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Shopify traffic protection, explained

Practical guides on bots, scrapers, proxy fraud, and country blocking. Useful whether or not you ever install Cordon.

8 min readasnbot-blockingscrapers

What Is an ASN? Blocking One Stops Thousands of Bots

An ASN identifies a network operator like AWS or Comcast. Bot IPs rotate constantly but the ASN stays stable, so one ASN block can stop a scraper farm.

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7 min readcomparisonblockifycountry-blocking

Blockify vs Cordon vs Blocky: Shopify Blockers Compared

A fair comparison of Blockify, Cordon, and Blocky across detection quality, blocking layer, performance, SEO safety, GDPR handling, and pricing.

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7 min readseobotsshopify

Do Bot Blockers Hurt SEO? Block Bots, Not Google

A bot blocker only hurts SEO if it blocks verified crawlers. Learn how Googlebot verification works and how to block scrapers without losing rankings.

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7 min readfraudvpnshopify

Shopify VPN Fraud: How to Stop Proxy Checkout Fraud

VPN and proxy checkout fraud hides stolen cards behind rotating IPs. Learn how to read the signals and block VPN traffic on Shopify before orders happen.

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7 min readscraper protectionshopifybots

Stop Scrapers Stealing Your Shopify Product Catalog

Every Shopify store exposes its full catalog by default. Here is how scrapers take it, why robots.txt fails, and the detection layers that actually stop them.

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7 min readcountry blockingshopifyfraud prevention

How to Block a Country on Shopify (2026 Guide)

Shopify has no built-in visitor-level country block. Here are three ways to block a country on Shopify, from liquid hacks to edge-level blocking apps.

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