Don't confuse the two, they are totally different. Miva Merchant gives you all the tools to easily process online orders through a number of third party vendors. If you plan on being able to accept MasterCard and Visa you will still need to establish a Merchant Account. We offer our own online gateways that can be easily integrated into your account, visit Merchant Accounts for further information. It is our goal to ensure that as a business owner we provide you with security options to make your customers feel comfortable about shopping online at your web site.
Users can see if a page is secure by looking at the bottom left side of their browser.
If there is a closed lock or a solid key then the page is secure. All our customers have FREE access to our shared Secure Server Solution allowing them to run their web pages through a shared SSL connection. This helps them save money as well as offer customers a secure web site. The down side of using a shared SSL connection is that if the end-user views the SSL certificate, the name displayed will be ours and not yours. To give your web store a more professional appearance, you can obtain your own Personal SSL Certificate.