Legacy port model
Before the traffic-based model, Residential Proxies was sold in ports. If your account was purchased under that model, this page covers how it still works and how to move to the new model.
How port plans work
Section titled “How port plans work”- Each plan includes a fixed number of ports (typically 10-minimum tiers).
- Each port exposes its own host:port, for example
apollo.p.shifter.io:10001,zeus.p.shifter.io:10002,cronos.p.shifter.io:10003. - Rotation interval is configured per port in the dashboard, from 5 to 60 minutes.
- Each port allows up to 50 concurrent threads.
- Billing is flat monthly fee per plan, no bandwidth metering.
Continuing to use port plans
Section titled “Continuing to use port plans”Existing ports keep working indefinitely. The dashboard still surfaces:
- Port list with rotation intervals
- Authorized IPs (per port)
- Geo assignment (per port)
Targeting, whitelisting, and protocol support match what they did before the traffic model rollout.
Migrating to the new traffic model
Section titled “Migrating to the new traffic model”Benefits of moving:
- Single gateway (
p.shifter.io:443) instead of a port list. - No thread or concurrency caps.
- Region, city, and ASN targeting (port plans are country-level only).
- Per-request rotation alongside sticky sessions (port plans rotate only on the configured interval).
To migrate:
- Open the panel → Billing → Plan.
- Select a traffic-based tier comparable to your current usage (see Bandwidth & billing).
- Confirm the switch. New credentials are available immediately; old ports stay active until the end of the current billing cycle.
If you need help sizing the new plan against historic port usage, contact hi@shifter.io. We can pull 30-day traffic from your existing ports and recommend a tier.
- Overview, traffic model overview.
- Gateway & auth, the new endpoint.