Blocky Fraud Filter IP Blocker
Country blocker fraud prevention: Block customer in checkout
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Dec. 22, 2025
I genuinely didn’t want to leave a negative review, but this experience has left me no choice. I installed the app on November 6th to block bot traffic from China using VPNs—specifically from the US and Seychelles. Initially, everything seemed to work fine. However, by November 9th, I noticed Seychelles appearing in my abandoned checkouts, which was strange given that I had blocked the country. All other blocked countries were showing as successfully blocked, except for Seychelles. I contacted support immediately. A developer responded, explaining, "we are actively investigating an issue on our end where blocked visitors are indeed getting blocked, but their abandoned checkout is still getting mistakenly logged by Shopify as an abandoned checkout because they are still at checkout, getting blocked. We are actively working on a fix that should be deployed shortly for that problem." The response did not make much sense to me since all other blocked countries were being blocked by their app. They also advised I enable Shopify’s email verification at checkout—knowing it might deter genuine customers. Despite this, the issue persisted. The bots began using valid, generic email addresses. I followed up again and was asked to grant store access to the dev team, which I did and confirmed. It’s now been three business days with no update. Meanwhile, the Seychelles bot continues to create abandoned checkouts, skewing my store analytics. Support is reading my messages but choosing not to respond. I can only assume they’re struggling to resolve the issue and don’t have a fix. Still, a status update—even if it’s not a solution—would be appreciated. I’ll wait another 24 hours for a response. If I don’t hear back, I’ll initiate a chargeback for the amount paid and delete the app while I search for a more reliable and consistent alternative. Update: They contacted me on 22nd November to address the issue, and I was informed that testing was underway to resolve it. I have waited patiently, but my patience has now worn thin. The aggressive bot traffic originating from China has severely disrupted my analytics. Over the past seven days alone, we have recorded more than a thousand visits from China, which is clearly reflected in Google Analytics. If these bots are truly being blocked, why has the activity not ceased? At this point, the app has failed to deliver on its promised functionality. Update: The developer reached out to explain the constraints they have in trying to block these bots from the checkout, which I found acceptable and thus my edited review.
Update: Thank you once again for taking the time to share your experience. We truly value every review of our app, especially those that highlight areas for improvement. Thank you as well for following up on this matter with us, as we take the abandoned checkouts topic very seriously and work on it continuously for the benefit of our users. After multiple developers explored all possible approaches via Shopify’s API and GraphQL, we reached the conclusion that it is not currently possible, from a programmatic standpoint, to prevent the logging of abandoned checkouts or visits in Analytics. I have also reached out privately via email to provide a thorough explanation of this programmatic limitation (including reference links) and to offer a full refund. Thank you again for helping us improve our app. We genuinely appreciate this feedback and wish you the very best of luck with your beautiful store as the holiday season comes to a close :-) -Shahar
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Nov. 10, 2025
Outstanding responsiveness and technical support; easy to install and use; an excellent tool for us to seamlessly block and/or redirect traffic of specific origin, whether individually or countrywide. With Blocky we're able to quickly identify and block the source of suspect traffic spike/bot anomalies, and the occasional scammer gambit. Blocky hums along in the background without issues, greatly valued by those of us who have neither the time nor the resources to be constantly monitoring or finessing finicky apps. We are highly selective in deploying apps, and Blocky is one of only a few that we do use, and we'll likely also be adding their Terms & Conditions app based on our experience with this Blocky app.
Nov. 10, 2025
There was a China bot that was on my store website at almost all times for nearly 24 hours, so I downloaded this app to block China and after a couple of days no more China bot visitors. I also blocked Russia and Nigeria since that is where a lot of these attempted bot orders come from. I don't believe the "total country blocks" number because I think it's heavily inflated, but it does obviously work. In the end though, $10 a month or $60 a year is really expensive just to block 3 countries. All I need is the country blocker. There should be a cheaper plan option just for that one feature.
Nov. 12, 2025
Its working well just need to add a few things to assist with correct scamers who conitinue to trying to purchase I love this app I added the IP address, addresses, Phone Numbers used, email addresses used we are more than happy this happens right after or before Halloween every year as Christmas approach I would advise everyone to protect your hard work this is not a game these scammers are serious about what they do. Thank you Blocky
Nov. 8, 2025
Easy to setup, effective settings and features, responsive customer service.
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Oct. 23, 2025
fast and effective. Worth the peace of mind. Ahead of this holiday season I had a HUGE influx of bots scraping my site from China and Singapore and burying me in Google rankings driving down my analytics and destroying my conversions. Problem solved. Thank you.