Residential Proxies

WeProxies provides premium residential proxies - IP addresses assigned to real residential devices by Internet Service Providers (ISPs). These proxies offer the highest level of anonymity and success rates.

What Are Residential Proxies?

Residential proxies use IP addresses assigned to real homes and mobile devices. Unlike datacenter proxies, residential IPs:

• ✅ Appear as real users - Websites see genuine residential traffic
• ✅ Higher success rates - Bypass anti-bot systems effectively
• ✅ Better anonymity - Blend in with normal user traffic
• ✅ Access geo-restricted content - Appear as local users

Use Cases

Web Scraping

import requests

proxy = {
    "http": "http://wp_user-country-US:password@proxy.weproxies.com:1080",
    "https": "http://wp_user-country-US:password@proxy.weproxies.com:1080"
}

# Scrape with residential IP for better success rates
response = requests.get("https://example.com/data", proxies=proxy)

Price Monitoring

Track competitor pricing across different regions:

countries = ["US", "UK", "DE", "FR", "JP"]

for country in countries:
    proxy = {
        "http": f"http://wp_user-country-{country}:password@proxy.weproxies.com:1080",
        "https": f"http://wp_user-country-{country}:password@proxy.weproxies.com:1080"
    }
    response = requests.get("https://shop.example.com/product", proxies=proxy)
    print(f"{country}: {extract_price(response.text)}")

Ad Verification

Verify ads are displayed correctly in target markets:

# Check ad placement in New York
proxy = {
    "http": "http://wp_user-country-US-state-NY-city-NewYork:password@proxy.weproxies.com:1080",
    "https": "http://wp_user-country-US-state-NY-city-NewYork:password@proxy.weproxies.com:1080"
}

Social Media Management

Manage multiple accounts safely with different IPs:

# Each account uses a different sticky session
for account in accounts:
    proxy = {
        "http": f"http://wp_user-session-{account.id}:password@proxy.weproxies.com:1080",
        "https": f"http://wp_user-session-{account.id}:password@proxy.weproxies.com:1080"
    }
    # Perform account operations with consistent IP

Proxy Pool

WeProxies maintains a large pool of residential IPs:

Feature	Details
Pool Size	10M+ residential IPs
Countries	195+ countries
Rotation	Automatic on each request
Session Length	Up to 10 minutes (sticky)
Protocols	HTTP, HTTPS

Rotating vs Sticky Sessions

Rotating (Default)

Each request gets a new IP address:

# Each request = new IP
curl -x "http://wp_user:password@proxy.weproxies.com:1080" https://api.ipify.org
curl -x "http://wp_user:password@proxy.weproxies.com:1080" https://api.ipify.org
# Different IPs each time

Best for:

• Web scraping at scale
• Data collection
• Anonymous browsing

Sticky Sessions

Maintain the same IP for multiple requests:

# Same session ID = same IP
curl -x "http://wp_user-session-abc123:password@proxy.weproxies.com:1080" https://api.ipify.org
curl -x "http://wp_user-session-abc123:password@proxy.weproxies.com:1080" https://api.ipify.org
# Same IP for both requests

Best for:

• Login sessions
• Multi-step workflows
• Shopping cart operations

Performance Tips

1. Use Appropriate Timeouts

Residential proxies may be slightly slower than datacenter proxies:

response = requests.get(
    "https://example.com",
    proxies=proxy,
    timeout=30  # 30 second timeout
)

2. Implement Retry Logic

from requests.adapters import HTTPAdapter
from urllib3.util.retry import Retry

session = requests.Session()
retry = Retry(total=3, backoff_factor=0.5)
adapter = HTTPAdapter(max_retries=retry)
session.mount('http://', adapter)
session.mount('https://', adapter)

response = session.get("https://example.com", proxies=proxy)

3. Rotate User Agents

import random

user_agents = [
    "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36...",
    "Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_15_7) AppleWebKit/537.36...",
    "Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/537.36..."
]

headers = {"User-Agent": random.choice(user_agents)}
response = requests.get("https://example.com", proxies=proxy, headers=headers)

Comparison with Datacenter Proxies

Feature	Residential	Datacenter
IP Source	Real ISPs	Data centers
Detection Risk	Very Low	Higher
Speed	Good	Faster
Price	Per GB	Per IP/Month
Best For	Anti-bot bypass	High-volume, speed

Next Steps

• Country Targeting - Target specific locations
• Session Management - Control IP persistence
• Proxy Formats - Connection string formats