Overseas Proxy Network IP Type Guide

There are so many types of proxy network IPs that you are confused and can't decide what you need? After reading this article, you can become a half-proxy network IP expert.

We will explain this through the following key points.

• Data Center Proxy
• Static Residential Proxies
• Dynamic Residential Proxy
• Mobile Phone Agent
• Agency Portfolio Management

What is a proxy network IP?

As network technology continues to improve, it is becoming increasingly difficult to obtain the required data and information from target websites. Even though the information on many websites is public, it is not easy to access and crawl website information. Websites set up obstacles mainly for the following reasons: web data crawling will increase the burden on the target website server and even cause it to crash; some content is restricted due to geographical location; some specific websites restrict a large amount of information from being crawled due to competition.

To give the simplest example, as an e-commerce company, you need to learn all kinds of information, especially pricing information, from your competitors' target websites. However, your competitors will not "sit and wait". They will find out through your IP or your company's IP that you are collecting information, and will mislead your business decisions by "feeding" you wrong information.

This is the most basic role of the proxy: to make you anonymous. Of course, in addition to anonymity, there are other advantages such as faster and safer.

By using a proxy network, you hide your IP address, so competitors cannot "spy" on you, and you see real and reliable information. It should be noted that using a proxy network is completely legal because you are accessing open source data instead of viewing content that infringes on personal privacy.

There are many types of proxies, including: data center, static residential, dynamic residential, mobile, and proxy combination. Let's take a closer look at the advantages and disadvantages of each type of proxy IP so that you can use it flexibly and correctly.

Data Center Proxy IP

The data center IP in the proxy concept refers to a large number of IPs assigned to a server through which traffic is routed. Because data center IPs usually contain tens of thousands of IP addresses, it is common to say that IP pools. It should be pointed out that this type of proxy is a static IP.

Key Benefits :

• This type of IP is the first choice for users who need a long-term fixed IP address, such as business accounts or social network account management.
• Affordable, compared to real-life residential IPs, this type of IP is very cheap.
• Requests sent through the data center IP can reach the target website faster.

Main Disadvantages :

• Data center IP is more suitable for websites with not particularly high security. For those websites with particularly strict security, this type of IP may be easily blocked.
• This type of IP is easier to be "detected" because of its characteristics (not a real residential IP).
• This type of IP can be divided into shared and dedicated. If you choose a shared IP pool, you may encounter some IPs with "bad" collection records and are easily blocked. Of course, using a dedicated IP can avoid this situation.

Main use cases/scenarios

Generally speaking, data center proxies are suitable for all web proxy usage scenarios, from e-commerce, web data extraction, travel information, brand protection to public data collection, etc. If the target website is not highly guarded and there is no relevant anti-crawling setting to "scan" similar human behavior mechanisms, combined with the economical point, data center IP is a very good choice. With Kookeey's data center IP, you can accurately locate static fixed IPs covering multiple countries/regions around the world, which can be used for a long time or even for life.

Static Residential Proxy IP

Static residential networks consist of residential IPs that agents purchase or lease from Internet Service Providers (ISPs) for business purposes, not personal use. Because these IPs are not assigned to a physical location, they need to be hosted on servers in the same way as data center IPs, with the core difference being that the target site identifies these IPs as "residential IPs" rather than data center IPs. Because of this nature, you can send requests as a local IP in different countries, and the target site will also identify you as coming from the local area, just like a real residential proxy.

Key Benefits:

• Static residential IP contains all the advantages of data center IP: fast, affordable, and especially suitable for fixed IP needs.
• In addition to the advantages of the data center, another special advantage is that this IP is displayed as a real person, and the target website is very unlikely to block you. You can enjoy many benefits through this IP: view content from the user's perspective, perform advertising verification, etc.
• Choosing to purchase a dedicated/private static real-person residential IP for use on a specific domain without having to worry about others using the same IP at the same target site can greatly increase your success rate and eliminate potential obstacles.

Main Disadvantages:

• Static real-person residential IP is static and not rotating. Therefore, in some scenarios where rotating IP can play a better role, this type of real-person residential IP will lose its advantage.
• In usage scenarios that are more suitable for mobile phone proxy networks, the advantages of this IP are not obvious.

