BeyondWhiskers review for BM: Country blocker IP blocker

1 / 5

Dec. 29, 2025

I downloaded this app and a few others, and it brought even more countries in!! I had over 2,000 in one day! I wanted to block some countries from accessing my website. I have another app that can see who comes and goes; this app brought even more in! I contacted them, and they said, "Oh, you will still see it because they come to your website; we just don't allow them to go any further," which is a lie because my other app shows me exactly where they were going. Don't use this app; it will kill your bounce rate! After extensive research, I found an app that actually works!

Using app

4 days

Total reviews

6

Average rating

3.7

Developer Reply

We have never said, “Oh, you will still see it because they come to your website......” You mentioned installing many apps, so we don’t know which app’s support team told you that, but it was not us. You mentioned that after installing our app, you suddenly started getting 2,000 additional visits per day from different countries. We’re not sure what you are referring to here. If you’re suggesting that installing our app somehow made other bots notice your website and start attacking it, that is simply not possible. No Shopify app has the ability to attract traffic, trigger bots, or generate visits from thousands of IPs across different countries. On the other hand, if you believe our app directly generated this traffic, that is even less reasonable. Why would we, AFTER you installed our app, rent 2,000 IPs from different countries every day to attack your store, and then tell you we can’t fully handle it? That would serve no purpose and would only create unnecessary suspicion. Logically and technically, it makes no sense, and no app would do that. We checked the bot traffic on your store. The bot traffic was all coming from Huawei Cloud. Even if the IPs appear to be from different countries, our app had already successfully blocked them. What we cannot do is prevent other third-party tracking tools from recording these blocked visit attempts, which only result in an “Access Denied” response. That behavior is determined by Shopify’s architecture, and it applies to every storefront-level app. In other words, many tracking tools will still log the request even when the visitor is immediately blocked and only sees “Access denied.” It’s similar to blocking a number on your phone: the call is blocked, but you can still see a missed call. Even so, we did provide a method that can fully resolve this situation. The setup is a bit more involved, but by the time we shared it, the app had already been uninstalled. After you uninstalled our app and installed another app, the bot traffic stopped. We encourage you to take a rational look at everything that happened after installing our app, and if this traffic was truly caused by an app, then reconsider which app is actually more likely to be related. That said, we remain committed to helping merchants protect their stores and understand how Shopify security and traffic logging actually work. If you have questions or concerns, our team is always available to help.

BM: Country blocker IP blocker for Shopify
BM: Country blocker IP blocker
4.8 star
146 reviews

Block Country, Block IP, Block VPN, Block bot, block visitor

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Shopify App Store