Tips, guides, and insights on protecting your Shopify store from spam and keeping your inbox clean.
Shopify doesn't actually use reCAPTCHA — it uses hCaptcha. And for many stores, that default isn't holding the line against modern spam. Here are the real alternatives, what they cost, and which ones are worth installing.
9 min readA practical guide to setting up contact forms on Shopify — built-in pages, the Shopify Forms app, and blog comments — plus how to protect them from spam without annoying your customers.
8 min readSecurity on Shopify isn't one problem — it's six. Fraud, chargebacks, spam, content theft, privacy compliance, and access control each need their own solution. Here are the best apps for each, what they cost, and how they fit together.
11 min readMost merchants write off contact form spam as a minor annoyance. But when you add up the wasted support hours, missed customer messages, and damage to your email deliverability, the real number is a lot higher than anyone expects.
6 min readMost merchants pick a spam solution based on what they've heard of, not what actually works best. Here's an honest comparison of every major approach — honeypots, CAPTCHAs, rate limiting, and AI scoring — and why the best protection is the kind your customers never see.
7 min readIf your Shopify inbox feels unusable lately, it’s not your imagination. The spam shifted from obvious junk to human-sounding, context-aware messages—right as the old “set-and-forget” defenses quietly stopped working.
6 min readSpam rarely looks dramatic. It shows up as small daily annoyances, missed customer messages, and quietly declining email performance. Here are five signs your store might already be paying for it.
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