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One Shopify Store's Traffic Was 65% Bots. Here's How We Fought Back
Podcast : Off the Record Ecommerce Episode : One Shopify Store's Traffic Was 65% Bots. Here's How We Fought Back Pub date : 2026-10-02 Get Podcast Transcript → powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization 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/ Watch This Episode on YouTube https://youtu.be/LOlLfAohPUM 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 You may notice that our content sometimes includes affiliate links or sponsored content. We may receive compensation for this type of content, which supports the work we do at no cost to you. The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Leighton Taylor & Patrick Rice, which is the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Listen Notes, Inc.





