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Miva Merchant to Joomla! Migration

Migrate products, customers, orders, coupons, and other supported store data from Miva Merchant to Joomla! securely and accurately while preserving data relationships throughout the transfer.
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No Downtime,
No Coding Required
Keep your store running during migration. No coding or technical skills required.
Free Demo Available
Preview a sample of your data in the target store before starting the full migration.
1-Year License
with Repeat Migrations
Repeat your migration when needed, including new or updated data, within your plan’s data limit.
Expert Technician Support
Get expert help with connections, configuration, migration issues, and data validation throughout your migration.

How to Migrate Miva Merchant to Joomla!

Connect the source and target, choose the supported data and options, and review the results. The steps below describe the tool workflow; expert-led and custom projects may follow an agreed plan.
Connect your source: Miva Merchant
Connect your target: Joomla!
Configure and start the migration
Review results & post-migration options
1
Connect your source: Miva Merchant

To establish the connection, enter the URL and API credentials for the Miva Merchant store you are migrating from.

What Can You Migrate from Miva Merchant to Joomla!?

Review supported data, source-to-target mappings and any listed conditions. Custom fields, plugin data and URL redirects may need additional review.
Products
Product Categories
Taxes
Manufacturers
Customers
Orders
Coupons
Reviews
All relationships (categories, variants, images, etc.) preserved

Customize your setup with additional options

Recent Data Migration
Clear Target Store Data
Strip HTML Tags from Category and Product Names
Transfer Embedded Images to Target Store
Create 301 Redirects for SEO URLs
Preserve Product IDs & Category IDs
Preserve Order IDs and Customer IDs
Compatibility Overview
Miva MerchantMiva Merchant
Joomla!Joomla!
Version Range
10.x - 26.x (and newer)
1.x - 6.x (and newer)
Main Editions
Miva Ecommerce Platform
Joomla CMS
Product Types: Simple Product, Variable Product, Virtual Product, Downloadable Product
Product Information: Name, SKU
Product Pricing: Regular Price
Product Images: Main image, Images in Description
External Links / Relationships: Categories
Product Attributes & Custom Fields: Attribute Value, Attribute Types
Product SEO / Structured Data: Meta Title, Meta Description, URL Path
Category Information: Name, Description, Status, Meta Title, Meta Description
Category Structure / Hierarchy: Parent Category, Subcategories, Sort Order
Tax Rules: Tax Rule, Tax Class, Country, State, Postal Code, Rate percent, Shipping Taxable, Product SKU
Manufacturer Information: ID, Name, Description
Manufacturer Branding : Logo Image
Customer Information: First Name, Last Name, Email, Phone, Status, Date Created
Customer Addresses: ID, First Name, Last Name, Company, Address 1, Address 2, City, Province, Country, Zip Code, Phone, Address Type, Default Billing, Default Shipping
Customer Order History: Order ID List
Order Information: ID, Number, Status, Currency, Subtotal, Discount, Tax, Total, Payment Method, Shipping Method, Shipping, Tracking, Note, Created Date, Updated Date
Product Details: Product Name, SKU, Quantity, Unit Price, Line Total, Tax, Discount, Options
Customer Details: First Name, Last Name, Company, Street, City, Province, Country, Postcode, Phone
Order Relationships: Linked Customer, Linked Products
Coupon Information: Code, Description, Discount Type, Discount Value, Status, Start Date, End Date
Usage Restrictions: Minimum Spend, Maximum Spend, Individual Use, Exclude Sale, Products, Excluded Products, Categories, Excluded Categories, Usage Limit, Usage Per Customer
Review Information: Title, Comment, Rating, Status, Date
Reviewer Information: Customer ID, Email, Name
Product Relationship: Product ID
Miva MerchantMiva Merchant
Joomla!Joomla!
Product Types
Simple Product
Product
Variable Product
Product Variants
Virtual Product
Virtual Product
Downloadable Product
Downloadable Product
Name
Name
SKU
SKU
Regular Price
Price
Main image
Image
Images in Description
Content
Categories
Categories
Attribute Value
Attribute Value
Attribute Types
Field Type
Meta Title
Meta Title
Meta Description
Meta Description
URL Path
Alias
Category Information
Name
Title
Description
Description
Status
Published
Meta Title
Meta Title
Meta Description
Meta Description
Parent Category
Parent Category
Subcategories
Subcategories
Sort Order
Ordering
Tax Rules
Tax Rule
Tax Rule
Tax Class
Tax Class
Country
Country
State
State
Postal Code
Postal Code
Rate percent
Rate
Shipping Taxable
Tax Shipping
Product SKU
Product
Manufacturer Information
ID
ID
Name
Name
Description
Description
Logo Image
Image
Customer Information
First Name
First Name
Last Name
Last Name
Email
Email
Phone
Phone
Status
Block
Date Created
Registered Date
ID
ID
First Name
First Name
Last Name
Last Name
Company
Company
Address 1
Address
Address 2
Address 2
City
City
Province
State
Country
Country
Zip Code
Zip
Phone
Phone
Address Type
Type
Default Billing
Yes / No
Default Shipping
Yes / No
Order ID List
Orders
Order Information
ID
ID
Number
Order Number
Status
Status
Currency
Currency
Subtotal
Subtotal
Discount
Discount
Tax
Tax
Total
Total
Payment Method
Payment
Shipping Method
Shipping
Shipping
Shipping
Tracking
Tracking
Note
Note
Created Date
Created
Updated Date
Updated
Product Name
Product Name
SKU
SKU
Quantity
Quantity
Unit Price
Price
Line Total
Total
Tax
Tax
Discount
Discount
Options
Options
First Name
First Name
Last Name
Last Name
Company
Company
Street
Address
City
City
Province
State
Country
Country
Postcode
Zip
Phone
Phone
Linked Customer
User ID
Linked Products
Products
Coupon Information
Code
Code
Description
Description
Discount Type
Discount Type
Discount Value
Discount Amount
Status
Status
Start Date
Start Date
End Date
End Date
Minimum Spend
Minimum Order
Maximum Spend
Maximum Order
Individual Use
Per Customer
Exclude Sale
Exclude Sale
Products
Products
Excluded Products
Excluded Products
Categories
Categories
Excluded Categories
Excluded Categories
Usage Limit
Usage Limit
Usage Per Customer
Usage Per Customer
Review Information
Title
Title
Comment
Comment
Rating
Rating
Status
Status
Date
Date
Customer ID
User ID
Email
Email
Name
Name
Product ID
Product ID