Classic use cases/scenarios

Static residential IPs support a variety of use cases, some of which can overcome rotation and geo-based IP blocking by using a dedicated IP pool on an ongoing basis. However, the advantages of static residential IPs are particularly evident in the following use cases.

Cross-border retail: Create and manage accounts on social media, classified e-commerce websites, and e-commerce platforms.

Web Data Extraction: Use real static residential IP addresses in specified countries/cities to collect information on prices, customer feedback, industry trends, and social media.

Investing: Gather reliable stock and market data to support informed investment decisions. Plus, you can verify lenders, creditors and conduct in-depth background checks on them so you can invest with more confidence.

Dynamic Residential Proxy IP

This dynamic IP network is located in every country, state and city in the world and is completely real-person residential IP, which is very unique.

Developers embed plug-ins in their programs and are compensated based on the number of users who voluntarily choose to accept the plug-in; APP users voluntarily choose whether to accept the plug-in, and if they do, they will get free ad-free or premium account use. These APP users are peers of the huge real-life residential proxy network, and these peers are free to choose to launch whenever they want. This wonderful model creates an unparalleled, ethical, and legally compliant global real-life residential IP network, through which the public can see the "transparent" online world and obtain real network data.

Key Benefits:

• Can access highly secure websites.
• It can simulate completely real-life usage scenarios, crawl web pages, view information, collect data, etc.
• Concurrent requests make data collection very fast. (The following picture vividly describes this advantage: sending data requests is like people waiting in line for beer. The left side is slow and inefficient because only one request can be sent at a time, and the right side is fast and efficient because multiple requests can be sent at a time.)

Main Disadvantages:

• Relatively expensive.
• In some specific cases, rotating IPs may not be so effective. For example, ad verification is very sensitive to location requirements. In this case, using a consistent IP pool can effectively solve the problem.

Classic use cases/scenarios

Ad verification: Verify the location of your ads, compliance, ad effectiveness (ROAS), verify backlinks, affiliate links, redirect ads, and whether the language is used correctly, etc.

Travel Intelligence: Helps online travel agencies (OTAs), airlines and travel businesses collect real-time data, enabling them to develop dynamic competitive pricing strategies, understand current and future consumer sentiment and demand, and conduct travel-centric cross-selling and up-selling.

Brand Protection: The company monitors and identifies and blocks malicious infringements of its brand intellectual property rights, and also enables brands to easily track piracy, trademark squatting, and brand exploitation.

Mobile phone proxy IP

A large cellular network covering major mobile operators in various countries, consisting of real 3G/4G mobile phone IP networks, covering countries and cities around the world. This proxy network IP cannot be "detected" by the target website, and is extremely effective when it is necessary to collect and verify information through mobile phones.

Key Benefits:

• You can view mobile applications, ads, and any other operations in the mobile environment on your computer desktop, and you can get accurate information just like a real mobile user.
• Operations through mobile phone proxy network IP are extremely difficult to "track" and detect, and are absolutely safe.

Main Disadvantages:

• The only drawback is that it is expensive, but like a Porsche among cars, it is expensive but extremely useful.

Main use cases/scenarios

Use ASN to even pinpoint the following activities of operators: cellular advertising verification on PCs; mobile app user experience verification; app quality assurance; tracking direct marketing activities and app promotions.

Agency Portfolio Management

After understanding the advantages and disadvantages of each type of IP, you need to make an informed decision on how to choose. Sometimes a single IP type can achieve the purpose, but more often, you need to combine different proxy network IPs to achieve perfect and fast data collection. For simple data collection, a data center network may be enough, but many times, for complex requests, you need to choose between a static residential network, a dynamic residential network, or a mobile phone network. .

However, using the right IP for data collection is not everything. Considering the cost of manpower and material resources, in addition to choosing a good proxy IP, it is equally important to have a good proxy management tool: this tool needs to automatically manage and alternate the proxy network based on the difficulty of crawling data on any specified target website.