A small number of campaigns offering donation-only purchases have been targeted by fraudsters testing stolen credit cards—often because donation products are low-cost and don’t require shipping. This can lead to chargebacks and financial risk.
To help prevent fraudulent use of donation-only orders, DailyKarma offers a Donation Checkout Validation rule. This rule ensures that donation products from Shop for Good can only be purchased when there is at least one additional product in the cart. It applies only to donation products and does not affect other items in your store.
We strongly recommend enabling this rule to protect your campaigns.
✅ Steps to Enable the Donation Checkout Validation Rule:
Log in to your Shopify admin.
In the left-hand menu, click Settings.
Select Checkout.
Scroll down to the Checkout Rules section.
Click Add Rule.
Locate the entry titled Shop For Good – Donation App.
Next to Donation checkout validation, click Validation.
Under Rule Settings, click Save.
After saving, find the new rule listed in your checkout rules.
Click Turn On to the right of Donation checkout validation.
You’ll know it’s active when you see a green "On" indicator next to the rule.
Leave the "Allow customers to complete checkout" checkbox enabled under "Rule settings".
Key Notes:
This rule is specific to Shop for Good donation products.
It prevents donations from being processed as stand-alone products.
No impact on your store’s regular products or other checkout processes.
For more information how to protect your campaigns against fraud, see this article.
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