Can it block visitors by country?

Yes, blocking by country is the core feature, and you can go narrower to state or city, with different modes for how strictly the rule applies. You can also set a whitelist so a trusted customer or office address still gets through while a region is blocked broadly. This suits stores that only ship to certain markets or want to stop orders they cannot fulfil.

Does BM Country Blocker stop bots and fake traffic?

Yes. On top of location rules, it blocks bots, crawlers, proxies, VPNs and specific ISPs, ASNs or referrers that send junk traffic. This matters when bot visits inflate your analytics or eat the usage limits of other paid apps, since cutting them keeps both your data and your app costs cleaner. The visitor log helps you confirm the rules are catching junk rather than real customers.

Can blocking accidentally turn away real customers?

It can if the rules are too wide, which is the main risk to manage. Blocking a whole country also stops a genuine customer who is travelling, using a VPN, or on a mobile network that routes through another region. The safer approach is to start narrow, use the visitor log to confirm the traffic is unwanted, and whitelist trusted addresses so you cut the junk without losing buyers.

Which stores get the most out of BM Country Blocker?

Stores exposed to fraud or unwanted traffic gain the most: higher-traffic shops, B2B and wholesale stores that sell to specific markets, and merchants whose products invite scraping or regional limits. Those are the catalogues where a wave of bot visits or out-of-market orders creates a real cost. A store not seeing that problem gains little, since blocking regions rarely changes revenue on its own.

Shopify Apps

BM Country Blocker IP Blocker Shopify App Review 2026

Last modified: October 13, 2026

Updated October 13, 2026 Expert reviewed

BM Country Blocker IP Blocker, from the developer Boostymark, is a Shopify store-protection app that controls who can reach a storefront. It blocks visitors by country, state, city, IP address or IP range, and it filters out bots, crawlers, proxies and VPN traffic before they ever touch the store. It carries a 5.0/5 rating from 206 on the Shopify App Store, and in our detection data it runs on 0.7% of the 3.5M+ Shopify stores we track.

The verdict upfront: this is a focused access-control tool with a strong rating, and for a store bleeding budget on junk traffic or fraud attempts it solves a real, specific problem. The honest point is that most stores do not need it. Blocking regions and bots helps when unwanted traffic is actually costing you, through fraud, spam orders or paid-app usage eaten by visits that never buy, and it does little for a shop that is not seeing that problem yet.

Key Takeaways

BM Country Blocker IP Blocker restricts store access by country, state, city, IP or IP range, and blocks bots, crawlers, proxies, VPNs and specific ISPs or referrers.

It holds a 5.0/5 rating from 206 on the Shopify App Store and is detected on 0.7% of the Shopify stores in our dataset.

Pricing runs Free, or from $3.99/mo, with a pay-as-you-go option metered by page views and a flat monthly plan.

It adds checkout validation, content protection and detailed visitor logs on top of the core blocking.

Suited to stores losing money to fraud, spam or unwanted-region traffic; a store without that problem gains little from it.

See BM Country Blocker on the Shopify App Store

What is BM Country Blocker IP Blocker?

BM Country Blocker IP Blocker is an access-control app that sits in front of a storefront and decides who gets in. Rather than editing theme code or server rules, a merchant sets conditions in the app, by location, by network or by individual visitor, and the app enforces them on every visit. A store can block whole countries it does not ship to, shut out a specific IP range sending fraud, or stop bot and crawler traffic that inflates analytics and eats paid-app quotas.

Made by Boostymark, the app pairs blocking with a visitor log so a merchant can see where traffic comes from and target the bad actors precisely. It also offers a whitelist, so a store can block a region broadly while letting a trusted customer or office IP through. Here is how widely the app is detected across Shopify stores.

0.7%

Share of stores in our dataset

10.2

Avg apps on their stores

How popular is BM Country Blocker on Shopify?

The app runs on 0.7% of the Shopify stores in our dataset, a small slice that fits a category most stores only reach for once they have a reason to. Access control is a reactive install: a merchant usually adds it after seeing fraud, spam checkouts or a wave of bot traffic, not as a default on day one. Even so, it ranks highly among the fraud and protection apps we detect.

The rating backs that up. At 5.0/5 from 206, it holds a top score, and while that review base is smaller than the biggest apps in the category, it is deep enough to read as consistent satisfaction rather than a few early installs. Merchants who add it tend to keep it, which is the pattern of a tool that fixes the specific problem it was installed for.

#2 Fraud Protection app

Bm Country Blocker Ip Blocker ranks #2 among Fraud Protection apps in our dataset.

