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Scammers Aren't Waiting for Your Customers to Find Them. They're Buying Ads.

A recent Reuters investigation revealed that Meta projected $16 billion of its 2024 revenue would come from scam ads. Here's what that means for your Shopify store and your customers.

Your Shopify Store Has Probably Been Copied. You Just Don't Know It Yet.

Thousands of Shopify stores are cloned every day to run phishing scams. Most merchants don't find out until their customers do. Here's how it works, and what you can do about it.

StoreLock Is Now a CleanDNS Trusted Reporter

StoreLock is now a CleanDNS Trusted Reporter. Our abuse reports now carry the extra weight of a vetted reporter, meaning faster, more reliable takedowns of fraudulent sites impersonating your store.

How to Find Websites Stealing Your Product Images

How to use free reverse image search tools to find sites using your product photos without permission, and what to do when you find them.

What to Do When Someone Copies Your Shopify Store

A step-by-step guide to documenting, reporting, and taking down fraudulent sites that clone your Shopify store—plus how to catch the next one before your customers do.

How Hackers Hide Phishing Stores in Vulnerable WordPress Sites

Attackers exploit vulnerable WordPress sites to host hidden phishing stores in subdirectories leaving the main site untouched while using your domain to run scams. Here's how it works.

Product Images Are Being Used to Scam Customers (And SEO)

We’ve uncovered a sophisticated scam operation using compromised WordPress sites to funnel traffic to fraudulent stores. Here’s how it works, why it matters for your SEO, and how you can stop it.

The True Cost of Content Theft: What Store Owners Don't See Until It's Too Late

Content theft silently erodes SEO, brand trust, and ad efficiency while spreading across clone networks, making early detection far cheaper than cleanup.

Shopify Lead Generation: 10 Ideas To Attract New Customers

Growing an eCommerce store requires attracting a steady stream of new customers, and lead generation serves as the cornerstone for that growth.