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One Shopify store we work with had more than 65% of its traffic coming from bots, and it's a growing problem that skews analytics, burns through app credits, and can even lead to a cloned copy of your store. Leighton Taylor and Dave Tanguay break down how they fight Shopify bot traffic with Cloudflare O2O, AI-written security rules, and ongoing monitoring for clone sites.
Links Mentioned
- Blockify Fraud Filter & Blocker (Shopify app): https://apps.shopify.com/blockify
- Boxify (shipping rate calculator for Shopify): https://apps.shopify.com/boxify
- Cloudflare: https://www.cloudflare.com/
- Cloudflare O2O for Shopify (setup guide): https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/saas-customers/provider-guides/shopify/
- Recon Brand & Clone Protection: https://recon.bot/
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Chapters
- 0:00 Intro
- 0:34 Meet Dave Tanguay
- 1:40 Bots From Singapore and China
- 2:26 What Bot Traffic Costs You
- 4:13 Cloned Stores and Missing Orders
- 5:01 Why Blocking Countries Stopped Working
- 5:46 Switching to Cloudflare's Free Plan
- 6:58 What Cloudflare O2O Is
- 8:25 Blockify vs. Cloudflare in Plain English
- 10:30 Challenging Every Checkout
- 11:30 An Arms Race With Bots
- 12:55 Letting Good Bots Through
- 14:09 Moving Your DNS to Cloudflare
- 16:00 Why Not to DIY Your DNS
- 17:37 Doesn't Shopify Already Use Cloudflare?
- 19:07 Using AI to Write the Rules
- 22:47 How We Spotted a Clone Site
- 25:15 Tools That Watch for Clones
- 27:52 Signs You Have a Bot Problem
- 28:17 Wrapping Up
Book a Call
- Book a Call with Patrick: https://calendly.com/patrickriceco/strategy-call
- Book a Call with Leighton: https://cal.com/leightontaylor/discovery-call?utm_source=podcast
Work with Us
- Work with Patrick (SEO and Google Ads): https://patrickriceco.com/
- Work with Leighton (Shopify Store Builds, Migrations, & Ongoing Support): https://envision.io
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