BlocklyShopify fraud & checkout tutorials
Step-by-step tutorials for Shopify merchants: block IPs, countries, VPNs and bots, set up checkout rules and automate fraud-order handling — no code needed.
Hide Shipping Methods on Shopify — Conditional Delivery Customization for Fraud
Hiding the wrong shipping method can be the difference between a chargeback and a clean order. Here's how to use Shopify's Delivery Customization Function for fraud control.
iCloud Private Relay on Shopify — Why iPhone Customers Get Falsely Blocked
Apple's Private Relay routes Safari traffic through CDN partners. Most fraud apps mistake it for VPN traffic and block legitimate high-AOV iPhone customers.
IP Geolocation Accuracy for Fraud Prevention on Shopify
Country-level geolocation is 95-99% accurate. City-level drops to 60-80%. Here's where the inaccuracies cluster and how to design fraud controls that don't break on edge cases.
The John-John Scam Explained — Free Product Fraud on Shopify
The "John-John scam" is the specific Shopify abuse pattern where fraudsters target free-product promotions with fake names like "John John" on $0 carts. Here's the fix.
Suppress Fraud Customers from Klaviyo — Shopify Integration Setup
Fraudsters keep receiving abandoned-cart and win-back emails after they charge back. Here's how to wire fraud signals into Klaviyo segments to stop marketing waste.
Manual Fraud Review on Shopify — Building a Workflow That Scales
Manual review gets a bad reputation as "the slow option." Done well, the same team processes 10x the orders. Here's the workflow design that scales.
10 Shopify Flow Workflows That Automate Fraud Response
Manual fraud review doesn't scale past 200 orders/day. Here are 10 Shopify Flow workflows that automate the routine cases and route edge cases to your team.
Shopify Plus Checkout Validation — Block Bad Orders Before They're Created
Shopify Plus unlocks native checkout-time validation that prevents bad orders from being created at all. Different mechanic, different operational shape than cancellation.
State and City-Level Blocking on Shopify — Precision Beats Country Blocks
Country blocks are too blunt. IP blocks are too granular. State and city-level filtering is the precision tool most Shopify merchants underuse.
Tag and Block Repeat Fraud Customers on Shopify — Cross-Identifier Workflow
Confirmed fraudsters come back. The system to prevent that across email, phone, address, device, and IP is usually under-built. Here's how to do it right.
Automating Fraud Workflows with Zapier
Zapier can turn fraud signals into instant actions: tag, hold, and notify without manual work. Here are practical trigger-to-action recipes for Shopify, plus the guardrails that keep automation from backfiring.
Stop $0 Cart Fraud and Matching-Name Scams on Shopify
Some fraud has a fingerprint so distinctive that simple pattern-matching catches almost all of it. $0 cart and matching-name scams are the textbook examples.
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