Proxies

so ive been running these static residential ips from a couple providers for about a year now specifically tied to puppeteer extra with the stealth plugin and its pretty wild how stable it is for stuff you just gotta leave running. im talking like multi-hour login sessions or filling out forms across 50 pages where any hiccup means starting over. datacenter would get nuked in minutes mobile rotates too much and breaks the session. these static ones just sit there look like some dudes home internet and the target site doesnt even flinch. my setup is puppeteer extra on a vps launching the browser instance with the proxy injected at launch using the --proxy-server flag and then letting stealth plugin handle the fingerprint. key thing is i set a crazy long user agent session string so it doesnt regenerate per page and i disable any automated headless detection overrides that might cause inconsistencies. also using a specific profile directory so cookies persist exactly like a real user. the main use case nobody talks about is when you need to maintain state across dozens of actions over hours not just quick hits. stuff like monitoring a dashboard that requires auth or slowly submitting data to avoid rate limits. rotating proxies are garbage for that lol. one provider gave me the same ip for 8 months straight never changed once cost was high but saved me probably 200 hours of debugging failed sessions.

so i was testing for a client scraping project last week and got stuck on ipv4 datacenter stuff always getting flagged like every single time. then i switched to ipv6 residential from a provider i barely ever use and dude, the combo with puppeteer-extra-stealth-plugin is actually pretty crazy. like zero blocks for 24 hours straight scraping this super hard site. i think the main thing was the ipv6 pool size? way less common so maybe fingerprinting isn't as harsh? plus the stealth plugin randomizes viewport, fonts, all that junk. yeah it's still expensive per gb compared to datacenter but for long jobs where u want stability imo this is my new go-to setup. only problem is the tool side of things tho. just tossing ipv6 proxies into a regular scraper didn't do anything, had to tweak the stealth plugin settings to match the proxy type. anyone else try this combo? idk if it's just this site or a bigger trend.

Been reading here a few days after I started the whole affiliate thing, and honestly my brain is fried lol. Everyone keeps saying residential proxies are the best but they cost a ton, then datacenter ones are cheap but you get blocked all the time. Then I saw something called ISP proxies? kinda sounds like they're in the middle or somethin? Idk. Are they from real internet companies? Is that what's up? I'm super confused on where to even find them, like are there special sites or what or are they just in the normal proxy provider lists? I mainly just need them for some basic data stuff, not botting, so I don't need the crazy heavy proxies but I heard datacenter ones can get flagged quick. Anyone got cheap simple ISP proxies that aren't gonna kill my wallet?

Been messing around with both proxy APIs and static proxy lists for my scraping projects and honestly im kinda torn. On paper proxy APIs sound slick, you get real-time updates and usually cleaner proxies but do they really perform faster? I ran some speed tests over the past week on a few providers and here's what I found: API based proxies tend to have a slight edge on latency but not by much. Sometimes their speeds drop randomly which kinda defeats the purpose. On the other hand, proxy lists, especially those from popular providers, often give me more consistent speeds but they're not always as fresh or clean. I wanna know from the community, have you tested these yourself? Are APIs worth the extra cost or do proxy lists still hold up for high-speed scraping? I've seen some providers claim 1-2ms latency via API but my tests show 4-5ms most of the time. Curious if anyone's really seen a real speed boost with APIs or if it's mostly hype. Also, what about anti-detection? Do APIs make a difference there or is that a separate thing altogether? I wanna get serious about scaling but the speed bottleneck is killing my throughput. Would love to hear some legit numbers from you all.

ok so i just started this affiliate thing and i'm trying to use bots for sneakers but everyone keeps talking about proxies and my head is spinning lol. like what even are residential proxies and why are they so expensive. i tried looking at a few providers - bright data, oxylabs, iproyal - and the prices are all over the place. bright data is like 15 bucks per gb and iproyal is around 8? but then i see some random site offering 'premium' proxies for 3 dollars and i'm like. is that a scam? i tried using some cheap datacenter ones last week for a yeezy drop and got insta-banned. my bot said 'proxy dead' after like 2 minutes. not cool. i'm just some dude in his room trying to figure this out. i don't get the difference between mobile and residential either. someone said mobile is better for sneaker sites but costs more. is that true? i saw a youtube video where a guy used proxy-rack and got 5 pairs but he was using like 100 proxies at once. i can't afford that. my budget is maybe 50 bucks a month to start. can anyone just tell me straight up which provider actually works for footsites and shopify? i don't need all the technical jargon just a simple 'use this one for beginners'. also if u have any discount codes that'd be awesome cuz i'm broke af. sorry if this is a dumb question i'm literally just copying what i see on twitter but i keep failing.

