- Amazon: public prices, Buy Box and stock by marketplace.
- eBay: public listings and sold-item research by country.
- Walmart: store-area prices and stock with US city targeting.
- Google: localized SERP and rank tracking.
- Instagram: public profiles, hashtags and ads.
- TikTok: regional trends and ad creatives.
- YouTube: ad verification and regional availability.
- Facebook: ad placement checks and public Pages.
- Reddit: public discussions and brand mentions.
- LinkedIn: public company and job pages, under strict limits.
- Twitter/X: public posts, trends and promoted content.
- Sneaker sites: public prices, stock and release data, no bots.
How to choose a proxy for a target site
- Retail and marketplaces: rotating residential proxies matched to the store's country, with state or city for regional prices.
- Search engines: residential exits in the city you want to measure; mobile for mobile results.
- Social platforms: residential or mobile proxies with sticky sessions, low request rates and public pages only.
- Cost-sensitive sweeps: test datacenter proxies on a sample against a residential run before relying on them.
Residential bandwidth starts at $4.50 for 5 GB and falls to $0.53/GB at 10 TB, and it never expires. Mobile starts at $3.90/GB. See pricing.
Rules that apply to every target
All guides assume lawful use. Collect public data, follow the platform's terms and robots directives, keep request rates reasonable and prefer official APIs where they cover your need. Do not create fake accounts, generate engagement, access private data, run automated checkout bots or try to evade bans. Our acceptable use policy applies to every account, and safe and acceptable proxy use cases gives examples.
Rotating or sticky: a quick rule
Use rotating sessions when each request stands alone, such as one product page per request. Use sticky sessions, from 1 minute to 24 hours, when a flow needs one IP, such as paging through results or checking an ad and its landing page. The rotating vs sticky comparison explains the trade-off.
Frequently asked questions
Not always. Residential proxies cover most public monitoring. Mobile proxies, from $3.90/GB, help when the carrier-network view matters. See Instagram.
No. Our acceptable use policy allows lawful work such as public data collection, price and ad verification and QA. Bots, fake accounts and ban evasion are not supported.
Residential bandwidth is $4.50 for 5 GB ($0.90/GB), falling to $0.53/GB at 10 TB, and never expires. See pricing.
Yes. Check the exit with what is my IP and the free tools, then run a small sample against the target.