
What's the point of a short-lived proxy IP anyway?
Often people ask, those who can only use a few minutes of proxy IP is not IQ tax? To cite a real case, an e-commerce company Zhang to monitor the price of competitors, just grabbed 200 pages on the blocked IP. ipipgo's dynamic residential proxy for each request for a new IP automatically, and even ran for three days did not turn the car.
The biggest advantage of short-lived IP is thatflexible and invisible (idiom); stealthy. If you change your clothes every time you go out, the website won't recognize you as the same person. Especially suitable for the need for high-frequency identity switching scenarios, such as grabbing a limited number of goods, batch registration account these "guerrilla warfare".
You can't have these scenes without short-lived IP.
1. E-commerce price comparison systemA team of buyers with ipipgo's dynamic residential package, every 10 times to check the price of goods to change IP, successfully avoiding Amazon's anti-climbing mechanism!
2. Social Media Operations: Old Wang, who does overseas promotion, manages 30 Twitter accounts at the same time with short-lived IPs, each with a separate IP address
3. Ticket Monitoring Script: When concert tickets go on sale, milliseconds query with short-lived IPs, 200 times faster than manual refreshing
Python using ipipgo proxy example
import requests
def get_proxy().
Get a short-lived proxy from the ipipgo API.
return requests.get("https://api.ipipgo.com/dynamic").json()['proxy']
url = 'https://target-site.com'
proxy = get_proxy()
response = requests.get(url, proxies={"http": proxy, "https": proxy})
Tips for not letting short-lived IPs waste your money
A lot of people complain that short-lived IP burns money fast, but in fact, they don't use the right method. Remember this.The Law of 321::
3 retries: Immediate replacement of a single IP with 3 failures
2-second interval: the request interval should not be less than 2 seconds
1 time 1 secret: new IP for each request
Real-world data from ipipgo users:
| Business Type | IP consumption when not optimized | Percentage of savings after optimization |
|---|---|---|
| Product Collection | 5GB/day | 62% |
| Account Registration | 300IP/hour | 45% |
QA time: must-see questions for newbies
Q: How long does the short-acting IP last?
A: ipipgo's dynamic residential IP is valid for 3-10 minutes, depending on the strength of the site's wind control. It is recommended to set up an automatic replacement for 5 minutes
Q: How can I avoid sudden IP failure?
A: Put a double validation in the code:
1. ping test latency before use
2. Visit check.ipipgo.com to confirm IP availability
Q: What if I need 100 IPs at the same time?
A: directly contact ipipgo customer service to open the enterprise package, they can configure a dedicated channel within 1 hour, cheaper than buying alone 30%
Choose the right package to save your heart and money
Comparison of the three main ipipgo packages:
| Package Type | Applicable Scenarios | Money Saving Tips |
|---|---|---|
| Dynamic Standard Edition | Individual users/small-scale collection | Half price for night time traffic |
| Dynamic Enterprise Edition | Workshops/Multi-threaded operations | 15% off when you bind a bank card |
| Static homes | Long-term number raising business | Get 3 months free with annual subscription |
Finally, a real joke: some people spend a lot of money to buy long-term IP to do data collection, the results of the first day was blocked. Later changed to ipipgo dynamic package, the same amount of business costs down 70%. Remember.Not the more expensive package the betterThe key is to look at the business needs.

