Blocky: IP/Country Blocker & Fake Orders Blocker

About Blocky: IP/Country Blocker & Fake Orders Blocker

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Description

Block bots and visitors by their geolocation country or IP address and prevent them from accessing your store

Reduce fraud by blocking bots and visitors by their geolocation country, IP address or if they use a proxy/VPN connection. Get insightful metrics about your store audience and easily detect and block bot, scammers and fraudulent visitors

Stop chargeback disputes based on shipping issues and reduce fraudulent orders by blocking visitors from certain countries and preventing them from accessing your store!

Country-specific Visitors Blocker

After installed, the app blocks visitors from countries you choose and prevents them from accessing your store and performing actions in it.

Block IP Addresses

Are you being attacked or harassed by a scammer or a known IP address? Put an end to that by adding their IP Address to the app's black list and prevent their access completely and immediately.

Block Bots and Visitors That Use Proxy, Tor Browser or VPN

Easily block visitors who use Tor Browser, a proxy or VPN connection in order to access your store. Prevent them from making a fraudulent order before they even start to think about it!

Stop Crawlers and Automatic Spy Tools (SpyTools)

Blocky will block SpyTools and web crawlers from accessing your store and copycatting your products, pages and ideas!

Apply Strict Shipping Restrictions

Prevent orders from visitors located in countries you don't ship to by blocking the customer's access to the store right from the beginning.

Reduce The Risk of Fraud

Only allowing visitors from countries you are conducting business with will reduce the risk that a fraudulent scammer will make a purchase and open a dispute afterwards.

Fully Customizable

You can fully customize the design and the text of the message that will appear to blocked visitors.

One-Click Installation

No technical knowledge is required at all in order to install and activate the country blocker in your store. It will immediately start working after the installation.

Pros

Enhances store security by blocking unwanted visitors and preventing fraud.
Allows country-specific visitor blocking to prevent access and actions in the store.
Enables blocking of specific IP addresses, protecting against scammers and harassment.
Blocks users that attempt to access via proxy, Tor Browser, or VPN, minimizing fraudulent orders.
Prevents crawlers and automatic spy tools like SpyTools from accessing and duplicating store content.
Applies strict shipping restrictions by blocking customers from non-shipping countries.
Reduces the risk of fraud by limiting access to countries with business interests.
Offers full customization of blocked visitor messages.
Easy, one-click installation requiring no technical expertise.

Cons

Potentially limits legitimate access if incorrect countries or IPs are blocked.
May affect user experience negatively for visitors using VPNs for privacy.
Could inadvertently block legitimate bots, affecting SEO or indexing.

Top Helpful Reviews

Marc D.

Aug 29, 2023 on Ecwid

Working as expectednI scan finally track people who were ordering multiples free samples with different emailsnAnd they are now Banned 🚫

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Jun 16, 2023 on Ecwid

I do not know what we would do without this app, it blocks all the fraudsters, bots and you can even block those bad customers once and for all, great app. Thank you so much for this

Nutramind.online

Nov 01, 2022 on Ecwid

Solid 4 stars, awesome app. Only minor problem is that it shows the website for a few seconds before showing the restriction message. Will give 5 stars if the restriction message shows up before the website even has the chance to load up.