1.5x more used than Mercado Pago Antifraude Plus

Stores in our dataset use Bm Country Blocker Ip Blocker 1.5 times more than Mercado Pago Antifraude Plus, the next Fraud Protection app in the ranking.

73% more apps than average

Stores with Bm Country Blocker Ip Blocker installed average 10.2 apps each, 73% more than the dataset-wide average of 5.91.

What does BM Country Blocker IP Blocker do?

The app’s job is to keep unwanted visitors out while letting real customers through, and it covers the main pieces in one place:

Country and region blocking. Allow or block visitors by country, state or city, with different modes for how strictly the rule applies.
IP and network control. Block individual IPs or IP ranges, and set a whitelist so trusted addresses always get through.
Bot, VPN and proxy filtering. Shut out bots, crawlers, proxies, VPNs and specific ISPs, ASNs or referrers that send junk traffic.
Visitor blocklist. Block unwanted shoppers by email, phone number or name, useful against repeat spam or problem buyers.
Checkout validation and content protection. Add rules at checkout, and disable right-click, keyboard shortcuts, mouse drag and image copying to deter scraping.
Visitor logs and analytics. See where traffic originates and which rules are firing, so blocking stays targeted rather than blunt.

The common thread is precision: the store sets exactly which visitors, regions and networks to stop, and keeps a log to check the rules are catching the right traffic and not real customers.

What BM Country Blocker costs on Shopify

BM Country Blocker IP Blocker’s pricing on the Shopify App Store runs Free, or from $3.99/mo. It is free to install, with a pay-as-you-go option metered by page views and a flat monthly Premium plan that unlocks the full rule set. The view-metered option suits a store that wants protection without a fixed commitment, while the flat plan makes sense once blocking is a permanent part of the setup. Read the free install as a way to prove the app actually cuts the unwanted traffic you are seeing before you settle on a plan.

Is BM Country Blocker worth it?

For a store with a real traffic problem, yes. If fraud attempts, spam checkouts or bot visits are costing money, whether directly or by eating the usage limits of other apps you pay for, targeted blocking pays for itself quickly, and the visitor log lets you aim the rules at the actual source. The free install means you can confirm it catches the right traffic before committing to a plan.

Where it pays back less is a store that is not seeing that problem. Blocking regions you do not ship to is tidy, but it rarely changes revenue on its own, and over-aggressive rules risk shutting out a real customer travelling or using a VPN. The honest test is whether unwanted traffic is genuinely costing you now, not whether blocking sounds prudent in the abstract.

Which themes run with BM Country Blocker?

Because we detect both themes and apps, we can see the company the app keeps. Its most common theme is Shopify’s free Dawn, followed by widely used premium themes, the normal spread for a utility that works on any storefront regardless of design. Here are the themes most commonly running it.

Rank	Theme	% of stores
1	Dawn	11.9%
2	Prestige	7.6%
3	Impulse	6.7%
4	Kalles	5.3%
5	Impact	3.5%
6	Focal	2.5%
7	Empire	2.4%
8	Concept	2.2%
9	Shrine PRO	2.1%
10	Motion	2.0%

That spread points at a problem-led buyer rather than one design niche: stores on both free and premium themes that have hit a traffic or fraud issue and want it handled. For the full breakdown of themes, paired apps and store types, see the live BM Country Blocker usage statistics.

What kinds of stores use BM Country Blocker?

Stores running the app skew toward those exposed to fraud or unwanted traffic: higher-traffic shops, B2B and wholesale stores that sell to specific markets, and merchants whose products invite scraping or regional restrictions. Those are the catalogues where a wave of bot visits or out-of-market orders creates a cost worth stopping.

The app stack around it reflects active management. Stores with the app installed tend to carry more apps than the dataset average, the kit of a merchant watching performance closely and plugging leaks, from fraud to compliance. Access control fits into that wider effort to protect margin, which is why it shows up on operationally mature stores more than on brand-new shops. Many of those stores also run privacy and compliance tools, so our guide to Shopify store protector apps is a useful companion read.

Aggressive blocking can shut out real customers

The risk with any access-control app is a rule that is too wide. Block an entire country and you also stop a genuine customer who is travelling, using a VPN, or on a mobile network that routes through another region. Start narrow, lean on the visitor log to confirm the traffic you are blocking is actually unwanted, and use the whitelist for trusted addresses. The goal is to cut the junk without quietly turning away buyers you would have kept.

