Why You Might Use Country Blocking
Merchants often choose to restrict shipping by country for reasons such as:
- Limiting international orders for certain products or price ranges
- Preventing orders from high-risk or unsupported regions
- Managing shipping costs or regional tax rules
- Complying with export or regulatory restrictions
How to Set It Up in Checkout Plus
Follow these steps to create an Order Validation rule:
- Open Checkout Plus in your Shopify admin.
- Navigate to the Order Validations tab.
- Click Add Rule.
- Choose Shipping Country as the validation condition.
- Select one or more countries you want to restrict.
- (Optional) Add conditions, such as:
- Cart total
- Customer tag
- Product type or SKU
- Customize the error message that will appear to customers at checkout.
- Save and test your rule.
Once active, Checkout Plus will automatically prevent checkout whenever those conditions are met.
Example Use Cases
- Limit free shipping to domestic regions only.
- Restrict hazardous or regulated products from being shipped internationally.
- Block high-risk orders from specific countries.
- Enforce delivery restrictions during seasonal promotions such as BFCM.
Final Tips
You can create multiple validation rules to manage different country groups or order scenarios. Combine Order Validations with other Checkout Plus features such as Upsells or Custom Checkout Fields for a fully optimized and secure Shopify checkout experience.
