How Many Proxies Do I Need?
How many proxies you need depends on the use case. For scraping with rotating residential proxies you scale bandwidth, not IP count. For sneakers and ticketing, plan roughly one IP per task. For multi-accounting, use one dedicated IP per account.
Web scraping
With rotating residential proxies you don't count individual IPs — the pool rotates automatically across millions of addresses. Instead, size your plan by bandwidth (GB) based on how many pages you'll fetch and their size. Heavier sites and images use more data.
Sneakers & ticketing
Plan roughly one IP per checkout task or queue position. If you run 50 tasks, aim for around 50 ISP IPs, or enough residential bandwidth to support 50 concurrent sessions. More clean IPs generally means more entries.
Multi-accounting
Use one dedicated IP per account (static ISP proxies) so accounts stay isolated. The number of proxies equals the number of accounts you run concurrently.
| Use case | How to size |
|---|---|
| Web scraping | By bandwidth (GB), rotating pool |
| Sneakers / ticketing | ~1 IP per task |
| Multi-accounting | 1 dedicated IP per account |
| Monitoring | A few sticky IPs per target |
When unsure, start smaller and scale up — residential bandwidth never expires, so you only pay for what you use.
Frequently asked questions
How many proxies do I need for sneaker botting?
Roughly one IP per checkout task. For 50 tasks, plan around 50 ISP IPs or enough residential bandwidth for 50 concurrent sessions.
How many proxies for web scraping?
With rotating residential proxies you scale by bandwidth, not IP count — the pool rotates automatically. Estimate GB based on pages and page size.
How many proxies per account?
One dedicated IP per account is best practice, so a ban on one account doesn't affect the others.
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