Shopify Store Phishing Protection

Scammers clone Shopify stores to trick your customers into entering their credit card information on fake websites. These phishing sites copy your design, images, and product listings to appear legitimate, and your customers often can't tell the difference until it's too late.

StoreLock detects when your store has been copied and helps you shut it down.

How Store Cloning Scams Work

Phishing attacks targeting Shopify stores typically follow this pattern:

1. Scammers copy your entire site — Using automated tools, they duplicate your store's design, images, and product catalog to a new domain.
2. They drive traffic to the fake store — Through ads, social media, or search engine manipulation, they attract shoppers looking for your products.
3. Customers enter payment information — Believing they're on your legitimate store, victims submit credit card details that go directly to the scammers.
4. Your brand takes the blame — Victims often don't realize they were on a fake site, leading to chargebacks, complaints, and damage to your reputation.

How StoreLock Protects Your Store

StoreLock embeds protection directly into your Shopify theme. When scammers copy your store, they copy StoreLock too, and that's when the protection kicks in.

Real-time detection: StoreLock monitors for copies of your store running on unauthorized domains. When a fake site goes live, you're alerted immediately.

Automatic blocking: Visitors to the cloned site see a warning that they're on a fake website and are redirected to your legitimate store.

Takedown tools: StoreLock provides WHOIS information for the fake domain and lets you send DMCA takedown requests directly to the registrar and hosting provider from within the app.

Image Monitoring: Track your product images across the web using reverse image search. Find sites using your photography without permission, even if they haven't copied your entire store.

What StoreLock Doesn't Do

To be clear about scope: StoreLock protects against store cloning and image theft. It does not filter your email inbox, scan for malware, or replace other security measures like two-factor authentication on your Shopify account.

For comprehensive protection, we recommend combining StoreLock with Shopify's built-in security features and strong account hygiene.

Get Started

StoreLock is available in the Shopify App Store for $4.99/month. Installation takes less than a minute.

Have questions? Contact us — we're happy to help.