Proxies for IsThereAnyDeal and Game Discount Aggregators: Price Monitoring from Any Region

Game prices on Steam, GOG, Humble Store, and other stores vary depending on the region — sometimes by 3–5 times. Discount aggregators like IsThereAnyDeal, Dekudeals, and CheapShark allow you to track these differences, but without a proxy, you only see prices from your region. Let's figure out how to set up price monitoring from different countries and avoid getting blocked while collecting data en masse.

Why proxies for game discount aggregators

If you just visit IsThereAnyDeal once a day to check if the price of a desired game has dropped, you don’t need proxies. But the picture changes as soon as you start working with prices professionally: reselling keys, managing a game store, engaging in digital content arbitrage, or collecting data for analytics.

Here are specific scenarios where proxies are essential:

• Game key arbitrage. You buy keys in regions with low prices (Turkey, Argentina, India) and resell them in regions with higher prices. For this, you need to see prices in different stores from different countries simultaneously.
• Managing a game store. If you sell games or DLC, it’s important to know the current prices of competitors in all regions — this directly affects your pricing.
• Mass parsing for analytics. Market researchers, analysts, and developers of discount tracking applications collect thousands of records a day. Aggregators and stores block such requests without IP rotation.
• Automatic discount notifications. Scripts that check prices every 15–30 minutes quickly fall under rate limiting without changing IPs.
• Checking regional offers. Some promotions are only available to users from certain countries. Proxies allow you to see these offers and take advantage of them.

The main reason for blocks is not that you are doing something forbidden, but that sites see dozens of requests from one IP in a short time. To them, it looks like an attack or scraping. Proxies solve this problem by distributing requests among different IP addresses.

It's important to understand:

Using proxies to view regional prices is a legal practice. However, purchasing games in regions with lowered prices for resale may violate the terms of use of specific platforms. Always check the ToS of the store before starting work.

How IsThereAnyDeal and other aggregators work

Before setting up proxies, it’s useful to understand how discount aggregators work internally — this will help you choose the right strategy for working with them.

IsThereAnyDeal (ITAD) is one of the most popular aggregators. It collects prices from over 30 stores: Steam, GOG, Humble Store, Fanatical, Green Man Gaming, Epic Games Store, Nuuvem, and others. The service shows the historical lowest price, current discounts, and allows you to set up notifications when the desired price is reached.

Other popular aggregators and tools:

• CheapShark — specializes in PC games, has an open API for developers.
• Dekudeals — focuses on Nintendo Switch, tracks prices in eShop from different countries.
• PS Deals — aggregator for PlayStation Store, shows discounts by region.
• SteamDB — Steam database with price history, regional prices, and statistics.
• SteamSpy — analytics of game sales on Steam.
• AllKeyShop — price comparison for keys from different resellers.

Most of these services have built-in protection against automated requests. They analyze:

• Request frequency from one IP (rate limiting)
• Geolocation of the IP address (to show regional prices)
• Browser headers (User-Agent, Accept-Language)
• Behavior patterns (too fast or regular requests)

Proxies help bypass rate limiting and access regional prices by replacing your real IP with an address from the desired country.

Regional prices: where games are cheapest

The price differences between regions are not coincidental but a deliberate policy by publishers. Steam, for example, sets prices in local currency considering the purchasing power of the population. As a result, the same game can cost very differently depending on the country.

Here’s a rough picture of regional prices (relative to European prices):

To view prices in a specific region through IsThereAnyDeal or SteamDB, you need an IP from that country. This is where residential proxies come into play — they provide real IPs of home users from the desired country, and sites perceive you as an ordinary local visitor.

Which proxies are suitable for monitoring game discounts

Not all proxies work equally well with discount aggregators. The choice depends on what exactly you are doing: just viewing prices from another region or automatically collecting data in large volumes.

For most tasks with discount aggregators, the optimal choice will be residential proxies — they have real IPs of home users from the necessary countries, which is critically important for obtaining accurate regional prices. Steam, GOG, and other stores show different prices depending on the geolocation of the IP, and residential proxies provide the most accurate results.

When to choose mobile proxies: if you are working with mobile versions of stores (for example, Nintendo eShop through Dekudeals) or if you find that residential proxies are blocked by a specific service. Mobile proxies use IPs from mobile operators — such addresses are almost never blocked, as one IP can hide thousands of real users.

When data center proxies are suitable: if you are collecting data from small aggregators without serious protection or doing initial checks for data availability. For serious price monitoring on Steam or GOG, data center proxies are often blocked — these platforms are good at recognizing them.

Step-by-step setup: price monitoring via proxies

Let's go through several practical setup scenarios — from the simplest (manually checking prices) to more advanced (automatic monitoring).

Scenario 1: Manually viewing regional prices through a browser

This is the simplest way — suitable if you need to periodically check prices in one or two regions.

1. Get proxy data — host, port, username, and password from your provider. Choose the country whose prices you want to see (for example, Argentina or Turkey).
2. Open browser settings. In Chrome: Settings → System → Open your computer's proxy settings. In Firefox: Settings → General → Network Settings → Settings.
3. Enter proxy data. Choose HTTP or SOCKS5 type (SOCKS5 is preferable), enter the host and port, and specify the username and password.
4. Check geolocation. Go to 2ip.ru or whatismyipaddress.com — the country of your proxy should be displayed.
5. Open IsThereAnyDeal or SteamDB and check prices — now they will be displayed for the region of your proxy.

Scenario 2: Monitoring several regions through an anti-detect browser

If you need to work with several regions simultaneously (for example, comparing prices in Argentina, Turkey, and India), it’s convenient to use an anti-detect browser — Dolphin Anty, AdsPower, or GoLogin. Each profile will have its proxy and geolocation.

