Sticky or Rotating?

One of the first questions we get asked is: "should I use sticky or rotating proxies?". The answer depends entirely on your use case.

Rotating Proxies

Use case: Data scraping, price monitoring, ad verification.

For tasks where you need to make thousands of requests to a single site (like Amazon or Google) quickly, you want a new IP for every single request. This prevents rate limiting. If one IP gets blocked, the next request uses a fresh one automatically.

Sticky Sessions

Use case: Account management, checkout bots, social media automation.

If you are logging into an Instagram account or checking out a pair of sneakers, you need to maintain the same IP address for the duration of the session. Changing IP mid-session (e.g., between adding to cart and payment) is a huge red flag for fraud detection systems and will get your transaction flagged or account locked.

Configuring HypeProxy

With HypeProxy, you can easily toggle between these modes in your dashboard or simply by changing the port/session ID in your connection string.