Cash on Delivery is costing you more than you think.
CODGuard charges a COD fee automatically, blocks the orders that were always going to bounce, and shows you exactly where your RTO losses are coming from — right inside Shopify checkout.
CODGuard's real dashboard — recreated from the live app UI
Cash on Delivery brings you orders. It also brings you losses.
COD converts more browsers into orders — but without guardrails, a good chunk of those orders were never going to become revenue.
Fake & prank COD orders
Cash on Delivery has zero commitment at checkout — anyone can place an order with a throwaway name and a phone number that never picks up.
RTO quietly eats your margin
Every returned-to-origin parcel still cost you packing, outbound shipping, and reverse logistics — on top of the sale you never actually made.
No visibility until it's too late
Most stores only notice a bad pin code or a repeat-cancel customer after dozens of failed deliveries have already been paid for.
Fixed at checkout — before the order ever ships.
One app to price Cash on Delivery correctly, keep the riskiest orders out, and see exactly what's working.
COD fee, applied automatically
Link Cash on Delivery to a fee-carrying shipping rate. Buyers who choose COD pay the fee, buyers who prepay don't — no checkout app, no theme edits.
Rule-based blocking
Hide COD by country, pin/zip code, product, cart value, shipping method, or customer order history. Combine conditions with AND/OR logic and priority order.
Repeat-offender detection
CODGuard watches every cancellation and return, and automatically flags the customers and pin codes with a pattern of COD abandonment.
RTO & risk analytics
See your COD vs. prepaid split, fee revenue, and return-to-origin trend in one dashboard — know exactly which rule paid for itself.
COD availability badge
A drop-in theme block that tells shoppers COD is available right on the product page — builds confidence without slowing your storefront down.
Set up in minutes
A guided onboarding wizard creates your COD and prepaid shipping rates for you. No developer, no Liquid, no waiting on an agency.
Live in the time it takes to grab coffee.
Install & connect
CODGuard reads your existing payment and shipping setup — nothing to rebuild, nothing to migrate.
Set your COD fee
Pick an amount, link it to a shipping rate, and it shows up automatically the moment a buyer selects Cash on Delivery.
Build your block rules
Start with the obvious ones — unreliable pin codes, high cart values, first-time buyers — then refine as real data comes in.
Watch RTO drop
Every blocked order and every cancellation flows straight into your dashboard, so the rules get sharper every week.
Not a checkout hack. Built the way Shopify wants it built.
A lot of COD apps still fight the checkout with injected scripts. CODGuard doesn't — it's built entirely on Shopify's native Functions.
Runs on Shopify's native Payment Customization and Delivery Customization Functions — not a fragile script bolted onto checkout.liquid.
Zero storefront slowdown: rule evaluation happens inside Shopify's own checkout, not through an external call from the buyer's browser.
Nothing to break when Shopify ships a checkout update — Functions are the extensibility path Shopify itself maintains.
Your fee and your rules stay in sync with Shopify's checkout automatically — no duplicate logic to maintain in a theme.
Every rule CODGuard evaluates — country, pin code, cart value, customer history — runs inside Shopify's own checkout extensibility, the same framework Shopify uses for its own checkout logic.
Every plan includes every feature.
Pick the tier that matches your Shopify plan. All three start with a 7-day free trial.
Questions merchants actually ask.
Does CODGuard slow down my checkout?
Will this work with my existing shipping rates?
Can I block COD for specific pin codes or regions only?
What happens to orders that are already placed?
Do I need to edit my theme code?
Can I cancel anytime?
Stop paying for orders that were never going to arrive.
Install CODGuard from the Shopify App Store and have your COD fee and first block rule live before your next order comes in.