Cordon

Block traffic from any country, in one click

Block visitors from any of 200+ countries on Shopify with a one-click flag picker, without touching your theme and without ever blocking Google.

The problem

You do not ship to a region, but it keeps sending you chargebacks, scraper traffic, or thousands of sessions that will never convert and only pollute your analytics. Shopify Markets controls where you sell, but it does not stop anyone from visiting.

The usual workarounds are worse than the problem: theme-level Liquid hacks that break on the next update, or JS snippets that hide the page after it has already loaded (and after the scraper already got the HTML).

How Cordon handles it

200+ countries, flag picker

Tick the countries you want blocked. The rule is live in seconds and enforced at the edge before your page renders.

Presets for the common cases

Block China, Anti-scraper, and Strict mode apply sensible rule bundles in one click. Adjust anything afterwards.

Exceptions that work

Allowlist a specific customer, partner, or office IP inside a blocked country. Allow rules always win over block rules.

Your block screen, your words

Blocked visitors see a customizable page in your voice, not a generic error. Tell them why, or say nothing.

Set it up

  1. 1Install Cordon (free plan covers country blocking)
  2. 2Open the country picker and select the countries to block
  3. 3Optionally customize the block screen message
  4. 4Check the live visitor log to confirm the rule is firing

Plans: Country blocking works on every plan, including Free. Higher tiers add VPN detection to catch visitors evading your country block through a proxy. See pricing →

Go deeper

What it looks like

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Cordon's block-by-country picker with China, Russia, North Korea, and Iran selected

Frequently asked questions

Will blocking a country hurt my Google rankings?

No. Verified search engine crawlers are always allowed regardless of your country rules. Googlebot crawls mostly from the US, but even non-US crawlers pass because verification is by network, not location.

Can visitors bypass a country block with a VPN?

With a plain country blocker, yes. That is why Cordon pairs country rules with VPN and proxy detection on Growth and up: the evasion route gets blocked too.

Does Shopify have built-in country blocking?

No. Shopify Markets controls where you sell and ship, but any visitor from anywhere can still browse your store. Visitor-level blocking requires an app.

What do blocked visitors see?

A block screen you can customize with your own message and styling. You decide how much to explain.

Ready when you are

Install free, enable a preset, and watch the live log do its work.

Install on Shopify

Free plan included, 7-day free trial on paid plans. Cancel anytime.