Guides, Tutorials & Insights
Learn about residential proxies, web scraping, data collection strategies, and industry best practices from the Shifter team.
Understanding ASN Diversity in Residential Proxy Networks
A big IP count says little if most addresses sit on a few networks. How to measure ASN diversity in a proxy pool, which metrics to use and what good looks like.
Elena Petrova · October 15, 2026 When You Don't Need a Residential Proxy
We fetched 30 public sites from a datacenter IP and through residential exits. Over half needed no proxy at all. How to tell which kind of site you have.
James Meadow · October 9, 2026 Shifter Now Has the Largest Live US Residential IP Pool
We re-ran Shifter through our residential proxy benchmark: 212,212 live US IPs in 250,000 requests, the largest live US pool of the 16 networks we have measured.
Elena Petrova · October 7, 2026 White-Label Data Collection: Managing Many Clients on One Account
White-labelling makes you the data provider of record. What that means for isolation, compliance and pricing, and how to structure one account to do it.
Matt Brown · September 13, 2026 How to Set Up Sub-Accounts and Usage Tracking for Multiple Clients
On Shifter, workspaces separate access and billing, and sub-accounts split one plan's traffic by client. How agencies should structure clients, roles and plans.
Chris Collins · September 11, 2026 Running Client SEO, Ad Verification & Competitive Intel on One Network
Agencies run three collection workloads with different needs. Why one network with one targeting model beats three vendors, and how to keep clients apart.
Matt Brown · September 11, 2026 Your Residential Proxy Pool Is a Sample, Not the Internet
A large residential proxy pool does not guarantee representative web data. Learn how sampling design can reduce data sampling bias.
Chris Collins · September 8, 2026 The Malware Economy Behind Cheap Residential Proxies: What Enterprise Buyers Need to Know
Malware-sourced residential proxies can create compliance, security and operational risk. Learn what enterprise buyers should verify before procurement.
James Meadow · September 8, 2026