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The State of Miva Merchant in 2025

Updated Apr 11 2025

Founded in 1996, Miva Merchant Miva Merchant is an ecommerce platform with headquarters in San Diego, California.

In this report, we'll cover the following essential statistics on Miva Merchant usage.

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Miva Merchant Growth

At present, there are 1,512 live stores running on the Miva Merchant platform.

Here is the historical growth of stores running Miva Merchant.

  • Miva Merchant stores increased 0.1% quarter-over-quarter in 2025 Q1.
  • Miva Merchant stores decreased -9% year-over-year in 2025 Q1.
Quarter
Active Stores
2020 Q4
1,226
2021 Q1
1,256
2021 Q2
1,245
2021 Q3
1,251
2021 Q4
1,264
2022 Q1
1,239
2022 Q2
1,237
2022 Q3
1,217
2022 Q4
1,190
2023 Q1
1,181
2023 Q2
1,168
2023 Q3
1,147
2023 Q4
1,640
2024 Q1
1,660
2024 Q2
1,605
2024 Q3
1,582
2024 Q4
1,531
2025 Q1
1,510
2025 Q2 (to date)
1,512
Active Stores by Quarter
2020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q32021 Q42022 Q12022 Q22022 Q32022 Q42023 Q12023 Q22023 Q32023 Q42024 Q12024 Q22024 Q32024 Q42025 Q12025 Q202004006008001,0001,2001,4001,6001,800

Note: the store counts displayed in this section are based on actual historical store counts.

It's hard to know exactly when a Miva Merchant store was first created but we use a heuristic that includes historical DNS data which provides a reasonable approximation.

Social Media Usage On Miva Merchant Stores

Ecommerce brands use social media sites to engage with millions of consumers. Instagram and Facebook are the dominant social media sites for ecommerce stores, by far, with Twitter, Pinterest and YouTube also having notable usage.

  • Facebook is used by 42.4% of Miva Merchant stores.
  • Instagram is used by 29.8% of Miva Merchant stores.
  • Twitter is used by 25.0% of Miva Merchant stores.
Type
Stores
Facebook
641
Instagram
451
Twitter
378
YouTube
317
Pinterest
191
LinkedIn
190
Tiktok
15
Facebook Group
7
Yelp
3
WhatsApp
1

Contact Information On Miva Merchant Stores

Email remains an extremely popular communication channel for merchants. Many merchants also provide a phone number so that their customers can reach them instantly.

  • 73% of Miva Merchant stores provide a phone number on their website
  • 40% of Miva Merchant stores have an email on their website
Type
Stores
Phone
1,106
Email
605

Top Categories For Miva Merchant Stores

Here is the breakdown of industry verticals for stores on Miva Merchant.

  • 13.0% of Miva Merchant stores sell Home & Garden products.
  • 10.3% of Miva Merchant stores sell Autos & Vehicles products.
  • 8.9% of Miva Merchant stores sell Apparel products.
Home & GardenAutos & VehiclesApparelArts & EntertainmentBusiness & IndustrialSportsFood & DrinkPeople & SocietyToys & HobbiesHealthGifts & Special EventsComputersPets & AnimalsBeauty & FitnessAntiques & CollectiblesJobs & EducationConsumer Electronics

Top Countries For Miva Merchant Stores

Here are the top countries for stores using Miva Merchant.

  • 57.3% of Miva Merchant stores are in United States
  • 1.0% of Miva Merchant stores are in Canada
  • 0.4% of Miva Merchant stores are in United Kingdom
  • 0.4% of Miva Merchant stores are in Australia

With a paid account, stores can also be segmented by region and city.

Number Of Employees For Miva Merchant Stores

Here is the breakdown of Miva Merchant stores by the number of employees.

  • 87.8% of Miva Merchant stores have Unknown employees.
  • 7.2% of Miva Merchant stores have 1 - 9 employees.
  • 2.6% of Miva Merchant stores have 10 - 24 employees.
Employees
Stores
Unknown
1,327
1 - 9
109
10 - 24
39
25 - 49
18
50 - 99
6
100 - 249
7
250 - 999
3
1000 - 4999
1
5000+
2
Unknown1 - 910 - 24

Number Of Products Sold For Miva Merchant Stores

Here is the breakdown of Miva Merchant stores by the number of products that they sell.

