Supported Countries & Geo-Targeting

Available on: Pro plan and above

Geo-targeting allows you to show different verification rules based on the visitor's country.

How Country Detection Works

AgeVerify Shield detects the visitor's country using:

Shopify Localization – The most reliable method, using Shopify's built-in geo-detection
Shopify Geolocation API – Fallback using browsing context suggestions
Browser Language – Last resort fallback

Use Cases

Different Age Limits by Country

Country	Typical Age Limit
Germany (DE)	18+ for alcohol & tobacco
United States (US)	21+ for alcohol
United Kingdom (GB)	18+ for age-restricted products
Japan (JP)	20+ for alcohol
Canada (CA)	18+ or 19+ (varies by province)

Example Setup

Rule 1: Country = US → 21+ (for US visitors)
Rule 2: Country = DE, FR, IT, ES → 18+ (for EU visitors)
Rule 3: Global → 18+ (fallback for all other countries)

The most specific rule (Country) has priority 40, which is higher than Global (20), so US visitors see 21+ and EU visitors see 18+.

Shopify Markets (Enterprise)

On the Enterprise plan, you can target by Shopify Markets – groups of countries defined in your Shopify admin. This is useful when you have existing market segmentation.

Example: You have an "EU" market and a "North America" market in Shopify → create rules targeting each market with appropriate age limits.