Are there any stores using Miva "Mall" feature?

[William Davis]

Are there any stores using Miva "Mall" feature? Would like to see a few examples.

[ILoveHostasaurus]

I would recommend against using that at this point due to the limitations it imposes on a site's URL structure, long term compatibility with changes that are planned, complications with staff who may manage different stores in the mall, etc. The way it works is by having one domain be the 'mall' and then each independent store has a store code that must be in one of the URL, a component of the URL, the query string, or POST data. It is very limiting with the features that have come to exist in the past 15 years more recent than when the mall feature was released. In most cases a separate domain and separate copy of Miva Merchant is far better.

[Bruce - PhosphorMedia]

add to that, other than the domain level tables (which actually hinder things as Dave points out), the store's don't share any of the store tables/features/functions so there is absolutely know advantages.