We finally have a release date for MIVA Merchant 5: May 2, 2005. If you never looked at Miva before, this is a good time to start.

• Advanced catalog, customer, and order management systems.
• No limits on the amount of store data.
• Complete store design control with new Store Morph Technology™.
• Integrated credit card processing and shipping calculation.
• An expansive list of add-on modules and services.
• Automatic updates… and more.

Pricing information is not quite finalized. I am not permitted to pre-sell licenses. MIVA Merchant 4.xx cost $995 for a license. The Gryphyn Media Miva Package included a year of hosting with 100 megs of storage and 2 gig of bandwidth with a FREE Miva Merchant license for $200/year (plus one-time $40 set-up fee). I expect the Miva5 package to be similar.

Drop me a line via the helpdesk if you want more details.