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Proxy guides that show their working
Tutorials with code that runs, explainers that do not oversell, and buying advice from a provider that prints its checkout price on the configurator.
Guides
Guides · 9 min
How to avoid getting blocked while scraping: pacing, fingerprints, soft blocks and the right proxy
How to avoid getting blocked while scraping: pace per site and IP, back off with jitter, match headers and TLS, spot soft blocks, cache, pick the right proxy.
Guides · 10 min
Proxy error codes: what 407, 403, 429, 502, 503 and 504 mean, and who sent them
Proxy error codes explained: what 407, 403, 429, 502, 503 and 504 mean, whether the proxy or the target sent them, and the command that fixes each.
Tutorials
Tutorials · 8 min
How to rotate proxies in Python: round-robin, random, health-checked pools and asyncio
Rotate proxies in Python with working code: round-robin, random choice, a health-checked pool that benches failing IPs, per-domain affinity and httpx async.
Tutorials · 7 min
Web scraping with proxies in Python: a complete requests and BeautifulSoup tutorial
Web scraping with proxies in Python, end to end: requests and BeautifulSoup, proxy settings from env vars, retries, threads, a pool of static IPs and CSV.
Proxy basics
Proxy basics · 6 min
HTTP vs SOCKS5 proxies: how each one works and which to use
HTTP vs SOCKS5 proxy explained: CONNECT tunnelling, UDP, DNS with socks5h, client support in curl, requests, Node and browsers, with code for each.
Proxy basics · 6 min
Proxy vs VPN: what each one does, and which one you need
Proxy vs VPN compared on layer, scope, encryption, IP count, speed and cost: which fits scraping and automation, and why a VPN wins on public Wi-Fi.
Proxy basics · 8 min
Residential vs ISP vs datacenter proxies: how they differ and which one to buy
Residential vs ISP vs datacenter proxies compared on sourcing, ASN, detection, speed and billing, with a use-case table and when not to buy each.
Proxy basics · 6 min
Rotating vs static proxies: how rotation works, and when it hurts
Rotating vs static proxies: rotation, sticky sessions and static IPs compared, when rotation breaks logins and carts, and how to rotate your own IPs.
Proxy basics · 7 min
What is an ISP proxy? Static residential IPs, explained without the sales pitch
What is an ISP proxy: a static IP registered to a consumer carrier but hosted on servers. How it works, dedicated vs shared, uses, limits and ASN checks.
Pricing and buying
Pricing and buying · 8 min
How to buy a single static IP proxy (or five) without a minimum order
How to buy a single static IP proxy without paying for ten: dedicated vs shared, 30 to 365 day terms, choosing the city and carrier, and ordering one IP.
Pricing and buying · 9 min
How to test a proxy provider: a benchmark method and a Python script you can run today
How to test proxies before you buy: pick targets, size the sample, then measure success rate, p95 latency, exit IPs and cost per successful request.
Pricing and buying · 8 min
Proxy traffic expiry: do proxy GB expire, and what monthly resets and rollover cost you
Proxy traffic expiry explained: monthly resets, expiring credits and traffic that never expires, plus a formula for what your unused GB cost.
Pricing and buying · 9 min
Residential proxy pricing explained: what a gigabyte costs once you reach checkout
Residential proxy pricing explained: cost per GB, pay as you go vs subscription, the hidden fees between headline and checkout, and cost per request.
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Every account starts with a free gigabyte. The price the configurator shows is the price at checkout, and traffic never expires.