Backconnect Proxy
A backconnect proxy gives you a single gateway endpoint that transparently rotates you through a large pool of IPs behind the scenes.
Backconnect Proxy explained
With a backconnect proxy you connect to one hostname and port, and the provider handles all the rotation for you, routing each request through a different IP from its pool. You never manage individual proxy addresses; the gateway does it.
This design simplifies scaling enormously. Your code points at one endpoint, and behind it thousands or millions of residential or mobile IPs rotate automatically, with options for sticky sessions and geo-targeting layered on top.
Examples
- 01Pointing a scraper at one gateway that rotates millions of IPs
- 02Requesting a sticky session from a backconnect endpoint for a login
- 03Adding a country parameter to the gateway to geo-target requests
Common use cases
Frequently asked questions
It is a single gateway endpoint that automatically rotates your requests through a large pool of IPs, so you never handle individual proxy addresses yourself.
A proxy list gives you many individual IPs to manage, while a backconnect gateway hides the pool behind one endpoint and rotates for you automatically.
Yes. Most support requesting a sticky IP for a set time through session parameters, so you can hold one address when a task needs continuity.
They can be residential, mobile, ISP, or datacenter. The term describes the rotating-gateway architecture, not the IP type behind it.
It removes the operational burden of managing and rotating thousands of IPs, letting you scale scraping by pointing at a single endpoint.
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