Reviews (104)

Overall rating
4.2
Counts per rating level
  • 80% of ratings are 5 stars
  • 2% of ratings are 4 stars
  • 1% of ratings are 3 stars
  • 5% of ratings are 2 stars
  • 13% of ratings are 1 stars
What merchants think

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Merchants highly recommend this app for its effective bot protection, noting a significant reduction in spam and fake accounts. They appreciate its easy installation and seamless operation, which enhances business efficiency by focusing on genuine customers. The customer service, especially from staff members like Julius and John, is praised for being responsive and helpful. The app also offers customization for different store setups and operates without CAPTCHA, improving the user experience for real customers.

Edited February 15, 2024

This was previously a 5-star review. Now it's a cautionary tale. I suspect that something has changed at the company that produces this app, because our recent experience has been terrible, and our early experiences were quite positive.

For a long time, this app seemed to block all spam registrations, but recently, we realised we were receiving hundreds of them, and that they seemed not to be blocked out.

I reached out to support, and that's where things really went badly. The support agent was extremely unhelpful. He constantly suggested that there must be another registration form that we're not telling them about. This is rather ridiculous, given that protection was working previously, and that they should have technology to be able to detect what registration forms we have.

After a dozen back and forth messages, the situation went from bad to worse. At some point, I realised that they had actually disabled our registration form entirely. It seemed that real users couldn't register, but yet spam bot registrations continue to trickle in.

Not only is this app no longer working, the customer service was just a waste of time.

I would recommend against installing this app, and I would be hesitant to give their agents access to your store.

Cape Coffee Beans
South Africa
Over 1 year using the app
June 7, 2022

Great app if your store is experiencing a lot of bots and spam. It has worked wonders for us and our site.

Canny Creations
United States
About 1 month using the app
November 6, 2017

Before I purchased Shop Protector I had dozens of Spam emails every day. It has now been about three weeks since I started with Shop Protector and I have not received ANY Spam emails through my Shopify account. Thank you!!!!!

Fabric Confetti
United States
27 days using the app
December 9, 2020

Unnecessary app that is impossible to remove. App support require access to your account to rectify. Very concerning.

Packstore
Australia
Over 1 year using the app
Human Presence Technology replied December 14, 2020

Thank you for your review. Unfortunately, I believe your comment is somewhat misleading. We strive to offer great customer support. The app uninstallation process is the same for all apps platform wide. Most customers do not require our intervention but in your case did offer assistance as requested within 1 business day.

Edited September 23, 2019

Had a bit of trouble with the install at first but since installed no spam bots have registered on the site! Happy with this app so far!

Tonique Skincare
United States
Almost 2 years using the app
Edited November 17, 2019

I think they're being inundated with new folks due to the fake customer account setup issue. I see that my customer setup forms & contact forms are now protected - thank you!

Lisa Russo Fine Art
United States
20 days using the app
December 28, 2019

Bots started opening fake customer accounts on our store in December. I called Shopify for help, and the rep I spoke with recommended the Shop Protector app. Installation was easy, but bots were still setting up fake accounts. I contacted the app developers and they were very helpful. Apparently, there was some error in the automatic protection that caused our customer form to not get protected properly, but they worked their magic and everything works great! No more fake bot accounts :)

Dark Elf Dice
United States
20 days using the app
November 13, 2023

Great app and support service. Started using Shop Protector last month due to a large number of fake accounts, seems to be working well!

Fred Mill
United Kingdom
15 days using the app
November 29, 2017

I was receiving over 10-15 spam registrations and messages per day. Got this app implemented with awesome help from their technical team, and now NO spam at all. Highly recommend!

Continentalwf Com
United States
14 days using the app
April 3, 2023

I was getting 10-20 new profiles created daily. It was frustrating because I didn't know who was real and who was a bot. Anyway, using this app has stopped the bot spam and I'm no longer getting the fake profiles. Totally worth the service.

Alexandra Harbushka Co
United States
13 days using the app