Block or redirect by state, province or city
Overview
Block or redirect shoppers from part of a country instead of the whole country: one or more states or provinces, and optionally a single city. Rules live in Block & Re-director > Blacklist under Block location or Redirect location, with Select condition set to Province.
What you'll learn
How to block or redirect a state, province or city?
Step 1: Open Block & Re-director > Blacklist, choose Block or Redirect, then click Block location or Redirect location.
Step 2: Set the status: Enable applies the rule as soon as you save, Disable stores it without applying it.
Step 3: For a redirect rule only, fill in Redirect to (an External URL or a Shopify Market) and Displayed name (optional). See Use a Shopify Market as your redirect destination.
Step 4: Under Select condition, pick Province, then:
- Select country: the country the regions belong to.
- Choose the mode: Block specific provinces/states or Block all except.
- Select state/province: one or more regions. You can select several at once.
- Select city (optional): narrow a single region down to one city.
- Add a private note if you want, then click Save.
How it works?
Mode | What it does | Example (country = Vietnam) |
|---|---|---|
Block specific provinces/states | Blocks visitors from the selected regions; the rest of the country is unaffected | Select Hanoi: visitors from Hanoi are blocked, other Vietnamese visitors get in |
Block all except | Blocks the whole country, then lets through only the selected regions | Select Hanoi: only visitors from Hanoi get in, everyone else in Vietnam is blocked |
For a redirect rule, the same selection sends matching visitors to the destination in Redirect to instead of the blocking page.
Who can use this feature?
Block all except is available on paid plans. Block specific provinces/states and the redirect equivalent are available on the Premium plan and above.
FAQs
- Can I block several cities in one rule?
No. City selection is only available when a single state/province is selected, and it takes one city. Create one rule per city, or block the whole region instead.
- I want to allow only one state in my country. Which mode do I use?
Block all except with that state selected. Visitors from every other state in that country are blocked; visitors from other countries are not affected by this rule.
- Does this rule also block the rest of the world?
No. A province rule only applies to visitors from the country you selected. To restrict other countries, add a Country rule.
Updated on: 16/10/2026
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