These Finalists have shown exemplary performance in providing ecommerce capabilities and merchant services to users.

Superb - Finalist #1
Like Apollo, Superb's e-commerce hosting isn't the cheapest out there, but they definitely give good value for the money spent. Superb's cheapest package starts at $39 a month, but in addition to including an unlimited product Miva Merchant license, it also includes a personal digital certificate, meaning you can use your own domain name for secure traffic, instead of a shared domain as most others use. In addition to their 24x7 phone and email support they also offer a live chat service.

Superb is also one of the few e-commerce hosts that allows users to choose either Unix or Windows hosting. Superb offers merchant accounts from a variety of popular vendors such as Authorize.net, Total Merchant Services, so you can shop around for the best price. Another unique thing about Superb is they provide a week of 'special care' during the first week for all new customers (when help is usually needed the most) with almost instant replies to questions to help users get set-up as quickly and easily as possible.

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Apollo Hosting - Finalist #2
Apollo Hosting is a Miva Certified Partner. They have plans from around $14/month to $80/month, depending on user needs and the number of products they plan to sell in their store. All plans include a free Miva Merchant license (for a specified number of products), Web-based Control Panel, Unlimited POP emails, Site Studio web page builder, PHP4, MySQL/CGI Bin FrontPage Extensions, Free SSL, Search Engine Submission, Detailed Site Stats, E-mail Autoresponders, Dedicated IP Address, and Toll Free Phone Support.

Apollo Hosting's cheapest package gives you 200 MB disk space, 10 GB bandwidth a month, 4 websites per account, PHP, 1 MySQL database, Miva Merchant - 10 products for $13.96/month with no setup fee. They offer chat and helpdesk support 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, with toll free phone support during business hours. Apollo also has handy video tutorials and online manuals to help users get going. Though not as cheap as WestHost, Apollo has earned a spot as E-Commerce Host of the Year Finalist for their solid reputation for e-commerce expertise and customer service.

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