BlocklyGuides to protect & grow your Shopify store
Practical playbooks on fraud prevention, checkout optimization and EU compliance — written by the team behind our apps.
Payment Gateway Fraud Rules on Shopify
Your payment gateway already runs fraud checks like AVS, CVV, and velocity limits, but they only see part of the picture. Learn what gateway rules catch, where they fall short, and how app-level filtering layers on top.
Blocking Freight Forwarders & Reshippers
Freight forwarders and reshippers are a favorite tool for fraudsters moving stolen-card goods across borders. Learn the address patterns, known forwarder ZIPs, and high-risk handling that catch them.
The 8 Fraud Metrics Every Shopify Merchant Should Track
Most stores track fraud metrics poorly or not at all. Eight metrics, tracked together, tell you whether your prevention is working. Here they are.
How to Allow Only One Country to Access Your Shopify Store
Single-country whitelist is the strictest geo control. Right for compliance, domestic-only stores, regulated products. Here's how to do it without breaking SEO.
Allowed Bot List on Shopify — Protect SEO While Blocking Malicious Bots
Aggressive bot blocking damages SEO. The fix is an explicit allowed-bot list. Here's the exact list of crawlers to whitelist and how to verify them.
How to Block Headless Browsers on Shopify (Puppeteer, Selenium, Playwright)
Headless browsers power most modern scraping and bot fraud. They look like real browsers — to first inspection. Here's how to detect and block them in 2026.
COD Fraud in Vietnam, Indonesia, Philippines — The Silent Margin Killer
COD fraud doesn't trigger chargebacks but quietly drains 10-15% of revenue from Shopify merchants in SEA. Here's the controls that actually work.
Customer.io Integration for Shopify Fraud — Event-Driven Workflows
Customer.io's event-driven model fits fraud workflows particularly well. Multi-step verification, chargeback response, behavioral pattern detection — here's how.
Export Shopify Fraud Data for Finance and Audit Teams
Fraud data lives in your fraud app. Finance needs it in P&L categories. Compliance needs decision logs. Here's how to bridge the gap.
Fraud Block Error Messages on Shopify — UX That Recovers Legitimate Customers
Every fraud-prevention block has a customer-facing moment. The message determines whether a legitimate customer recovers or quietly leaves. Here's how to get it right.
An EU Compliance Glossary for Online Sellers
Selling into the EU means meeting a wall of acronyms and legal terms. This glossary defines 25+ of the most important ones, from the right of withdrawal to the Omnibus Directive, in plain language for online sellers.
Fraud Prevention for Luxury, Jewelry, and High-AOV Shopify Stores
When AOV is in the thousands, fraud math inverts. A single false positive can exceed the entire month's fraud savings. Here's the right playbook.
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