Find the best and hassle free solution to block bots from accessing your online store

It is not only essential than an eCommerce store receives a good quantity of website traffic but also quality traffic. Hence we know approx 37.9 per cent of the traffic that an eCommerce store receives is bot traffic. Out of which bad bots cover an approx of 19 per cent of the traffic. To make sure that eCommerce stores only receive organic traffic Knowband has the solution. OpenCart Block User extension allows the store owners to block the users based on their IP address, country and user agent. One of the main drawbacks of OpenCart Block User/bot by IP module is that the bad bots don’t obey robot.txt, unlike good bots. And hence why the eCommerce merchants need an extension to protect their website from harmful bots. OpenCart Block User/bot by country is easy to install and configure on the store. The store owners don’t have to implement any codes to install the module on the store.

Features of OpenCart Block User extension are being referred down below:

1. OpenCart Block User/bot by IP allows blocking the website through IP Address/Country and User-Agent. The store owners don’t have to follow enumerable steps to block users rather they can simply block with just a single click.
2. The store owner can unblock any genuine visitors if they want by adding their IPs in the allowed IP category.
3. The admin can choose to show or hide the header and footer of the website if they want. If they hide it, the store visitors will only be able to see the blocked message.
4. OpenCart Block Bot module offers hassle-free installation and configuration to its users. The admin doesn’t need to possess any technical skills to work with this module.
5. Helps in preventing bots from attacking your online store and thus makes your website a secure place to access for the visitors as well.
6. The admin can customize the message to be displayed to the blocked users as well.
7. The blocked users get the opportunity to send unblocking request to the store owner as well so that the admin can unblock them in case if it is a genuine visitor.
8. The store owners can activate or deactivate the module with just a single click on the switch.
9. OpenCart block Bot by User-Agent 0ffers multi-store compatibility to the store owners as well.

Benefits of OpenCart Block User/bot by IP are as follows:

1. Admin can block illegal order placing and other fraudulent activities from occurring on the website.
2. Since bots are meant to access multiple of pages in a matter of seconds so it can this can slow down the loading time of the website and can cause severe inconvenience to the visitors but by blocking their access makes sure that your customers have a comfortable experience with the website as well.
3. Prevents stealing content and private information from your website. And hence makes your website a safe place for the customers.
4. The admin doesn’t need to have any coding skills to implement and work with this module.
5. With the presence of intuitive feature of managing customer requests, genuine customers are safe from getting blocked.

Android developer and technical content writer at Knowband. Knowband is a leading eCommerce plugin development and marketing firm. Its Mobile app builder allows the store admins to upgrade their store into mobile applications.