Popular Proxy Questions

Residential proxies route your traffic through real home IP addresses supplied by ISPs. Because these IPs belong to actual households, websites treat them as normal users, making them ideal for scraping, account creation, and ad verification. They're slower than datacenter proxies but far more reliable against bans.

Mobile proxies use 3G/4G/5G carrier IPs. The benefit is the "shared IP pool" behavior — hundreds of legitimate users share the same IP, so websites rarely block it. This makes mobile proxies the strongest choice for social media automation, sneaker botting, and bypassing aggressive anti-bot systems.

Rotating proxies automatically change IPs every request or at fixed intervals, making them perfect for large-scale scraping. Static (sticky) proxies keep the same IP for longer sessions, which is necessary when logging into accounts, maintaining carts, or keeping cookies consistent. The trick is knowing when to use which.

Datacenter proxies come from hosting providers, not ISPs. They're cheap, fast, and great for bulk tasks — but they're also easier to detect because they come from known server ranges. They work well for non-sensitive scraping and high-speed tasks where ban risk is low.

When choosing between providers, look at:

• IP type
• location coverage
• rotation method
• allowed use cases
• number of subnets
• average response time
• success rate on target sites

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