How do I localize an in-game store by region?

Detect the player's currency and payment methods and render the store accordingly. Price-sensitive players convert better when top-ups and items show in their own currency with a payment method they already use.

How can I stop VPN abuse and bonus farming in a game?

Anonymity signals — VPN, datacenter and Tor detection — expose accounts masking their origin to farm bonuses or evade region rules, so you can gate or challenge them before they cost you.

How do I reduce fraudulent top-ups and chargebacks?

Run purchases through a BIN-versus-IP check. A card issued in one country topping up from an IP in another is a classic signal for stolen-card fraud, letting you flag risky top-ups before they turn into chargebacks.

Gaming — LocaleSense

Players are global and price-sensitive. Localize the in-game store’s currency and payment methods, and keep VPN-masked abuse, bonus farming and fraudulent top-ups in check with network and BIN signals.

Why it works_

Local stores, fair play

Localized store

Right currency and payment methods for every region.

Anti-abuse signals

VPN, datacenter and Tor detection against farming and fraud.

Safe top-ups

BIN-vs-IP checks on purchases and currency top-ups.

The data behind it

One call, these response blocks.

This page maps to these blocks of the same response every other page reads:

Currency
Payments
Network & fraud

gaming.sh

curl "https://api.localesense.com/v1/lookup?ip=203.0.113.10" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer ls_live_..."

In practice

What your code sees, per request.

The sample on the right is the shape of the real response for a visitor in Karachi — every value attributable, nothing guessed. Point the same call at any of the 197 markets.

Try it live in the docs

GET /v1/self 200 OK · sample