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title: Miva Merchant 9 Released in Developer Beta
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# Miva Merchant 9 Released in Developer Beta

By Miva | June 27, 2014

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Miva Merchant 9 is the most significant upgrade to the Miva Merchant ecommerce platform since its original launch in 1997. This is an in-place upgrade, which means that all Miva storeowners will be able to simply hit a button and have their ecommerce platform seamlessly update, without having to rebuild their stores, a feature which is unparalleled in the ecommerce world.

Our prime directive with Miva Merchant 9 is to continue releasing new, critical, forward-thinking, cutting-edge features without ever breaking a store.”

Miva Merchant 9 has been created for real businesses that are doing real volume and that want to really succeed in the marketplace. The Miva platform gives storeowners the flexibility that they need without the limitations that other platforms may impose.

“Our prime directive with Miva Merchant 9 is to continue releasing new, critical, forward-thinking, cutting-edge features without ever breaking a store,” said Rick Wilson, President of Miva Merchant at MivaCon 2014, Miva’s annual ecommerce conference. “We are incredibly excited about what is in store for Miva Merchant 9.”

**Here are just a few of many exciting new features in Miva Merchant 9:**

The new admin in Miva Merchant 9 is beautifully designed for multiple devices and is simplified, organized, and intuitive. There are now multiple ways to navigate, including user specific multi-session history, the menu button, and a bookmarks feature. In addition, the new predictive search navigation is great for power users who need to get in to their store and find something right away.

Miva Merchant 9 is designed to be faster in daily operations, as well as in navigation. Storeowners can more easily operate their stores from their mobile devices with the new multi-device friendly admin. In the new home screen, everything is easily accessible, and fully integrates the support process into Miva Merchant 9.

**Other great new features in Miva Merchant 9 include:**

- Marketing Command Center
- Volume Pricing At The Product Variant Level
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- Time Based Sales
- Advanced Shipping Promotions
- New Advanced Search Feature And CSV Download
- And much more…

The developer beta of Miva Merchant 9 has been released today, and will be officially released for all users this fall.

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