Virtual IP Q&A: Technical Guide to Anonymous Access and IP Masquerading

Virtual IP to engage in questionnaires? Have you ever stepped on these pits?

Recently, Mr. Zhang ran into a problem - the company wanted to do market research, and each person was asked to complete 50 online questionnaires. When he finished the 20th questionnaire, the webpage suddenly popped up, "This IP address is a duplicate submission". Well, it's a waste of time. Have you encountered this scenario before? This is the timeproxy IPIt will come in handy, but there are a lot of doors in how exactly to play around with it.

The secret at the heart of anonymous access

To be clear, the questionnaire platform guards againstSame IP over and over againThe following is a list of some of the most popular features of the Flight Mode. Ordinary users switch flight mode to change IP, the operation is troublesome and easy to lose data. Professional players do it:

 Python example: sending requests using proxy IPs
import requests

proxies = {
    'http': 'http://username:password@gateway.ipipgo.net:端口',
    'https': 'http://username:password@gateway.ipipgo.net:端口'
}

response = requests.get('Questionnaire link', proxies=proxies)

Watch this space.username and passwordGotta switch to real credentials and the port number will change depending on the package type. With ipipgo, their client comes with a one-click generation feature, which is much less work than manual configuration.

A practical guide to avoiding the pit

Don't think that just because you've hung up your agent that everything is fine, there's a lot more to it than that:

A customer complained to me that he was always recognized with a normal proxy, and then he switched to ipipgo.Dynamic Residential (Enterprise Edition)The package, at $9.47/GB, supports 200 simultaneous thread launches, which directly doubles efficiency.

Configuration tutorials that even a novice can get started with

Take an Android phone for example:

1. Download the APP of ipipgo (there is a download portal at the bottom of the official website)
2. Select "Scene Mode".Questionnaire research template
3. Set the time interval for automatic IP switching (3-5 minutes recommended)
4. Enable browser UA randomization

Here's the point! Many platforms will detectIP time zonerespond in singingBrowser LanguageIf you are using an American IP, remember to change the system language to English. For example, if you are using a US IP, remember to change the system language to English, this detail is easy to turn over if you don't pay attention to it.

Frequently Asked Questions

Q: Is it legal to use a proxy IP?
A: Simply for data collection is perfectly fine, but don't use it to engage in malicious vote-scrubbing. ipipgo's IP resources come from regular carriers, so you can rest assured.

Q: How to choose between dynamic IP and static IP?
A: Dynamic ($7.67/GB) for ordinary questionnaires, and static for those who need to log in accounts. There is a tricky method: first use the dynamic IP to register the account, and then use the static IP to log in the operation.

Q: How do I check if the proxy is in effect?
A: Visit the "IP Detection" page on the ipipgo website to see real-time IP address and carrier information. A customer said that he successfully avoided the restrictions of three questionnaire platforms by using this method.

Why ipipgo?

Agent service providers on the market as many as possible, but can do these three points really not much: one is to support theSocks5 protocol(which is more difficult to recognize than HTTP), and two, providing theClient auto-reconnect(automatic IP change at disconnection), and most importantly there areDedicated customer serviceHelp debugging parameters. Last time I met a customer who needed to switch 5 country IPs at the same time, their technical team gave a solution on the same day.

Lastly, don't buy those shared IP packages with volume-based billing. There is a lesson to be learned: some people use a third-party service for cheap, but the data of 50 questionnaires were all invalidated, and they lost more money instead. It's better to leave professional things to professional tools.