Exhibit  31.2





CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350, AS ADOPTED  PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002





I,  William Seippel, certify that:





1.  I  have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K of MIVA, Inc.;





2.  Based  on my knowledge, this annual report does not contain any untrue statement of a  material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements  made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not  misleading with respect to the period covered by this annual report;





3.  Based  on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information  included in this annual report, fairly present in all material aspects the financial  condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and  for, the period presented in this annual report.





4.  The  registrants other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing  and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act  Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting  (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant  and have:





a)  designed  such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and  procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material  information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated  subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly  during the period in which this annual report is being prepared;





b)  designed  such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control  over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide  reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the  preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with  generally accepted accounting principles;





c)  evaluated  the effectiveness of the registrants disclosure controls and procedures and  presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the  disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this  report based on such evaluation; and





d)  disclosed  in this report any change in the registrants internal control over financial  reporting that occurred during the registrants most recent fiscal year that  has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the  registrants internal control over financial reporting.





5.  The  registrants other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most  recent evaluation, to the registrants auditors and the audit committee of  registrants board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent  functions):





a)  all  significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of  internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to  adversely affect the registrants ability to record, process, summarize and  report financial information; and





b)  any  fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who  have a significant role in the registrants internal control over financial  reporting.





|Date:  March 16, 2006                       | 
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|/s/ William Seippel                         | 
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|William Seippel,    Chief Financial Officer | 
|MIVA, Inc.                                  |