1. Install an anti-detect browser. A free plan of Dolphin Anty (up to 10 profiles) or GoLogin (up to 3 profiles) will suffice to start.
2. Create a profile for each region. For example: "Argentina Steam", "Turkey Steam", "India Steam".
3. In the settings of each profile, specify the proxy. Path: Profile → Proxy → Add proxy → Type SOCKS5 → Enter host, port, username, password → Check connection.
4. Set the browser language according to the region (es-AR for Argentina, tr-TR for Turkey). This additionally convinces sites that you are a local user.
5. Launch all profiles and open IsThereAnyDeal or SteamDB in each — you will see prices for all regions simultaneously.

Scenario 3: Setting up automatic notifications via IsThereAnyDeal API

IsThereAnyDeal provides a free API for developers. If you want to receive notifications automatically when the desired price is reached in a specific region, here’s a basic algorithm for operation:

1. Register on IsThereAnyDeal and get an API key in the developer section.
2. Set up a wishlist with the games you want to track.
3. Set threshold prices for notifications (for example, "notify when the price drops below $5").
4. To get regional prices via the API, use the proxy of the corresponding region for each request.
5. Set up proxy rotation to avoid exceeding request limits (usually 1 request per second for the free API).

Tools for automatic game price monitoring

In addition to directly working with aggregators, there are ready-made tools and services that simplify price monitoring. Let’s consider the main options.

Built-in aggregator tools

Most aggregators have their notification systems that do not require proxies for basic use:

• IsThereAnyDeal Waitlist — add a game to the waitlist, specify a price, receive an email when it is reached.
• SteamDB Alerts — notifications about price changes and discounts on Steam.
• Dekudeals Wishlist — tracking prices in Nintendo eShop with support for multiple regions.
• PS Deals Price Alerts — notifications about discounts in PlayStation Store.

The limitation of built-in tools: they show prices only for your region (determined by IP at registration or your current IP). To view prices from other regions, proxies are still needed.

Browser extensions

A number of extensions integrate with aggregators and display price information directly on store pages:

• Enhanced Steam — adds price history and information from ITAD directly on Steam pages.
• Augmented Steam — similar to Enhanced Steam with additional features.
• ITAD Browser Extension — official IsThereAnyDeal extension for Chrome and Firefox.

When using extensions with proxies, it’s important that all browser traffic goes through the proxy — otherwise, the extension will receive data for your real region instead of the target one.

Ready-made solutions for price parsing

For professional tasks — managing a game store or market analytics — there are ready-made parsers and scraping services with proxy support:

• Octoparse — a visual no-code parser that supports proxy rotation.
• ParseHub — a cloud parser with a free plan, convenient for small tasks.
• Apify — a platform for automating web scraping, with ready-made actors for Steam and other platforms.
• Bright Data (Luminati) — a professional scraping platform with built-in proxies.

When using any of these tools, connect data center proxies for high-speed parsing of small aggregators or residential proxies for working with protected platforms like Steam and GOG.

Tips for safe operation without blocks

Even with good proxies, you can get blocked if you don’t follow basic rules for working with aggregators and game stores. Here are practical tips to help avoid problems.

Control request frequency

Rate limiting is the main reason for blocks during automatic monitoring. Recommended intervals:

• IsThereAnyDeal API: no more than 1 request per second, recommended 2–3 seconds between requests.
• Steam Store: at least 1–2 seconds between requests, better 3–5 seconds.
• SteamDB: 2–4 seconds between requests.
• AllKeyShop: 1–2 seconds, the site is quite lenient.

Use IP rotation

Do not make all requests from one IP address, even if it’s a residential proxy. Set up rotation: change IP every 10–20 requests or every few minutes. Most residential proxy providers support automatic rotation via a special endpoint.

Imitate real user behavior

Sites analyze not only IPs but also behavior patterns. A few rules:

• Use a realistic User-Agent (modern Chrome or Firefox, not curl).
• Add random pauses between requests (not fixed 2 seconds, but 1.5–3.5 seconds randomly).
• Set the Accept-Language header according to the proxy region.
• Do not make requests at 3 AM in the time zone of the target region — this is atypical for real users.

Separate tasks by proxy types

The optimal strategy is to use different types of proxies for different tasks:

Keep an eye on changes in platform policies

Steam, GOG, and other platforms periodically update their protection algorithms. What worked three months ago may stop working today. It is recommended to:

• Monitor profile forums (Reddit r/gamedeals, r/steam) for reports of new restrictions.
• Periodically check if regional prices are displayed correctly through your proxies.
• Have backup proxies from several providers in case of mass blocks.
• Do not store all keys in one account — if the account gets blocked for suspicious activity, you will lose everything.

Checklist before starting work

Conclusion

Proxies for working with IsThereAnyDeal and other game discount aggregators are not just a technical tool, but a necessity for anyone who works professionally with prices for digital content. Whether it's game key arbitrage, managing a store, or market analytics — without proxies, you only see a limited picture of prices in your region.

Key takeaways from this article:

• For viewing regional prices and bypassing blocks, residential proxies are the best fit — they provide real IPs from the necessary countries.
• For mass parsing of small aggregators, cheaper data center proxies can be used.
• Anti-detect browsers (Dolphin Anty, AdsPower, GoLogin) allow monitoring prices in several regions simultaneously.
• Adhering to delays between requests and IP rotation are key factors for working without blocks.

If you plan to regularly track prices in Argentina, Turkey, India, and other regions with low game prices, we recommend starting with residential proxies — they ensure accurate geolocation detection and minimal risk of blocks from Steam, GOG, and other platforms.