According to a report by DigitalCommerce 360 eCommerce frauds grew by a staggering 30% in year 2017, and is only expected to grow till 2021.

Some of the most eCommerce frauds experienced by shoppers are.

Shipping frauds: This category alone saw a rise by 60% from the region of Western US.
Billing fraud: This is the most common form of cyber fraud where the vicitims details are phished to purchase goods fraudulently. North Central US region saw a 50% increase in this category of frauds.
Want to know how Shopify can prevent your store from falling prey to eCommerce frauds here.

With Shopify eCommerce increasing its footprint allover the world particularly in US of A, it is sure to attract some unsavory character’s. This blog showcases how to secure your Shopify eCommerce store from possible frauds.

4 best ways to secure your Shopify eCommerce store
1. Two step authentications
This is the best way to secure your Shopify eCommerce store from possible cyber fraud attacks. Even if someone acquires your password the risk can be mitigated before causing further damage, the reason being two step authentication put in place.

The first layer is generally the password and the user name while the second security level comprises of something which is personal to the store owner. It can also be a random code that is generated and sent to the registered mobile number as a second layer security measure.

Some of the top sites that use two step authentication measures are

Amazon
Apple
Twitter
Yahoo
Gmail
Check out the process of securing your Shopify eCommerce store through two step authentication here.

2. Setting accessibility limits to your store
A typical eCommerce website stores critical information such as banking details, customer names, anniversary dates, addresses etc which is a treasure trove for phishing attacks. Cyber fraudsters are always on the lookout for loopholes to be exploited.

Though you can train your employees on various internal working but keeping a tab on their activities is really difficult. Start adding limitations as to who can view your information and to what level.

Shopify eCommerce allows you to give permissions under Settings- Account – Staff members. To know more about how to allow permissions to staff in Shopify click here. To secure your Shopify store it is best to give least privilege meaning starting from nothing and increasing permissions as their seniority increases.

3.  Using a unique password
Using a password is one of the most basic layer to secure your Shopify eCommerce store to prevent unauthorized access. Having a unique password with random numbers and unique character’s is the ideal practice but remembering them is tough.

There are many password manager apps in Shopify store which help businesses to add a fool proof security measure to their store. Our personal favorites that we suggest and integrate for our Shopify clients are Passwordify, Lastpass and Locksmith   amongst many others.

Most of these password manager plugins integrate with the browser and use auto fill features that would save valuable time and even give you leverage from remembering sensitive password.

4. Take a backup for your content
Don’t be under the notion since your Shopify eCommerce store is on cloud you got your backup covered. This is not at all true.

Once there is an attack on the store and the items are deleted, they are gone forever, even if the CSV files can be imported the product images are deleted rendering the CSV image files obsolete.

In order to protect Shopify eCommerce stores from such kind of cyber attacks owners should either have a manual backup or install apps that can will automatically take the backup. Shopify Shoguns personally recommends and integrated apps like Rewind and Backup to numerous Shopify clients.

Apps like Rewind and Backup backups your store data periodically in real time allowing you to restore your data in worst case scenarios.

How can Shopify Shoguns help you?
Shopify Shoguns has helped numerous businesses get onto Shopify eCommerce real quick. Our expertise lies in developing customized Shopify eCommerce stores based on the requirements of the clients.

We undertake services such as custom Shopify theme design and development, app integrations, integrating Shopify with payment gateways of their choice, integrating Shopify with logistics providers and even developing mobile applications.

If you are a business looking to develop a fully functional Shopify store contact us at info@shopifyshoguns.com or visit us at www.shopifyshoguns.com