WestHost gives away Miva Merchant in all shared hosting accounts

Newest American Miva Everywhere adopter also first to offer Miva Merchant Pro™ package free with hosting plan

HostReview.com
Tuesday, November 26, 2002; 12:00 AM

21 November 2002, San Diego, CA- Providence, Utah based WestHost Inc. has become the newest hosting company in the U.S. to offer the Miva Merchant storefront development for free throughout its entire shared hosting account selection. At the low-end, the WestHost Starter 1 account offers free Miva Merchant along with 100MB disk, 5 GIG data transfer, and 5 POP email accounts for $7.95/mo. (not including setup fees, merchant account, and merchant services).

For $54.95/mo., their high-end "E-Commerce Pro 2" account, which comes standard with 750MB disk, 15GIG data transfer, and 30 POP email accounts, is also the first to include the new Miva Merchant Pro™ bundle. Individually priced, the components included in Miva Merchant Pro™ retail for over $2,200. This new bundle includes Miva Merchant with a year of software upgrades, a Miva Merchant Limited Source Kit™ containing selected Miva Merchant sources in non-compiled Miva Script format, a license to the Miva Script Compiler™ for compiling derivative works, and Miva Service Club™ membership. Their slightly scaled down "E-Commerce Pro 1" account also includes Miva Merchant Pro™ at $34.95/mo.

"Adding Miva Merchant to all of our hosting accounts is a huge value added feature for our customers," said WestHost Inc President Christopher Russell. "Miva Merchant can be used to add a complete online Internet store to a web site or just used for the benefit of its attached marketing services. Miva Mailer and Miva Marketplace can be used by the web site customer to promote any web site."

"WestHost quickly recognized that Miva Merchant is much more than just a simple shopping cart," said Kevin Kane, VP Worldwide Sales & Support for Miva Corporation. "Miva Merchant is a complete e-commerce solution with features and capability that exceed expectations. From their new data center and offices in Utah WestHost is positioned to provide excellent e-commerce hosting service."

About WestHost
As a recognized leader in web hosting, WestHost is a trusted web hosting solution expert and a long-term partner to their customers. WestHost customers benefit from multiple T3 connectivity, generous data transfer limits up to 25GIG, 24-hour tech support, and a 30-day money back guarantee. For more information, visit their web site at www.westhost.com, or call 1.800.222.2165.

About Miva Corp.
Founded in 1996, Miva Corporation provides the leading online platform for small to medium sized enterprises (SMEs). The Miva Platform consists of software, services, and a partner network assembled for the purpose of helping to create and enhance online business. Miva partners are at the forefront in servicing the exploding number of small to mid-size enterprises using the Internet to expand their market reach. Partners can easily and quickly integrate the Miva platform of applications and API's with their existing services to deliver complete online business solutions to SMEs. No other company offers the ease of browser-based point and click online business creation, deep-down customizability and integrated SME focused marketing services. For more information about Miva call 1.858.490.2570 or visit www.miva.com.

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