been messing around with ad verification lately and everyone keeps screaming residential proxies are the gold standard. but honestly, I'm not so sure. sure, they seem cleaner, less likely to get flagged, but I've run tests with datacenter proxies and they work just fine for certain niches. I even tried mobile proxies for some apps and honestly, the results weren't as different as folks claim. the big thing I wonder, do residential proxies really give u a better shot at avoiding detection, or is it just a myth pushed by proxy providers trying to upsell? my guess is it's a lot of hype, especially since some providers sell residentials that are just recycled datacenter IPs anyway. anyone really tested this side by side? or are we just chasing a shiny object that doesn't matter so much in real-world use?

honestly weird situation, been testing a datacenter subnet from this budget provider that's like $15 a month. I was fully expecting blocks on the social media stuff i was trying but i got consistent sessions for almost a week. I know everyone says they're instantly detectable and i still think thats true for heavy targets like amazon or shopify but maybe not all sites have the same level of detection now? Or my setup is just dumb luck. My profile wasn't even that sophisticated, basic antidetect browser with some canvas noise. Anyone else had datacenters work past like the first 10 requests recently? Looking for recommendations on providers that might have cleaner ip ranges, not the super oversold ones.

yo if u still trying to grab concert tickets tbh u need better residential ips. the provider i use is doin 20% off on their dedicated resi pool (not mobile just real residential). i tested it last week for the taylor swift drops and got like 10 conversions no bans at all. just check sticky proxied dot com (not gonna spell it out here mods) and use code SCALP25 at checkout. these arent the cheap backconnect ones that get blocked in 5 mins, they're static resi from legit ISPs. got one set to my target city and it worked like a charm.

ngl ok so ive been messing with free proxies lately thinking free lunch right? nah its more like a free trap honestly. tested a few from random sites and the second i start scraping or even browsing i get slammed with captchas or banned super fast. its basically giving your data to some random person and hoping theyre cool about it. tbh free proxies just show nothing good comes free. like why do they even offer these for free? are they just seeing if youre dumb enough to use them? now im wondering if paid proxies are actually worth the money or if theyre just as bad but at least you get some peace of mind. anyone ever found a decent free one or is it all a total waste of time?

ok gotta say this again stop messing with free proxies fr. saw a post yesterday someone bragging about 10k requests on free ones and yeah they got blocked after like 200. its because free ones are always overcrowded slow and mostly flagged tbh. i tested some last month out of 50 maybe 2 were kinda usable and they died in like an hour once sites noticed. if you're doing anything serious just invest in real proxies. check my recent tests - paid residential was like 0.15$/GB but i ran 10k requests in an hour barely any captchas and a 97% success rate. free proxies? you'll get maybe 10 requests then blocked or hit with captchas nonstop. still see people acting like free proxies are gold smh just stop already. not worth the headache especially if you need to scale your project. save your time money and sanity. pay for legit ones or accept you're gonna lose every time

so ive been hearing a lot about using proxy APIs instead of traditional proxy lists lately. on paper it sounds nice, real-time updates, fewer banned proxies, but im skeptical cuz im seeing mixed results in actual tests. numbers dont lie, and from what ive seen, the success rate on APIs varies wildly depending on the provider. imho, the cost usually doubles, and sometimes the added stability just isn't worth it for small-scale projects. anyone got data or solid experience on whether API-based proxies really outperform static lists in speed, stability, and detection evasion? wanna see some real stats before switching. thanks fam

Man I'm so sick of chasing down good proxies for social media stuff. Every provider claims theirs are the best but half the time they're garbage or get banned quick. I've tried everything - residential, datacenter, mobile - and honestly it's a nightmare figuring out what actually works without blowing through cash. Some of these providers say their proxies are 'anti-detection' but then I hit rate limits or account bans within hours. It's like nobody has real stable proxies anymore. If anyone's got legit recommendations that can handle automation across multiple platforms without burning out or getting flagged, drop some names. I need reliable, fast and low-profile proxies that won't make me look like a spammer lol. No hype, just real deals that work

Everyone talks about backconnect proxies like they're some magic bullet but honestly most don't get how they actually work or if they're worth it. So, here's the quick and dirty: backconnect proxies are a type of rotating proxy setup where a single IP pool is managed by a proxy provider, and your requests are routed through a new IP on each connection or request. Instead of manually switching proxies, the provider handles the rotation for you, which makes scraping or botting way easier. But here's the catch - a lot of providers just slap 'backconnect' on their service and call it a day, not all are legit. You gotta check how often they rotate (every request, every few minutes?), what their IP pool size is, and if they provide sticky sessions if you need them. I've seen people waste $$$ on cheap backconnects that just end up with tons of blacklisted IPs, or get flagged fast. If you want a setup that's more stable and less risky, you probably need to go for providers that offer fast, clean IPs and decent rotation control. I don't get why so many folks think it's just about buying some proxy package and you're set there's a lot of nuance. Anyone got legit recs or horror stories with backconnects? Always trying to compare real results.