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The Rainproxy blog.

Setup guides, captcha tactics, IP hygiene and lessons from running residential, mobile and ISP proxies at production scale. Written by the team that ships the infrastructure.

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Dolphin Anty Setup Guide: Using Rainproxy Proxies with Dolphin Anty
Tutorial

Dolphin Anty Setup Guide: Using Rainproxy Proxies with Dolphin Anty

How to generate Rainproxy proxies and attach them to Dolphin Anty profiles — proxy types per task, bulk import, Cookie Robot, scenarios and the Synchronizer.

31 Aug 2026 8 min
Static ISP Or Rotating Residential? Pick By Job, Not By Price
Comparison

Static ISP Or Rotating Residential? Pick By Job, Not By Price

One gives you the same address forever, the other gives you millions. The choice is decided by whether your target expects consistency or variety.

09 Mar 2026 6 min
Scraping Search Results: Location, Pacing And Clean Data
Scraping

Scraping Search Results: Location, Pacing And Clean Data

Search results are personalised by location, device and history. Collecting them accurately is mostly about controlling those variables, not about volume.

02 Mar 2026 6 min
How To Choose A Proxy Provider: A Checklist That Survives Contact
Buying guide

How To Choose A Proxy Provider: A Checklist That Survives Contact

Pool size claims are marketing. These are the things that decide whether a provider works for you, and how to check each one in an afternoon.

23 Feb 2026 6 min
Residential Proxy Pricing Explained: Per GB, Unlimited And Per IP
Pricing

Residential Proxy Pricing Explained: Per GB, Unlimited And Per IP

Three billing models, three very different bills. How to work out which one is cheapest for your actual traffic before you commit.

16 Feb 2026 6 min
How To Buy Residential Proxies Without Overpaying
Buying guide

How To Buy Residential Proxies Without Overpaying

Per-GB rates hide most of what you pay for. A practical guide to buying residential proxies: what to test, what to ignore and what the price really depends on.

09 Feb 2026 7 min
Cloudflare Blocking Your Requests? Read The Signal First
Anti-bot

Cloudflare Blocking Your Requests? Read The Signal First

A Cloudflare challenge is a diagnosis, not a wall. Each error code tells you which part of your setup is wrong — and only one of them is about the IP.

02 Feb 2026 6 min
Why DataDome Blocks You — And What Actually Changes That
Anti-bot

Why DataDome Blocks You — And What Actually Changes That

DataDome scores the whole request, not just the IP. Here is what it looks at, why rotating harder makes things worse, and what a legitimate setup gets right.

26 Jan 2026 6 min
MCP Server Proxy Setup: Giving Your Model Tools A Clean Exit
AI

MCP Server Proxy Setup: Giving Your Model Tools A Clean Exit

MCP servers let a model fetch, search and browse. Route those tool calls through proxies and you decide what the internet sees, instead of your server IP.

19 Jan 2026 6 min
Collecting Training Data For LLMs Without Getting Blocked
AI

Collecting Training Data For LLMs Without Getting Blocked

Large-scale text collection is a logistics problem before it is a machine learning problem. How to gather public web data at volume, cleanly and legally.

12 Jan 2026 7 min
Proxies For AI Agents: How To Keep Autonomous Browsing Alive
AI

Proxies For AI Agents: How To Keep Autonomous Browsing Alive

AI agents browse like a very fast, very literal person — and sites block them within minutes. What an agent stack needs from its proxies to keep running.

05 Jan 2026 7 min
BitBrowser Complete Setup Guide: Integrate Rainproxy with BitBrowser
Tutorial

BitBrowser Complete Setup Guide: Integrate Rainproxy with BitBrowser

Harness the power of Rainproxy x BitBrowser: profile creation, proxy credentials, sticky sessions and targeting — everything you need to get set up.

20 Nov 2025 8 min