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Residential proxy guides.

Clear, no-fluff explainers for people who actually run proxies. Start with the fundamentals, then dig into sessions, protocols, billing, and the IP-quality decisions that make or break a workflow.

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What is a residential proxy?
The pillar guide — how residential IPs work, why people use them, and why IP quality decides whether they work at all.
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Rotating vs sticky proxies
When to rotate a fresh IP per request and when to hold one for a full session, with a side-by-side comparison.
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HTTP vs SOCKS5 proxies
What separates the two protocols, where each shines, and why most workflows are fine with either.
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Residential vs datacenter proxies
The trade-offs in detectability, cost, and speed — and how to pick the right tool for the target.
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Do proxy GB expire?
How bandwidth billing works, the difference between subscriptions and one-time GB, and what expiry really costs you.
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How to avoid IP bans when web scraping
A practical playbook — rotation, pacing, headers, sessions, and clean IPs that don't start a request already flagged.
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How to check if a proxy is clean
Concrete checks for fraud score, blacklists, and ASN/type — and how a filter automates the work before delivery.
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