GeoIP location is a very common technology which automatically detects user location through IP addresses and then performs suitable actions depending on store owners’ aims.
GeoIP usage will improve the shopping experience effectively because customers can go shopping in their own store views. Customers in each region have specific insight, demands, and shopping behaviors; therefore; redirecting them to their relevant store will be a better way to enhance personalization and also create a convenient shopping experience. Furthermore, by allowing store owners to restrict IP addresses, Magento business can limit blacklist visitors to access websites and efficiently avoid spam that causes harm to their stores.
Magento 2 GeoIP extension makes your site more user-friendly!
Redirect users to the relevant store view based on IP address
Magento 2 Store Switcher firstly identifies users' countries, then redirects users to a relevant store view. For example, Canada users with Canada IP address are brought to Canada store view when navigating to your website. This function is really handy to improve the customer shopping experience when they could conveniently make purchases on the right store view that is matched with their behavior and demand.
Automatically switch currency per store view
Not only redirected to their own store views but also customers now view product prices under corresponding currencies to their locations. This stunning feature of Magento 2 Store Switcher lets purchasers process products with familiar currency with home countries or regions.
Display a confirmation popup to ask customers store view switch
Beside automatically redirecting customers to their correct store views, this Magento 2 GeoIP Store Switcher module also supports a popup to notify them about store view switching. The popup with a clear message guarantees that your customers are aware of the store they will go shopping on, and your site also creates a good impression to visitors with user-friendly website experience.
Enable/disable visitors to switch store views after redirect
Users could see not only their own redirected store views but also other ones when they make a store switch. Whereas, if you want to limit the publicity of different pricing for each store view, disabling switch is a worth-to-try feature. This Magento 2 Store Switcher definitely helps you keep better control of access at the store view level, especially in some specific cases.
Set redirect exception for specific IPs and URLs
Not every redirect is necessary, there will be some exceptions. This Magento 2 Store Switcher module lets you define URLs and IPS to restrict redirects. When users access these URLs or visit your site from these IPs, they are not redirected. For example, you have a support team working in France, hence, French users are redirected to the French store view while your support team is not.
Don’t redirect search engine crawlers
Magento 2 GeoIP Store Switcher allows you to specify search engine crawlers that are prevented from redirecting. It means that search engine bots can still access your website to crawl data as normal, but they are not redirected to store views. This function guarantees that the SEO of your website is not impacted.
Allow blocking visitors by countries and IPs
This is a very stunning feature which helps to prevent spamming or fraud order effectively. By setting up blacklists of countries and IPs in the Magento 2 GeoIP module configs, you could completely block access to your site by visitors from those specific IP addresses or countries.
Define how long cookie is saved on the website
Administrators can determine the number of days in which the website can store users’ cookies. Hence, if users access your website in this period of time again (on the same devices), the website can take saved cookies to use.
Provide a specific function to check how the module works
This Magento 2 GeoIP module lets admins assign an URL and IP of any country for testers to easily check how the module is working on your website.
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