Solutions · Checkout Fraud
Instantly approve good orders. Decline the bad ones before they ship.
Pinch scores every order on 100+ signals tied to one identity, then makes the call: approve, verify, cancel or decline. Stolen cards and bots, plus the valid-card problems a rule engine never sees.
Why it’s hard
Fraud is changing. Rule engines aren’t.
of ecommerce orders were fraudulent last year, up from 3.0%. That’s more than one in every 30 orders.
of orders still get reviewed by hand. Every one is a delay for a good customer and an hour for your team.
of ecommerce sales are lost to false declines on average. Good customers turned away as fraud.
Sources: Merchant Risk Council and Visa Acceptance Solutions, 2026 Global eCommerce Payments and Fraud Report; Visa Acceptance Solutions and Datos Insights, eCommerce fraud trends.
What we catch
Valid card or stolen, the identity behind it decides.
Stolen cards
Orders placed with cards that aren’t the buyer’s.
Card testing
Bots running stolen cards through your checkout to see which work.
Bots and scripts
Automated checkouts, scraping and credential stuffing.
Synthetic identities
Made-up buyers stitched together from real and fake details.
Promo and multi-account abuse
One person, five accounts, every first-order code.
Unauthorized resellers
Valid cards, bulk orders, freight-forwarder addresses.
Known abusers
Serial returners and claim filers, caught at their next order.
Repeat disputers
Last month’s chargeback, declined at next month’s checkout.
How it works
One checkout. Four different outcomes.
Thanks, Maya. Your order is confirmed.
Arriving Thursday, Nov 6
We’ll email tracking as soon as it ships.
Illustrative orders and data. Every decision follows the policy Pinch recommends and you approve, inside the checkout you already run.
Free 3-month trial · for qualified brands
Try Pinch on live orders. Free.
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Talk to us.
Tell us where fraud and abuse hit your checkout today.
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Connect your store.
Shopify app, Salesforce Commerce Cloud cartridge or the API.
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Qualified brands try Pinch free for three months.
Run it on live orders, then decide.