BlocklyGuides to protect & grow your Shopify store
Practical playbooks on fraud prevention, checkout optimization and EU compliance — written by the team behind our apps.
Fraud Prevention for Shopify Dropshipping Stores — Specific Risks, Specific Defenses
Dropshipping fraud doesn't look like traditional retail fraud. Low margin, paid-social acquisition, long shipping windows — the controls that work are different.
Friendly Fraud vs Criminal Fraud — Why Your Defense Needs to Be Different
Friendly fraud is now the fastest-growing chargeback category. It needs a totally different defense than criminal fraud. Here's how to tell them apart and stop both.
Geolocation Redirect on Shopify — Send International Visitors to the Right Store
Redirects done well preserve revenue, brand, and SEO. Done badly, they break analytics and create infinite loops. Here's the practical playbook.
Hide COD Payment Method on Shopify (Functions Guide for High-Risk Orders)
Hide cash-on-delivery for risky customers without blocking them entirely. Shopify Functions makes this conditional and granular — here's how to set it up.
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.
How to Read Fraud-App Visitor Logs and Risk Reports on Shopify
Fraud-app dashboards surface lots of data. Knowing which fields actually matter — and how to interpret them — is the difference between insight and noise.
Locked Out of Your Own Shopify Store? Recovery & Prevention Playbook
Configured a geo block and accidentally blocked your own country? Here are 5 recovery paths plus the habits that prevent self-lockout next time.
Put these guides
into practice.
Block fraud, customize checkout and stay EU-compliant with apps built by the team behind this blog.
- Free plans
- No code
- Built for Shopify
