventory, stock management, and variants, it can feel […]

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Why You Should be Using Miva Rewards Points Already

popup of Redeem points with cursor

Rewards or loyalty points have become a mainstay on many eCommerce websites. It may have been typical, once upon a time, for shoppers to stick with their main, popular brands for years, decades, without ever considering a switch. However now, in an age where consumers are constantly looking for the best new deal, it’s tougher […]

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Custom Fields and Facets in Miva 10

Custom Fields and Facets in Miva 10

We’ve already praised the use of facets in the past. They provide superior search functionality and let your shoppers drill down to find exactly what suits their needs. Trying to discern which data should be used as a facet can be complicated depending on your products, but one thing that isn’t complicated is getting your […]

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How to Clear Your Cache For Real-Time Results

How to Clear Your Cache

You’ve spent valuable time making a change on your website, but you aren’t seeing the changes. Your shoppers are calling in with complaints, but you can’t find anything wrong. You’ve paid for developers to fix a problem but the site is still broken! So many of us have been in this position and often, there […]

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A Full Guide to Price Groups and Sales in Miva 10

Price Groups in Miva 10

PLEASE NOTE: While we discuss new options available in Miva 10.01, we still recommend only running that update after you’ve had a chance to test it on a dev site, or you’ve spoken to a developer. With so much competition in the commerce industry, businesses are always looking for a unique promotion or sale to […]

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Creating Gift Certificates With Free Shipping in Miva 10

Miva Free Gift Certificates

Gift certificates have always been a fan favorite when it comes to gift-giving. They are general enough for “thank-yous” to people you don’t know very well (ie. a coworker or teacher). They are also personal enough to show you know where your friend, family member, or acquaintance likes to shop. And they are the perfect […]

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Using The Product Reviews Module in Miva 10 [video]

Using Product Reviews Modules in Miva 10

We want this article on the Product Reviews Module to be an easy-reference resource for you, so we’ve included a list of quick links to take you where you need to go. Pictures speak louder than words. But you know what speaks even louder than pictures? Words that come from other shoppers! Yeah, okay, so […]

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How To: Generate URIs in Miva 10

How To Generate URIs in Miva

In our blog post A Video Guide to URI Management in Miva, we explain the basics of what a URI is and how you can manage your settings in the Miva admin. We even have a video tutorial to show you the ropes of Miva’s URI Management tool. However you may still be running into […]

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How To Update Your Featured Products in Miva 10 [Video]

Update Your Featured Products

There are many ways in which eCommerce sites are different from brick-and-mortar stores – of course! You might be thinking, apart from selling things, they aren’t really similar at all! But that’s just the sort of misconception that leads eCommerce store owners to miss out on some valuable visual merchandising opportunities. Take, for instance, your […]

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