What is 2checkout?

2checkout is a bot in the webhook senders category, operated by Verifone.

Bot name
2checkout
Operator
Verifone
Type
Bot
Respects robots.txt
Not confirmed
robots.txt user agent
2checkout
Signs requests (Web Bot Auth)
No

About 2checkout

2Checkout Payment Platform's webhooks integration for notifying websites about payment events. Now operated by Verifone.

Webhook senders call your endpoints to deliver events from payment, messaging and SaaS platforms. Blocking them breaks integrations. Allow them on the webhook paths they need and nowhere else.

2checkout user agent

2checkout identifies itself with this user agent string:

  • 2checkout

Anyone can copy a user agent string. Transfon Security also checks where each request comes from, so a request that claims to be a known crawler but comes from the wrong network is treated as a fake, not as the real crawler.

How to block 2checkout in robots.txt

We have not confirmed whether 2checkout follows robots.txt. Add a rule, then check your logs to see that it stopped. robots.txt is a plain text file at the root of your domain, such as https://example.com/robots.txt.

Block 2checkout from the whole site

User-agent: 2checkout
Disallow: /

Block 2checkout from some folders

User-agent: 2checkout
Disallow: /private/
Disallow: /search

Allow 2checkout only on some folders

User-agent: 2checkout
Allow: /blog/
Disallow: /

Allow 2checkout and block other crawlers

User-agent: 2checkout
Allow: /

User-agent: *
Disallow: /

Things to know

  • Each host needs its own file. Rules on www.example.com do not apply to shop.example.com.
  • A crawler obeys only the most specific group that names it. Once you add a User-agent: 2checkout group, 2checkout ignores your User-agent: * rules, so repeat any that should still apply.
  • The user agent name is not case sensitive. We take 2checkout from 2checkout's user agent; check Verifone's own documentation if it publishes a different robots.txt name.
  • Crawlers cache robots.txt, so changes can take up to a day to apply. Disallow stops crawling but does not remove pages already collected or indexed.

Limits of robots.txt

  1. 2checkout may not follow the rule. robots.txt is a request that nothing enforces, and we have not confirmed that 2checkout follows it. Check your logs after adding a rule.
  2. The user agent could be fake. robots.txt matches the name a request claims. Anyone can send 2checkout's user agent, and a scraper using it is not bound by Verifone's robots.txt policy. Only checking the source network tells a real 2checkout from a fake one.

Treat robots.txt as a statement of your policy, and enforce it where requests arrive.

Who should care about 2checkout

Publishers

Allow 2checkout if it is a service you use, and keep its visits out of page views and ad requests either way.

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Media buyers and advertisers

2checkout is not a person. Exclude it from campaign and conversion data so reports reflect real visitors.

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E-commerce

Allow 2checkout only if it works for your store, and keep it away from cart and checkout.

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SaaS and APIs

If 2checkout is a service you use, allow it on the endpoints it needs and block it elsewhere.

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Block 2checkout with Transfon Security

robots.txt is a request, not an enforcement. Transfon Security shows 2checkout by name in the Top Bots report, so you can see how often it visits and which pages it reads. Block or allow it with a User Agent rule, or slow it down with a rate limit decision rule.

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Control 2checkout on your site

  • See every 2checkout visit and the pages it reads
  • Spot bots that fake trusted crawler names
  • Block, allow or rate limit 2checkout with one rule
  • Works with or without robots.txt support

Frequently asked questions

What is 2checkout?

2checkout is a bot in the webhook senders category, operated by Verifone. 2Checkout Payment Platform's webhooks integration for notifying websites about payment events. Now operated by Verifone.

Does 2checkout respect robots.txt?

We have not confirmed whether 2checkout follows robots.txt. Add a robots.txt rule, then check your logs to see that it stopped, and block it by user agent if it did not.

How do I block 2checkout?

Add "User-agent: 2checkout" followed by "Disallow: /" to the robots.txt file at the root of your site. To enforce it, block requests whose user agent contains "2checkout" at your WAF. In Transfon Security that is one User Agent block rule.

Is robots.txt enough to block 2checkout?

No. robots.txt is voluntary, so 2checkout may not follow it, and anyone can send 2checkout's user agent, so a fake 2checkout ignores your rule. Enforce the rule where requests arrive, at your WAF, and check the source network.

Should I block 2checkout?

Webhook senders call your endpoints to deliver events from payment, messaging and SaaS platforms. Blocking them breaks integrations. Allow them on the webhook paths they need and nowhere else.

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