Latest articles and insights about proxies, web scraping, and internet infrastructure
We analyze a formula with 4 variables that will help accurately calculate the proxy budget before purchase, and provide 3 ready-made calculations for different tasks.
Mercado Libre assigns a default index to everyone who hasn't specified a delivery zone and calculates the price, free shipping, and the winner of the buy box based on it. Public API endpoints respond with 403 PolicyAgent, and the storefront conducts its own device verification. We analyze verified facts on how to correctly collect data from seven Mercado Libre storefronts and what proxies are needed for this.
We analyze proxy traffic consumption in 6 real scenarios: from farming ad accounts to scraping marketplaces — with specific figures in GB.
Bought SOCKS5 proxy, but the browser or parser won't connect or works with errors? We discuss 7 technical limitations of SOCKS5 that are usually discovered after the fact.
On August 5, 2026, Reddit announced the shutdown of its public Data API: applications are moving to the closed platform Devvit, where code is executed on the company's servers and only JavaScript and TypeScript are supported. September 30 is the deadline for registration, and there is no date for the API shutdown. We analyze the timeline of the closure, the actual limits, and four routes left for those who collect Reddit data.
A comparison table for choosing between SOCKS5 and HTTP protocols for 12 popular tools for arbitrage, SMM, and parsing, with specific setup recommendations.
We analyze in which tasks of arbitration, SMM, and e-commerce the overpayment for mobile proxies provides a real ROI boost, and where cheaper residential IPs are sufficient.
Expensive residential IPs are not always necessary. We present 7 specific scenarios—from price monitoring on Ozon to SEO scraping—where datacenter proxies save budget without compromising results.
Pixelscan, Iphey, CreepJS, and BrowserScan measure different things and argue with each other on the same profile. We analyze what each fingerprint checker specifically verifies, whom to trust in which scenario, what these tools found in popular anti-detect browsers — and why all the green checkmarks do not guarantee passing through the anti-bot system.
Cheap proxies often turn out to be reused IPs, botnet traffic, or data centers masquerading as residential. We analyze 8 real cost-saving schemes from sellers.