What this category gets wrong.
Written for merchants deciding whether they need an app like this at all, including the cases where the answer is no.
2026-08-02 · 6 min
Does blocking countries hurt your SEO?
The honest answer is that it depends entirely on one thing: whether search crawlers still get through. Here is how country blocking actually interacts with Googlebot, and the specific way it goes wrong.
2026-08-02 · 7 min
What a VPN blocker can and cannot do for a store
VPN detection is sold as fraud prevention. It is really a signal about a network, it is wrong in both directions, and the merchants who get value from it are the ones who measured before switching it on.
2026-08-02 · 6 min
How to cut fake cash-on-delivery orders
Cash on delivery moves the whole cost of a fake order onto the merchant. You cannot verify intent before shipping, but you can stop shipping automatically, and that is where the money is.
2026-08-02 · 7 min
How to block a country on Shopify, and when not to
Shopify can stop you shipping to a country, but it cannot stop that country browsing your store. Here is what the native settings actually do, what they leave open, and how to decide whether you need more.