<h2 style="color: #f5247d">Sell license keys for software</h2>
WooCommerce Software Add‑on gives you end‑to‑end licensing inside WooCommerce. Generate keys on purchase, manage activations and upgrades, and keep support simple by managing everything where you already fulfill orders.
<h2 style="color: #f5247d">Sell licenses and upgrades</h2>
Mark any product as software, set licensing rules, and let the add‑on handle the rest. Customers buy like any other product, and when the order is completed they automatically receive their license key, activation email, and activation limits in the order‑complete message.
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<figure id="attachment_17588" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-17588" style="width: 261px" class="wp-caption alignright"><img class="wp-image-17588" title="screen-capture" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/screen-capture1.png" alt="If enabled, users can upgrade old keys for a reduced price" width="261" height="230" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-17588" class="wp-caption-text">If enabled, users can upgrade old keys for a reduced price</figcaption></figure>
If you introduce a paid upgrade, define eligible past keys and an upgrade price. During checkout, customers enter their existing license and receive upgrade pricing automatically.
<h2 style="color: #f5247d">View purchased keys</h2>
See exactly which key belongs to which order, including remaining activations, right on the WooCommerce Edit Order screen. Need to resend the license email? Use the built‑in “Send” action without leaving WooCommerce.
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For a global view, go to WooCommerce → License Keys to search, filter, and bulk‑revoke keys when necessary.
<h2 style="color: #f5247d">Track activations and view reports</h2>
Understand usage at a glance. The WooCommerce → Reports → Software dashboard summarizes sales and activation activity so you can spot trends, enforce limits, and plan upgrades.
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<h2 style="color: #f5247d">Integrate with your app via API</h2>
Validate licenses from your desktop app, plugin, or SaaS. The API supports generating keys, activating, de‑activating, resetting, and checking validity so you can enforce licensing where it matters: inside your software. See the documentation for endpoints and examples.
Not sure if you need Software Add-on or <a href="https://woocommerce.com/products/woocommerce-api-manager/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">API Manager for WooCommerce</a>? In most cases, API Manager will be the better fit. If you’re unsure, <a href="https://kestrelwp.com/support" target="_blank" rel="noopener">contact Kestrel support</a> and we’ll help you choose the right extension for your store.
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<h2 style="color: #f5247d">More information</h2>
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<li>Read the Software Add‑on documentation for setup, API details, and upgrade workflows.</li>
<li>Need help getting started? <a href="https://kestrelwp.com/support" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Contact our support team</a>.</li>
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Software Add-on

Sell and manage license keys directly in WooCommerce. Generate keys on purchase, handle activations and upgrades, and keep everything in one place your team already uses.

