Card #311 · Shopify App Store
Bot traffic corrupting analytics and inflating ad spend
We are experiencing massive spikes in bot traffic that inflate our session counts and corrupt our analytics data. This is leading to wasted ad spend as budgets are exhausted by non-converting bot clicks, and Shopify's native tools and support are failing to provide an effective solution.
Pain score
1.00/ 1.00 · weighted product of four components
Reach1.00distinct authors (log-normalized)
Recency1.00freshness decay, half-life months
Engagement0.99upvotes + comments, normalized
Monetization1.00willingness-to-pay cues in evidence
§ Evidence — 4 verified quotes
Shopify didn’t ensure the daily quota as well and the money spent was double of the quota set.
Bot traffic corrupting analytics, inflating marketing spend, and interfering with storefronts
90% of my traffic comes from China, where I don’t sell, don’t ship, and don’t advertise.
from all the visitis, nobody, not even one person, ever clicked on anything.
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