Proxies are important to your business. They improve security, prevent server crashes, higher speeds..
Yada, yada, yada…the list goes on.
All great features but you’re not here for those, are you?
No. For you, proxies are the difference between:
- Successful eCommerce & Banned seller accounts
- Booming social networks & Silenced ones
- Easy access to global markets & Access denied
- Scraping the web & Scraping the dishes
- The best shows on planet Earth & reruns
- The smell of new Yeezy’s & Pwned at every drop
- Deep satisfaction & Tremendous sadness
- Poetic justice & Painful resignation
- Freedom roaring badassery & Do-as-your-told helplessness
They teleport you from losing to winning, that much is clear. (Maybe too clear)
But how many proxies do you really need?
If you look around a bit, everyone says different things. The inconsistencies are annoyingly consistent.
The most honest answer you’ll find is “it depends”.
Other than shrugging, you couldn’t be more passive.
And it doesn’t get you any closer to the answers you seek. (Don’t worry, we’re getting closer to those.)
There’s also a lot of misinformation out there. You could pin it on ignorance. And that’s fair enough – the advice has more good intention than expertise. But dig around and you’ll find BS in guides and tutorials directly on the websites of proxy providers.
I’ve even seen some “authorities” recommend free proxies. If you’ve been enlightened by this recent post, you’ll understand why you may want to ‘give a firm pass’ on any advice they’re handing out.
Do they just pull a fast one on customers and cover their asses with money-back guarantees?
Shrugs
In response to this, I’ve put together a list with everything that proxies are used for (well, most everything).. and how many you really need for each case on the list.
Worst case scenario, it’ll add to the growing confusion and contradictions about how many proxies are truly necessary.
At it’s very best, you will leave here with a degree of certainty that surpasses that of Christopher Columbus after believing that he was the first to discover the Americas. However, the source of your confidence is just this list, and not an empire drunk with the desire to colonize the “New World.”
But you’ll probably end up somewhere in between. And that’s a good start.
How the list works
It’s quite simple. The first column is the mission, which is what your goal is. I tried to be broad here, so if it’s a close match – read carefully and the rest will likely apply just the same.
The second column is the method, which is how you will go about completing your mission.
The third column is the number of proxies. To keep it simple, consider a rotating residential proxy as a single tool. Which it is – but through it you will have access to thousands, or even millions of residential proxies.
Then you’ll see some notes about each case below. They’re rather inescapable rules, so you should read them.
The List
Instagram proxies
| Mission | Method | Proxy |
| Increase your IG following | Create multiple Instagram accounts | Mobile + Fresh Proxies |
Reddit Proxies
| Mission | Method | Proxy |
| Increase upvotes on Reddit threads | Create multiple Reddit accounts | Rotating residential proxies with sticky sessions |
eBay Proxies
| Mission | Method | Proxy |
| Reinstate or avoid suspensions and bans on your sellers account | Create multiple stealth accounts | Rotating residential proxies with sticky sessions |
Amazon Proxies
| Mission | Method | Proxy |
| Same as eBay. In fact, you can use this formula for Shopify too. | Create multiple ghost accounts | Rotating residential proxies with sticky sessions |
Craigslist Proxies
| Mission | Method | Proxy |
| Post multiple ads in different cities ban-free | Create multiple accounts in different cities | Rotating residential proxies |
Ad Verification Proxies
| Mission | Method | Proxy |
| 1. Verify that your ads are working in different regions | Change your IP address so that you can view your ads as a local | Rotating residential proxies. |
| 2. Make sure your ad-tracker isn’t blocked by auto-click bots | Disguise your IP address | All day ^^ |
NOTE 2: You’re IP address will constantly change to other residential IP addresses that won’t be blocked by the software that blocks your ad-tracker.
Paid Survey Proxies
| Mission | Method | Proxy |
| Fill in as many surveys as you want | Register from different locations and IP addresses | Rotating residential proxies |
Web Scraping Proxies
| Mission | Method | Proxy |
| Data Collection, Price Aggregation, Marketing Intel | Disguise your IP address and blend in with the regular activity around your target | Rotating residential Proxies |
Sneaker Proxies
| Mission | Method | Proxy |
| Cop sneakers without detection | Load sneaker bot with proxies and tasks | Rotating residential proxies with sticky sessions |
Streaming Proxies
| Mission | Method | Proxy |
| Expand your content streaming horizons | Disguise your location and bypass geo-restrictions | VPN |
So do you need more proxies?
You’re able to satisfy most of these cases with the sole use of rotating residential proxies. If the proxy pool is large enough (by the way, IPBurger’s pool would put oceans to shame)..then you’ll never need again.
Cases that involve managing multiple accounts require one fresh proxy per account – which makes the math pretty easy to workout.
If there’s any other cases you’d like to see on this list, or have a better solution – please let us know!
We’ll shrink the ambiguity and misinformation together.
