Proxies for tracking competitor prices

Shops quote different prices, stock and delivery costs per country, and they throttle visitors who open product pages in bulk. Local, rotating IPs get you the real shopper's view.

Which proxy is best for price monitoring?

For price monitoring, rotating residential proxies in the country whose prices you track work best. Shops set price, currency and stock by the visitor's IP and slow down anyone who opens lots of product pages, so a local IP that changes every request sees what a real shopper sees.

Get the local price

Target the country you care about. Currency, tax and availability all follow where the request exits.

Many checks, small bill

Price tracking is lots of small requests. Residential Lite was made for exactly that; unlimited datacenter works for shops that accept server IPs.

Keep one IP to the basket

If the true price only shows at checkout, add a session label so every step uses the same IP.

Recommended proxy types

Setting it up in four steps

Order the smallest Residential Lite plan (one gigabyte) as a trial. Pay with crypto and it is delivered automatically.
Take the host lite.proxies.boo, port 6969, and your username and password from the plan page.
Set the exit country with a code in the username, like USERNAME-country-us.
Point the job at your real target. Working? Top up the same plan. Blocked? Move to the next proxy type listed above.

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Price monitoring: common questions

How often should I check prices?

As often as they move. Daily suits most catalogues; fast sellers may need hourly checks. Fewer checks mean less traffic and a smaller bill.

Why do my customers see different prices from me?

Shops price by country, and sometimes by region or device. Check from an IP in the customer's country, in a fresh session, so no earlier visit affects the result.