Time-based Submission Check
Time-based Submission Check.
Starlight Boutique, a small online fashion retailer, noticed a sudden influx of suspicious checkout attempts at odd hours, many with incomplete information or invalid credit card details. They needed a simple yet effective solution to deter bots while maintaining a seamless shopping experience for legitimate customers.
Challenge
The site was experiencing dozens of suspicious form submissions within seconds of the checkout page loading, indicating that bots were attempting to spam the checkout process. These fake submissions cluttered their orders dashboard and consumed valuable server resources, putting real customers at risk of slow checkout performance.
Solution
The team implemented the Time-based Submission Check feature from Checkout Protection Pro, setting a minimum submission time of 5 seconds. This ensured that any form submitted too quickly after page load would be flagged and blocked automatically.
Results
Within hours of enabling the feature, Starlight Boutique saw a 90% drop in suspicious submissions, while legitimate customers continued to check out seamlessly. The store’s checkout performance improved, and customer service no longer had to sift through fake orders, freeing up time to focus on real customers.