IP proxy is no longer unfamiliar to people who do cross-border business. Whether it is collecting external network data or various e-commerce businesses, it seems that they are inseparable from IP proxy services. But in fact, the disguised IPs we obtain through IP proxy are also divided into clean and unclean. It seems that they can all achieve basic cross-border functions, but in fact there are big differences.
01What is IP purity?
Because IP on the Internet is absolutely independent and unique, when an IP is blacklisted by a website, then this IP is not clean for this website. When this IP is reallocated to a new cross-border person, if he needs to enter the website to obtain information, he will be blocked.
In addition, there are certain differences in the operation modes of e-commerce at home and abroad. Most e-commerce platforms will impose restrictions on opening multiple stores. Take Amazon as an example. When Amazon finds that two completely unrelated stores have been accessed and managed through the same IP address, Amazon will think that the two stores are owned by the same seller, and then determine that the two stores are related, and take a series of punishment measures such as blocking the account. But is it feasible to use this IP address to manage eBay stores? Maybe it is completely feasible, because this IP address may have never visited eBay stores.
In general, whether an IP address is clean or not is not absolute, but relative. It is particularly important for cross-border e-commerce, because it is directly related to the "survival" of related businesses. So when an IP address is not clean, does it still have a chance to be "redeemed"? Unfortunately, there is no unified standard for this issue for various websites, but the industry usually has a rule of thumb that after 6 months, the unclean IP address will be unblocked by the website.
02Can I detect whether the IP is clean?
As mentioned above, whether an IP is clean does not depend on the IP itself, but on whether a certain website thinks it is clean or not. Therefore, we cannot judge the cleanliness of an IP, but we can roughly estimate the quality of an IP from three perspectives:
1. IP pool size
The larger the IP pool, the lower the probability of IP duplication. The more proxy IPs are used, the more guaranteed the quality is. Most proxy IPs of poor quality become ineffective because too many people use them, which can also have some negative effects. The larger the IP pool, the higher the cost. This implies that the more comprehensive the IDC service provider is, the more guaranteed the after-sales service and product quality will be.
2. Effective connectivity rate of proxy IP
There are some proxy IP service providers whose IP pools are large but whose connectivity rates are low, which in itself indicates that the quality of the IPs they provide is not ideal.
3. IP coverage
The coverage of IP is also the distribution range of line nodes. The wider the distribution range in the entire region, the better. If the IP is only distributed in a few areas, it is easily affected by the long-distance communication of network nodes. Of course, it may also be marked as an associated IP by certain websites, and there is a possibility of "collective punishment".
When it comes to IP coverage, there are two mainstream IP types that cross-border people must understand:
Computer room IP: Also known as data center IP, a data center built by a large number of servers in the IDC (Internet Data Center) computer room.
Residential IP: Residential IP is also called home broadband IP, which is usually assigned by the network cable installed by the three major operators.
A major feature of the computer room IP is the "serial number". The IP addresses are connected, the geographical distribution is extremely uneven, and some operators will directly mark them as commercial types, so it is very likely that you will be directly rejected. But fortunately, the price is affordable and more suitable for the basic business of the enterprise. Residential IP resources come from real users, so the overall situation is relatively scattered, the resources are widely distributed, and the number is large. Compared with cross-border e-commerce, the security and stability will be better.
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