Miva Merchant to Joomla! Migration Cost

Choose an available service: self-service Standard, expert-led Managed, or scoped Custom Migration. Enter your data volumes for an estimate; add-ons and custom requirements may affect the final price.
1. Service
2. Data Volume
Source Platform
Miva Merchant
Target Platform
Joomla!

These four data types are used to estimate the price. Other supported data, including categories, coupons, and reviews, is also migrated at no extra charge.

Custom Jobs
+$100.00

You can increase your plan’s data limit, upgrade your service, or add custom work while your license is valid.

You only pay the price difference, and your license expiry date stays the same. Custom work is reviewed and quoted separately.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What you need to know before migrating your store data from Miva Merchant to Joomla!.

Should I select Joomla! for a store that uses a shopping-cart extension?

Choose the connection for the shopping-cart extension, such as J2Store, eShop or Phoca Cart, rather than plain Joomla!. The Joomla! connection handles supported users and articles but does not enable products or orders as source or destination. Selecting the correct extension is necessary to access its catalog and order migration capabilities.

Not exactly. The default Joomla! import puts the article body into intro text, leaves full text empty and selects the first supplied category. Review read-more placement and category organization after import, especially if the source allows a post to belong to several categories.

Non-empty custom field values are converted into descriptive product attributes. The field names are made readable, but this does not recreate the module or storefront behavior that originally used those fields. Identify any fields that control subscriptions, pricing or other business rules for a separate destination review.

Available services depend on your migration path. Standard Migration lets you use the tool yourself with technical support. With Managed Migration, our technicians carry out the agreed migration. Custom Migration covers tailored requirements, with the migration carried out by you or our team as agreed. Data types must be supported by both connections; choosing expert handling does not by itself add unsupported data.

Where a self-service Demo Migration is available for your migration path, you can try it for free before purchasing. It transfers a small sample of supported data so you can check the result. Add-ons and custom work are not included in the self-service demo. For a file-based, custom or technician-assisted evaluation, contact us first to agree the test scope and any applicable cost.

Your data types and quantities determine the Entity Points total and the plan you need. The cost also depends on your chosen service, add-ons, and any custom work. Use the pricing calculator for an estimate; custom work is reviewed and quoted separately.

If you are migrating from a live store, it can normally keep taking orders while Next-Cart copies its data. The migration does not delete or change the source data. Plan the final update and the switch to the new store separately so recent orders and other changes are included. For file-based migrations, changes made after an export require a fresh export; an uploaded file is not a live connection to the store.

Yes. Your license allows repeat runs for the same store and migration path for 12 months from purchase, within your plan’s data limit. Continuing the previous migration can add eligible new records without importing the same mapped records again.

Changing records already migrated is separate: the paid Data Update add-on can update selected fields where your source, target version and those fields are supported. Keep the existing migration links and leave target-data clearing off. It does not automatically update every field or provide continuous synchronization.

Yes. While your license is valid, you can increase your plan’s data limit and upgrade to a higher service where it is available for your migration path. You can move from Standard Migration to Managed Migration or Custom Migration, or from Managed Migration to Custom Migration.

If you already use Custom Migration, you can add custom work after a review and quote. You pay only the additional amount, and your license expiry date stays the same.

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