What is Access Restrictions?
Access Restrictions lets you stop certain visitors from using your store, based on their IP address or their country. Typical reasons: blocking a bot or fraudster who keeps placing fake COD orders, or selling only within India.
You manage it under Settings → System → Access Restrictions. There are four kinds of rule:
| Rule | What it does |
|---|---|
| IP Block | Blocks one IP address or a range of addresses. |
| IP Allow | Always lets an IP address or range in, even if another rule would block it. |
| Country Block | Blocks visitors from a country. |
| Country Allow | Lets visitors from this country in — and blocks every country you have not allowed. |
What it does and doesn't cover
- It applies to your store (shopping, cart, login, checkout). Your admin is never blocked, so you can't lock yourself out.
- It is not a full wall yet. A blocked visitor may still be able to open some pages and see products, but they cannot add to cart, search, log in or place an order. There is no "This store is not available in your region" page yet.
- It does not let you hide the store from certain customer groups, and the Require Login switch under Configure does nothing yet. See Settings reference.
If something goes wrong while checking rules, CartWhizz lets the visitor in rather than risk blocking your whole store.