Private beta for Shopify stores

Stop losing money on fake and failed COD orders.

CODgator checks every COD order, asks the customer to confirm, and holds risky orders before you ship them.

Starts in Shadow mode. Nothing is sent or changed until you switch it on.

Order #1042
Cash on Delivery · $64.00
High risk
Why it was flagged
  • Phone number has the wrong length for the country
  • Address has no house or building number
  • 3rd COD order from this phone in 24 hours
Held from fulfilment Confirmation sent
Shadow mode: see what it would flag first

Illustration. Not real customer data.

The problem

Every failed COD order costs you twice.

When a COD order is refused or can't be delivered, it comes back as RTO (return to origin). You pay shipping both ways, and your stock is locked up for 1–3 weeks.

Most of these orders look wrong before they ship: a fake phone number, a half-written address, the same buyer ordering again and again. CODgator catches them at that point.

You ship the orderYou pay the courier to deliver it.
The customer refuses it, or it can't be deliveredNo cash is collected.
You pay for the return tripShipping is paid both ways.
Your stock is stuckIt's in transit for 1–3 weeks before you can sell it again.
How it works

Four steps, on every COD order.

It runs in the background. You only look at the orders that need you.

01

Spot

CODgator detects COD orders the moment they arrive.

02

Score

Each order gets a risk score with clear reasons, for example:

  • invalid phone number
  • incomplete address
  • unusually high order value
  • repeat orders from the same phone in 24 hours
03

Confirm

The customer confirms on the order status page, on WhatsApp, or by a secure link, in English, Hindi or Arabic.

04

Act

Confirmed orders flow on. Risky ones are tagged, held from fulfilment, or sent to your review queue.

Built to be safe

It touches real orders, so it's careful.

You decide what CODgator is allowed to do, and you can see why it did it.

Shadow mode first

CODgator starts by only watching. It shows what it would have flagged before it ever messages a customer or touches an order. You switch it on when you're ready.

You stay in control

Nothing is cancelled automatically unless you turn that on yourself.

Explainable

Every flag shows the reasons in plain language. No black box.

Your data stays yours

Each store's data is used only for that store. Nothing is shared between stores.

Privacy by design

Minimal customer data, masked phone numbers in logs, and data deleted on a schedule. Designed with GDPR, India's DPDP Act and Saudi/UAE PDPL in mind.

Built for COD markets

Made for the places that pay on delivery.

India, the Gulf, Pakistan, Egypt, Southeast Asia and Latin America. No country is hard-coded.

  • Phone and postal-code checks per countryA valid number in India looks different from one in the UAE. CODgator checks each against its own country.
  • Your shop's time zone is respectedNo messages to customers at night.
  • Right-to-left Arabic supportConfirmation messages and pages read correctly in Arabic.
English
Please confirm your Cash on Delivery order #1042.
ConfirmCancelChange address
हिन्दी
कृपया अपना कैश ऑन डिलीवरी ऑर्डर #1042 कन्फ़र्म करें।
कन्फ़र्म करेंरद्द करेंपता बदलें
العربية
يرجى تأكيد طلب الدفع عند الاستلام رقم 1042.
تأكيدإلغاءتغيير العنوان

Join the beta

CODgator is in private beta. Tell us about your store and we'll get you set up. It starts in Shadow mode, so nothing changes until you're ready.

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