What you must know before purchasing a proxy IP

The rapid development of the Internet has promoted the widespread use of IP proxies. However, before using a proxy IP, it is crucial to understand some basic concepts, which can help avoid unnecessary mistakes and improve business efficiency.

1. Agency Agreement Selection

Proxy IPs usually use three protocols: HTTP, HTTPS, and Socks5. When choosing a proxy IP, make sure you understand the type of protocol you need. If you need the HTTP protocol, you can choose a temporary valid IP, a long-term valid IP, or use a threaded IP pool, an exclusive IP pool, or a shared IP pool. For the Socks5 protocol, you can choose a temporary valid Socks5 proxy IP, a long-term valid Socks5 proxy IP, or consider an exclusive IP pool or a shared IP pool. Please note that the port numbers for different protocols may be different.

2. Authorization

High-quality proxy IPs usually require authorization. Common authorization methods include terminal IP authorization and username and password authorization. IP authorization is used to bind the public network IP to the proxy IP, which can be bound in the background or automatically completed through the API interface. Username and password authorization requires username and password verification when using the proxy IP. Please note that these two authorization methods cannot be mixed, and you need to choose one of them.

3. Lifetime of proxy IP

Each proxy IP has a lifetime, and will become invalid after the lifetime expires. Even static proxy IPs are no exception, but the lifetime is relatively long. The lifetime of a short-term proxy IP is usually 0-6 minutes, the lifetime of a long-term proxy IP is 6-30 minutes, the lifetime of a threaded IP pool is 3-6 minutes, the lifetime of a shared IP pool is 0-10 minutes, and the lifetime of an exclusive IP pool is 2-2880 minutes. Different companies have different requirements for the lifetime of proxy IPs, and they can be selected according to specific circumstances. If the business lifetime required by the proxy IP is unstable, you can consider using an independent IP pool.

How to choose to purchase a proxy IP?

• A large-capacity IP pool is essential, especially for data collection and incremental users. Because these services require millions of proxy IPs every day, if the provider's IP pool is not large enough, it will not be able to meet the work needs, and reusing the same IP may result in access being blocked.
• High concealment is the basic requirement for proxy IP.
• Stability is also crucial. An unstable IP can cause problems, which must be kept in mind. Of course, stability also includes the stability of the server and the quality of after-sales service.

For example, Kookeey's global business-level carefully selected proxy IP can easily cope with any type of business scenario and always maintain stability and leadership. Relying on the accumulation of business big data and IP library retention algorithms, Kookeey can provide quality-screened IPs in specified application scenarios. These IPs can have better performance in the business.