BM Country Blocker vs the alternatives

Store protection sits next to a few other tools we track, so it helps to place this app against them. The App Store category is busy with fraud filters and blockers that cover similar ground, and they mostly separate on how granular the rules get and how clear the logging is. BM Country Blocker’s edge is pairing broad location and network blocking with per-visitor rules and content protection in one app. Pandectes GDPR comes at store safety from the privacy and consent side rather than access control, so the two often sit together on a well-run store. For the wider category, our roundup of Shopify store protector apps compares the main options, and our guide to top-rated Shopify apps covers the tools most-installed on real stores.

BM Country Blocker pros and cons

Pros

Top App Store rating from merchants who keep the app installed
Blocks by country, region, IP, IP range, bot, proxy, VPN, ISP and referrer
Per-visitor blocklist by email, phone or name, plus a trusted whitelist
Adds checkout validation, content protection and detailed visitor logs
Free to install, so you can prove it cuts unwanted traffic first

Cons

Only earns its place when unwanted traffic is genuinely costing you
Over-wide rules risk blocking real customers on VPNs or travelling
Pay-as-you-go pricing scales with traffic, so a busy store should model the cost
Another app on the storefront, so watch its effect on load

Who should use BM Country Blocker?

Reach for this app if your store is losing money or time to fraud, spam orders, scraping or out-of-market traffic, and you want targeted control without editing server rules. For that merchant, the mix of location, network and per-visitor blocking plus a clear log makes it straightforward to stop the problem at the door and confirm the rules are hitting the right traffic.

Skip it if your store is not seeing unwanted traffic, or if your only aim is to hide a storefront from a region for appearance rather than cost. In that case the rules add overhead without protecting revenue. Match the app to a real problem you can measure, and the free install lets you check it solves yours before you pick a plan.

Our verdict

BM Country Blocker IP Blocker is our pick for Shopify stores dealing with a concrete traffic or fraud problem: bot waves, spam checkouts, scraping or out-of-market visits eating budget. The rating is top of the category, the blocking is granular, and the visitor log keeps the rules precise. The catch is that this is a problem-led tool, so confirm unwanted traffic is genuinely costing you, then start narrow to avoid turning away real customers. For a store with that problem, this app stops it cleanly.

See BM Country Blocker on the Shopify App Store

FAQs

What does BM Country Blocker IP Blocker do?

It controls who can reach your Shopify storefront. You set conditions in the app, by country, state or city, by IP address or IP range, or by network, and it blocks matching visitors before they interact with the store. It also filters bots, crawlers, proxies and VPN traffic, and keeps a visitor log so you can see where traffic comes from and target the bad actors precisely.
Is BM Country Blocker free?

It is free to install from the Shopify App Store, with a pay-as-you-go option metered by page views and a flat monthly Premium plan that unlocks the full rule set. The view-metered option suits a store that wants protection without a fixed commitment, while the flat plan fits once blocking is a permanent part of the setup. The free install lets you confirm it cuts the traffic you are seeing first.
Can it block visitors by country?

Yes, blocking by country is the core feature, and you can go narrower to state or city, with different modes for how strictly the rule applies. You can also set a whitelist so a trusted customer or office address still gets through while a region is blocked broadly. This suits stores that only ship to certain markets or want to stop orders they cannot fulfil.
Does BM Country Blocker stop bots and fake traffic?

Yes. On top of location rules, it blocks bots, crawlers, proxies, VPNs and specific ISPs, ASNs or referrers that send junk traffic. This matters when bot visits inflate your analytics or eat the usage limits of other paid apps, since cutting them keeps both your data and your app costs cleaner. The visitor log helps you confirm the rules are catching junk rather than real customers.
Can blocking accidentally turn away real customers?

It can if the rules are too wide, which is the main risk to manage. Blocking a whole country also stops a genuine customer who is travelling, using a VPN, or on a mobile network that routes through another region. The safer approach is to start narrow, use the visitor log to confirm the traffic is unwanted, and whitelist trusted addresses so you cut the junk without losing buyers.
Which stores get the most out of BM Country Blocker?

Stores exposed to fraud or unwanted traffic gain the most: higher-traffic shops, B2B and wholesale stores that sell to specific markets, and merchants whose products invite scraping or regional limits. Those are the catalogues where a wave of bot visits or out-of-market orders creates a real cost. A store not seeing that problem gains little, since blocking regions rarely changes revenue on its own.

Written by:

Andy Surasky

I have experience with Shopify and other eCommerce platforms. My reviews are designed to help store owners find the right themes and apps for their business.