Understanding Verification Rules

Rules are the core of AgeVerify Shield. They define when, where and how age verification is displayed to your visitors.

Rule Scopes

Each rule has a scope that determines what it targets. Scopes are processed in priority order – the most specific rule wins.

Priority	Scope	Description	Available From
100	Product	A single product by handle or ID	Basic
90	Tag	Products with a specific tag (e.g. "18+", "alcohol")	Pro
85	Vendor	Products by vendor/manufacturer	Basic
80	ProductType	Products by type (e.g. "Wine", "Tobacco")	Pro
70	Collection	All products in a collection	Basic
60	Market	Shopify Markets (e.g. EU, US)	Enterprise
40	Country	Visitor's detected country (ISO code)	Pro
20	Global	Fallback – applies to entire store	Free

You can set the required age per rule:

When multiple rules could match a page, the rule with the highest scope priority wins.

Example: You have these rules:

A visitor on the "Special Whiskey" product page sees the 21+ verification (priority 100 wins).

If two rules have the same scope, the one with the higher manual priority value wins. If still tied, the oldest rule wins.

Each rule has an active/inactive toggle. Disabled rules are ignored during evaluation but preserved in your configuration.