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<li>Set custom risk scoring rules based on order behavior, IP location, and customer details</li>
<li>Assign individual weights (0–10) to each rule to calculate a dynamic risk percentage per order</li>
<li>Enable or disable specific risk conditions like first-time buyer, high-risk countries, or billing/shipping mismatch</li>
<li>Blacklist fraudulent orders by email, domain, IP address, phone number, country, state, or zip code</li>
<li>Restrict orders from specific user roles, proxy users, or previously flagged addresses</li>
<li>Customize the error message shown to blocked customers during checkout</li>
<li>Whitelist trusted customers by email, domain, IP address, payment method, or shipping region</li>
<li>Whitelist overrides blacklist to ensure smooth ordering for safe users</li>
<li>View calculated risk score directly inside the WooCommerce order detail page for transparency</li>
<li>Detect and block bulk bot orders or repeated transactions from the same customer</li>
<li>Supports all WooCommerce payment gateways and shipping methods out of the box</li>
<li>Lightweight, fast, and designed to run fraud checks without affecting checkout performance</li>
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<h2>Why Anti-Fraud Protection Is Essential for WooCommerce Stores</h2>
Running an online store today means more than just selling products—it also means defending your business against the growing threat of digital fraud. With online transactions increasing, fraudsters have become smarter, targeting vulnerable WooCommerce stores with fake orders, stolen credit cards, and automated attacks. What may seem like a single suspicious order could actually be part of a larger fraud pattern designed to exploit your store’s checkout process.
Every unauthorized transaction not only chips away at your revenue but also burdens you with refund requests, chargeback penalties, and customer trust issues. If left unchecked, these risks can snowball into serious operational damage.
Anti-Fraud Protection for WooCommerce offers a powerful, easy-to-use solution to detect and stop fraudulent behavior before it affects your bottom line. Whether it’s blocking high-risk IPs, preventing bulk bot checkouts, or detecting mismatches between customer details and locations, this plugin gives you complete control to define what’s risky—and what’s not.
From solo entrepreneurs to high-volume stores, this tool is especially useful during:
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<li>Product launches or holiday sales—when fraud attempts spike</li>
<li>Accepting international orders or unfamiliar payment methods</li>
<li>Detecting rapid order frequency from the same user or region</li>
<li>Blocking suspicious email domains or repeat offenders</li>
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<h2>Benefits</h2>
<h3>Risk Score Rules – Dynamic Fraud Risk Evaluation</h3>
These features in Anti Fraud Protection plugin allow you to intelligently analyze and score orders based on custom-defined conditions. Each rule can be toggled on/off and assigned a weight from 0–10, contributing to a final risk percentage per order.
<figure id="attachment_18734005209130" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-18734005209130" style="width: 495px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img class="wp-image-18734005209130 size-medium" title="Risk analysis of fraud detection score" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/risk-analysis.png?w=495" alt="Fraud real time Risk Analysis" width="495" height="590" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-18734005209130" class="wp-caption-text">Fraud protection risk analysis</figcaption></figure>
<h4>Detailed Features:</h4>
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<li>First-Time Order Detection: Flag orders placed by new customers with no previous order history.</li>
<li>Billing and Shipping Address Mismatch: Detect when billing and shipping details don’t align—a common fraud signal.</li>
<li>IP Country vs Billing Country Mismatch: Compare geolocation from IP with billing country for suspicious differences.</li>
<li>IP Country vs Shipping Country Mismatch: Flag orders where the shipping country doesn’t match IP location.</li>
<li>International Order Flag: Automatically tag cross-border orders that may carry a higher fraud risk.</li>
<li>High-Risk Email Domain Detection: Block orders using throwaway or temporary email domains.</li>
<li>High-Risk Countries Filter: Mark specific countries as high risk and evaluate accordingly.</li>
<li>Order Amount Threshold Check: Add risk weight to high-value purchases exceeding a set amount.</li>
<li>Custom Risk Scoring: Assign weights to rules (0–10) to build a dynamic total risk percentage.</li>
<li>Order Risk Score Display: See risk scores in real-time on the WooCommerce order detail page.</li>
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<figure id="attachment_18734005209093" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-18734005209093" style="width: 896px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img class="wp-image-18734005209093 size-medium" title="Configure rules to prevent card testing attacks and velocity attacks and prevent block fake orders" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/WooCommerce-settings_ca83fd.png?w=896" alt="Fraud protection rules" width="896" height="1293" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-18734005209093" class="wp-caption-text">Configure rules to detect block fake orders.</figcaption></figure>
<h3>Blacklist System – Block Suspicious Customers Automatically</h3>
With Anti Fraud Protection Plugin stop fraudulent transactions before they happen by blacklisting emails, IPs, and shipping regions. This feature provides instant order blocking for high-risk criteria.
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<li>Block Specific Email Addresses: Manually block known fraudulent email accounts.</li>
<li>Block Email Domains: Prevent entire domains like <code>tempmail.com</code> from placing orders.</li>
<li>Phone Number Blocking: Restrict transactions from suspicious or spam phone numbers.</li>
<li>IP Address Blocking: Add single or multiple IPs to the blacklist to prevent future orders.</li>
<li>IP Country Blocking: Restrict orders from high-risk countries based on geolocation.</li>
<li>User Role Restrictions: Block roles like Guest, Subscriber, or custom roles from ordering.</li>
<li>Shipping Address Blocking: Identify and stop orders going to fraudulent addresses.</li>
<li>Block Shipping Country, State, or Zip Code: Deny orders from flagged locations to prevent repeat fraud.</li>
<li>Customizable Error Messages: Show a tailored checkout message when an order is blocked.</li>
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<figure id="attachment_18734005209091" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-18734005209091" style="width: 896px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img class="wp-image-18734005209091 size-medium" title="Rule to configure blacklisting settings to protect site from fraud orders" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/blacklist-order-settings_caa1c0.png?w=896" alt="Black list orders and users" width="896" height="775" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-18734005209091" class="wp-caption-text">Black list specific orders to prevent fake orders and minimize card testing attacks.</figcaption></figure>
<h3>Whitelist System – Allow Trusted Users to Bypass Anti Fraud Checks</h3>
Ensure seamless transactions for VIPs, employees, or trusted clients. Whitelisted users always bypass Anti Fraud filters, even if other conditions are met.
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<li>Whitelist Specific Email Addresses: Allow select users to order even if domain is blocked.</li>
<li>Whitelist Email Domains: Trust domains like <code>@yourcompany.com</code> to ensure easy ordering.</li>
<li>Whitelist IP Addresses: Permit known IPs from your office, team, or partners to always succeed.</li>
<li>Whitelist User Roles: Automatically allow orders from Admins, Shop Managers, or other trusted roles.</li>
<li>Whitelist Payment Methods: Trust secure gateways like Stripe or verified bank transfers.</li>
<li>Whitelist Shipping Locations: Allow safe zip codes, countries, and states without triggering blocks.</li>
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<figure id="attachment_18734005209089" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-18734005209089" style="width: 896px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img class="wp-image-18734005209089 size-medium" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/whitelist-settings_3a7b6e.png?w=896" alt="whitelist specific orders from being marked as fake orders." width="896" height="532" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-18734005209089" class="wp-caption-text">Configure whitelisting settings to prevent order marked as fake order</figcaption></figure>

Anti Fraud Protection

Anti-Fraud Protection automatically detects and blocks fraudulent orders using customizable rules, ensuring secure transactions and reducing chargebacks

Software Add-on vs Anti Fraud Protection