  • 19.9% of Miva Merchant stores sell 1 - 9 different products.
  • 18.6% of Miva Merchant stores sell 250 - 999 different products.
  • 16.1% of Miva Merchant stores sell 100 - 249 different products.
Products Sold
Stores
1 - 9
301
10 - 24
63
25 - 49
153
50 - 99
35
100 - 249
243
250 - 999
281
1000 - 4999
170
5000 - 9999
49
10000 - 24999
49
25000 - 99999
30
1 - 910 - 2425 - 4950 - 99100 - 249250 - 9991000 - 49995000 - 999910000 - 2499925000 - 99999

Top Technologies on Miva Merchant Stores

We're tracking 178 different technologies that have 6,400 collective installs on Miva Merchant stores.

  • Google Adsense is used by 41.7% of Miva Merchant stores.
  • Google Tag Manager is used by 40.5% of Miva Merchant stores.
  • reCAPTCHA is used by 35.1% of Miva Merchant stores.

Here are the top 10 third-party technologies, ordered by number of installs, across all Miva Merchant stores.

Top Shipping Carriers Used By Miva Merchant Stores

  • UPS is used by 24.9% of Miva Merchant stores.
  • USPS is used by 19.2% of Miva Merchant stores.
  • Fedex is used by 14.0% of Miva Merchant stores.

Here are the top 8 shipping carriers across all Miva Merchant stores.

Shipping Carrier
Stores
UPS
377
USPS
291
Fedex
212
Canada Post
4
Royal Mail
4
Purolator
2
New Zealean Post
1
Australia Post
1

Miva Merchant Store Top-level Domain Distribution

.com is the most popular top-level domain for Miva Merchant stores. This is not surprising since alternate top-level domains have only been introduced somewhat recently and there is still a certain cachet associated with .com domains.

That said, you'll find stark regional differences in certain countries. In Australia, .com.au is the most common top-level domain with .com a close second. This is the exception however as .com domains dominate in virtually all other countries.

  • 90.0% of Miva Merchant stores have a .com domain.
  • 2.9% of Miva Merchant stores have a .org domain.
  • 2.8% of Miva Merchant stores have a .net domain.
Top-level Domain
Stores
.com
1,361
.org
44
.net
43
.ca
9
.biz
8
.us
7
.com.au
5
.info
5
.co.nz
4
.co.uk
3
.com.org.net

Top Miva Merchant Stores

Here are the top stores, powered by Miva Merchant, ordered by store rank.

Name
Domain
Rank
Created
Rally House
1,596
2016/12/30
Woodworkers Source
3,739
2016/12/30
Prairie Moon Nursery
4,734
2017/07/28
The Paper Store
5,236
2016/12/30
Lori's Golf Shoppe
5,900
2016/12/30

New Miva Merchant Stores

Here are the 0 highest-ranked stores added most recently.

Name
Domain
Rank
Created
Wild by Nature Gallery
838,837
2025/04/11
Edward Joseph Collins
5,350,039
2025/04/11
Magne Shade
6,655,189
2025/04/11
BlueTee
7,988,654
2025/04/11
Interossei
8,204,681
2025/04/11

Stores Switching to Miva Merchant From Other Platforms

Over the last 90 days, Miva Merchant has taken 20 merchants from competitive ecommerce platforms.

Platform
Stores
Custom CartBandcampSellersCommerce

Here are the top stores that have switched to Miva Merchant from competitive ecommerce platforms.

Name
Domain
Rank
Last Platform
Changed
Jbugs.com
12,463
Custom Cart
2025/04/07
Wildlife Control Supplies
24,826
Custom Cart
2025/03/09
Clean Water Store
28,415
Custom Cart
2025/02/03
Direct Medical
28,746
Custom Cart
2025/03/04
K Series Parts
31,343
Custom Cart
2025/03/09

Stores Switching from Miva Merchant To Other Platforms

Over the last 90 days, Miva Merchant has lost 12 merchants to competitive platforms.

ShopifyWooCommerceCustom CartSellersCommerceSquarespace

Here are the top Miva Merchant stores that have recently changed to a competitive platform.

Name
Domain
Rank
New Platform
Changed
Big Feet Pajama Company
54,703
Shopify
2025/04/06
Blue Ridge Honey Company
160,853
Shopify
2025/02/12
Trippis Uniforms
213,546
SellersCommerce
2025/03/09
iranianmovies.com
389,465
Shopify
2025/03/03
CheckMateAviation
490,713
Shopify
2025/02/18

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