Armex: Block Checkout Bots

Finally—bots blocked, sanity (mostly) restored.

After getting slammed by checkout bots and paying real money in Shopify transaction fees for fake orders generated by malicious bots, I installed Amrex.

Yes, the setup involves DNS tweaks that took me a while to get my head around, but the support team was absolutely stellar and held my hand the whole way.

Now the bots are locked out, the store runs fine, and I no longer wake up wondering how much ghost transactions are going to cost me or whether they've flooded my mailing list and triggered abandoned checkout automations.

Still watching for the next attack, but so far, so good. If you’re on Basic and under siege, this is the app you want. I'd give it ten stars if I could.