Guides, Tutorials & Insights
Learn about residential proxies, web scraping, data collection strategies, and industry best practices from the Shifter team.
How to Scrape Amazon Product Data (Prices, Reviews, Rankings) with Proxies
A practical guide to scraping Amazon product data, prices, reviews, and rankings, per marketplace, and why residential proxies are what make it work.
Chris Collins · July 13, 2026 How to Cut Proxy Bandwidth Costs When Scraping at Scale
Residential proxies bill by the gigabyte, and a naive scraper wastes most of its bytes. Nine practical ways to cut proxy bandwidth costs without losing data.
Matt Brown · July 11, 2026 How to Scrape Local Business Data (Google Maps and Directories) with Proxies
Local listings, ratings, and rankings are served by location, so you only see them right from inside the city. How proxies fix local business data collection.
Matt Brown · July 8, 2026 The Best Web Scraping Tools in 2026
A practical guide to the best web scraping tools in 2026, by layer: libraries, browser automation, no-code scrapers, managed APIs, and the proxy layer.
Chris Collins · July 1, 2026 Common Residential Proxy Mistakes That Trigger Detection
Good residential proxies and still getting detected? Most residential proxy detection is self-inflicted. The common config mistakes, and how to fix each.
Matt Brown · June 25, 2026 How to Build a Dataset with Web Scraping
A practical guide to building clean web-scraped datasets: pipeline stages, freshness, deduplication, and why blocks and geo-gaps silently bias your data.
Chris Collins · June 23, 2026 ISP Proxies vs Datacenter Proxies for Large-Scale Scraping
ISP vs datacenter proxies for scraping at scale: how they differ on ban rate, speed, cost, and stability, and a clear rule for which one your workload needs.
James Meadow · June 22, 2026 How to Avoid Getting Blocked When Scraping
Learn how to avoid getting blocked when scraping with residential proxies using better session control, pacing, fingerprinting, and targeting.
Chris Collins · June 4, 2026