{"id":6913,"date":"2017-05-26T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-05-25T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fraudlabspro.com\/resources2\/tutorials\/what-is-custom-country-validation\/"},"modified":"2026-04-02T18:32:33","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T10:32:33","password":"","slug":"what-is-custom-country-validation","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/www.fraudlabspro.com\/resources\/tutorials\/what-is-custom-country-validation\/","title":{"rendered":"What is custom country validation?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>It&#8217;s easy to start an online business, but it&#8217;s never an easy task to combat fraud to prevent chargeback or losses. There are many aspects that you need to look into to effectively unveil a fraud order and this couldn&#8217;t be done manually without a right tool with right features. Here, I would like to share with you on how to flag an order for review for certain countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The reason to flag a country for review may be varies. It could be a high risk country based on your past experiences, or a country that you do not have business presence, or a cautious move for a new entering business territories, and so on. For whatever reason they could be, you can use the <strong>custom country validation rule<\/strong> to easily sort the transaction out. You can set the validation rules for the billing country and shipping country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to define billing or shipping country list for fraud review<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>1. Login to the <strong>FraudLabs Pro Merchant Control Panel<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2. Click on the <strong>Rules<\/strong> then click <strong>Add Rule<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>3. Select <strong>Billing&nbsp;Country Equal to List Below <\/strong>or <strong>Shipping Country Equal to List Below <\/strong>for <strong>Rule<\/strong> field. Then, select the country for the <strong style=\"color: initial;\">Value<\/strong><span style=\"color: initial;\"> field and pick <strong>Manual Review<\/strong> for the <strong>Action<\/strong> field.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1432\" height=\"487\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fraudlabspro.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/flp-shipping-country-equal-list-rule.png\" alt=\"Billing or shipping country list fraud validation rule\" class=\"wp-image-3410\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fraudlabspro.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/flp-shipping-country-equal-list-rule.png 1432w, https:\/\/www.fraudlabspro.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/flp-shipping-country-equal-list-rule-300x102.png 300w, https:\/\/www.fraudlabspro.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/flp-shipping-country-equal-list-rule-1024x348.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.fraudlabspro.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/flp-shipping-country-equal-list-rule-768x261.png 768w, https:\/\/www.fraudlabspro.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/flp-shipping-country-equal-list-rule-50x17.png 50w, https:\/\/www.fraudlabspro.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/flp-shipping-country-equal-list-rule-920x313.png 920w, https:\/\/www.fraudlabspro.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/flp-shipping-country-equal-list-rule-600x204.png 600w, https:\/\/www.fraudlabspro.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/flp-shipping-country-equal-list-rule-320x109.png 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1432px) 100vw, 1432px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Or, you can select <strong style=\"color: initial;\">Shipping Country Equal to Export Controlled Country <\/strong><span style=\"color: initial;\">for <\/span><strong style=\"color: initial;\">Rule<\/strong><span style=\"color: initial;\"> field<\/span>. Then, select <strong>Manual Review<\/strong> for the <strong>Action<\/strong> field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1429\" height=\"376\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fraudlabspro.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/flp-shipping-country-equal-export-control-rule.png\" alt=\"Shipping Country Equal to Export Controlled Country rule\" class=\"wp-image-3411\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fraudlabspro.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/flp-shipping-country-equal-export-control-rule.png 1429w, https:\/\/www.fraudlabspro.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/flp-shipping-country-equal-export-control-rule-300x79.png 300w, https:\/\/www.fraudlabspro.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/flp-shipping-country-equal-export-control-rule-1024x269.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.fraudlabspro.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/flp-shipping-country-equal-export-control-rule-768x202.png 768w, https:\/\/www.fraudlabspro.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/flp-shipping-country-equal-export-control-rule-50x13.png 50w, https:\/\/www.fraudlabspro.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/flp-shipping-country-equal-export-control-rule-920x242.png 920w, https:\/\/www.fraudlabspro.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/flp-shipping-country-equal-export-control-rule-600x158.png 600w, https:\/\/www.fraudlabspro.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/flp-shipping-country-equal-export-control-rule-320x84.png 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1429px) 100vw, 1429px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>4. Lastly, don&#8217;t forget to click <strong>Save<\/strong> and you are done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:76px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Ready to start with FraudLabs Pro?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Get Micro plan for free, you can quickly explore and integrate with our fraud prevention solution in minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a class=\"maxbutton-1 maxbutton maxbutton-sign-up-micro\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Sign Up Micro Plan and get 500 validation for FREE\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fraudlabspro.com\/checkout-micro#fraudlabspro-freesignup\"><span class='mb-text'>Sign Up Free<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:70px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s easy to start an online business, but it&#8217;s never an easy task to combat fraud to 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