How Pourmit works

Overview

Pourmit has four parts, all managed from the app — no theme code:

• Age gate — a self-attestation gate shown to storefront visitors.
• Terms confirmation — an "I'm of age" block for product pages.
• Ship-to-state rules — which US states each product may ship to.
• Checkout protection + audit log — server-side blocking of disallowed destinations, with an exportable record.

Quick start

From the app dashboard, the setup guide walks you through these in order:

• 1. Enable the age gate — Online Store → Themes → Customize → App embeds → turn on Pourmit age gate and Save.
• 2. Add the Terms confirmation block — on your product template, add the Pourmit age confirmation block.
• 3. Activate checkout protection — one click on the dashboard (registers the checkout validation).
• 4. Create your first ship-to-state rule — choose a product and the US states it may ship to.

The dashboard auto-detects when each step is done.

Age gate

The age gate is a site-wide app embed. A first-time visitor sees it on whichever page they land on; once they confirm, it's remembered for the rest of their visit (it won't nag on every page).

• Templates: choose from several presets (Clean, Midnight, Cellar, Bold, Bottom sheet, Date of birth) in Customize → Age gate.
• Date of birth preset: the visitor enters a birth date and the gate checks it in the browser. The date of birth is never stored or sent — only the pass/fail decision matters.
• Decline behavior: choose to show a message, or redirect decliners to a URL.
• Customize: edit headline, message, button labels, minimum age, and (optionally) colors and size.

Terms confirmation

An optional product-page block where shoppers confirm they're of age before purchasing. Configure it in Customize → Terms confirmation; you can require confirmation before "Add to cart / Buy it now."

Ship-to-state rules

Rules decide which US states a product may ship to. They're default-deny: any state you don't explicitly allow is blocked.

• Scope: a rule applies to all products, specific collections, or specific products. The most specific rule wins (product > collection > all).
• Mode: Block stops checkout for disallowed states; Flag allows the order but tags it for manual review.
• Minimum age: set per rule.
• US only: rules apply to US destinations. Orders shipping outside the US aren't restricted by these rules.

Checkout protection

This is the core protection: a server-side Shopify validation function evaluates the cart against the buyer's ship-to state and blocks completion for disallowed destinations — it works on non-Plus plans and isn't a client-side checkbox.

• Activate once from the dashboard (or the rules page). The badge shows Active when it's enforcing.
• When a cart item can't ship to the buyer's state, checkout is blocked with a clear message ("We can't ship [product] to [state]").
• You can Disable it anytime to pause enforcement.

Audit log & export

Every age check and ship-to decision is recorded with a timestamp. Filter by date range and event type, and export to CSV for license renewals or chargeback disputes.

• Each row holds: timestamp, event type, result, 2-letter ship-to state, and rule/product/order references.
• No personal data — no names, emails, addresses, or dates of birth.

Privacy & data

Pourmit stores no customer personal data. The age gate is client-side self-attestation, the ship-to state is read transiently at checkout, and the audit log keeps only the 2-letter state code and the decision. See the full privacy policy.

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