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The State of Miva Merchant in 2024

Updated Nov 15 2024

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 1,536 live stores running on the Miva Merchant platform.

Here is the historical growth of stores running Miva Merchant.

  • Miva Merchant stores increased 8.1% quarter-over-quarter in 2024 Q3.
  • Miva Merchant stores increased 44% year-over-year in 2024 Q3.
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 (to date)
1,536
Active Stores by Quarter

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 41.5% of Miva Merchant stores.
  • Instagram is used by 28.2% of Miva Merchant stores.
  • Twitter is used by 24.5% of Miva Merchant stores.
Type
Stores
Facebook
637
Instagram
433
Twitter
376
YouTube
304
Pinterest
192
LinkedIn
176
Tiktok
12
Facebook Group
7
Yelp
4

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.

  • 72% 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
1,108
Email
617

Top Categories For Miva Merchant Stores

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

  • 12.5% of Miva Merchant stores sell Home & Garden products.
  • 10.2% of Miva Merchant stores sell Autos & Vehicles products.
  • 8.7% of Miva Merchant stores sell Apparel products.

Top Countries For Miva Merchant Stores

Here are the top countries for stores using Miva Merchant.

  • 56.2% of Miva Merchant stores are in United States
  • 1.0% of Miva Merchant stores are in Canada
  • 0.5% 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.

  • 88.7% of Miva Merchant stores have Unknown employees.
  • 6.2% of Miva Merchant stores have 1 - 9 employees.
  • 2.4% of Miva Merchant stores have 10 - 24 employees.
Employees
Stores
Unknown
1,363
1 - 9
96
10 - 24
37
25 - 49
17
50 - 99
8
100 - 249
6
250 - 999
4
1000 - 4999
2
5000+
3

Number Of Products Sold For Miva Merchant Stores

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

  • 19.4% of Miva Merchant stores sell 250 - 999 different products.
  • 18.2% of Miva Merchant stores sell 1 - 9 different products.
  • 18.0% of Miva Merchant stores sell 100 - 249 different products.
Products Sold
Stores
1 - 9
280
10 - 24
93
25 - 49
152
50 - 99
36
100 - 249
276
250 - 999
298
1000 - 4999
145
5000 - 9999
43
10000 - 24999
31
25000 - 99999
15

Top Technologies on Miva Merchant Stores

We're tracking 176 different technologies that have 6,098 collective installs on Miva Merchant stores.

  • Google Adsense is used by 39.3% of Miva Merchant stores.
  • Google Tag Manager is used by 37.9% of Miva Merchant stores.
  • Google Analytics is used by 36.1% 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 24.7% of Miva Merchant stores.
  • USPS is used by 18.6% of Miva Merchant stores.
  • Fedex is used by 13.7% of Miva Merchant stores.

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

Shipping Carrier
Stores
UPS
379
USPS
285
Fedex
210
Canada Post
4
Royal Mail
4
Purolator
2
Australia Post
1
New Zealean 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.

  • 89.8% of Miva Merchant stores have a .com domain.
  • 3.0% of Miva Merchant stores have a .net domain.
  • 2.8% of Miva Merchant stores have a .org domain.
Top-level Domain
Stores
.com
1,379
.net
46
.org
43
.ca
11
.biz
8
.us
8
.info
5
.com.au
5
.co.nz
4
.co.uk
4

Top Miva Merchant Stores

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

Name
Domain
Rank
Created
Prairie Moon Nursery
2,131
2017/07/28
Woodworkers Source
2,429
2016/12/30
Rally House
2,690
2016/12/30
The Paper Store
3,765
2016/12/30
Ringside Collectibles
5,164
2016/12/30

New Miva Merchant Stores

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

Name
Domain
Rank
Created
Wesanco
6,544,681
2024/11/15
Craft Loco
7,496,190
2024/11/08
optometrists.my.fastandship.shop
13,189,524
2024/11/08
Page title
13,194,330
2024/11/01
Vinyl Kings
2,027,725
2024/10/25

Stores Switching to Miva Merchant From Other Platforms

Over the last 90 days, Miva Merchant has taken 6 merchants from competitive ecommerce platforms.

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

Name
Domain
Rank
Last Platform
Changed
DiscountFlies Online Fly Shop
51,644
Custom Cart
2024/08/25
Love Is A Rose
55,659
Custom Cart
2024/10/18
tikibreeze.com
5,789,980
Wix
2024/09/21
shop.gobearcats.com
11,400,193
NetSuite SuiteCommerce
2024/11/10
Voiture Nationale Emblem Sales
11,440,829
Squarespace
2024/10/26

Stores Switching from Miva Merchant To Other Platforms

Over the last 90 days, Miva Merchant has lost 11 merchants to competitive platforms.

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

Name
Domain
Rank
New Platform
Changed
Orchids By Hausermann
33,759
Custom Cart
2024/10/20
Stefans Soccer
49,696
Shopify
2024/09/15
Jump USA
137,079
Shopify
2024/10/27
PFYC-PartsForYourCar
139,583
Custom Cart
2024/09/15
Alexander’s Tractor Parts
325,671
WooCommerce
2024/09/08

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