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What happened to Roxlabs, and what to use instead

Roxlabs has stopped answering. The registration and archive record, what the site looked like while it traded, and what to do if you were a customer.

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Providers in this market disappear quietly, and Roxlabs disappeared quietly. What follows is the registration and archive record, stated only as far as it goes, and no theory beyond it.

What the site does today

Nothing answered on 9 September 2026, the error being ENOTFOUND. Not a redirect, not a holding page. Silence.

Of 17 archived captures that actually loaded, the newest is January 2026. That is where the trail ends.

The final archived page

The last working capture is from January 2026. Its title read "Roxlabs全球HTTP_高质量动态/静态代理ip_企业海外IP代理服务商-Roxlabs". The heading on the page was "全球IP代理服务商 千万优质动态住宅". For search engines it described itself as: "Roxlabs为客户提供高质量数据中心代理、住宅IP代理、海外IP代理等服务,主要用于网页抓取,数据提取,SEO监测,价格监测,账号管理,电子商务营销等行业。Roxlabs拥有全球地区9000万IP资源,城市级定位,企业IP代理供应商。"

Read it as the pitch rather than the product. Its value is that the Internet Archive holds it independently of us and of them, so anyone can check the quotation.

The site, while it lasted

The archive first captured a working page in December 2022.

So the business existed and had a product. Whether it was any good is not something the record can settle.

Other names attached to this one

On the company itself we hold: Domain available to register.

What this page cannot tell you is the reason. Companies close for ordinary reasons far more often than dramatic ones, and the public record does not distinguish between them. Everything above is a date or a capture; none of it is a motive.

The rest of the graveyard

The same treatment, applied to others that stopped answering:

Picking a replacement

Practical first step for a former customer: stop any recurring payment at your bank rather than on their site, since their site is not there to stop it on. Then check your dispute window.

For the replacement itself, the useful rule is to keep your prepaid exposure small until a provider has earned more. HProxy is pay as you go from $0.44 per GB with nothing expiring, which is why we can say that without it costing us anything. Run a small paid test on your own target before you commit either way.

Frequently asked questions

What happened to Roxlabs?
We do not know, and we will not guess in public. The record shows when the site stopped being captured and that it no longer answers. It says nothing about the reason, and every confident explanation of a small provider's shutdown that we have read traces back to a forum rumour.
Can I get my money back?
If the payment is recent enough to fall inside your card scheme's dispute window, a chargeback is usually the only realistic route once a provider stops answering. Cancel any recurring authority at your bank rather than on their site, and keep receipts and support threads as evidence.
What should I use instead of Roxlabs?
Weight the terms as heavily as the price, because an expiring balance and a large minimum top-up are what turn a shutdown into a real loss. Whatever you shortlist, run a small paid test on your own target before moving volume, and keep prepaid exposure small until a provider has earned more.
Why does Roxlabs still show up in reviews?
Because affiliate reviews are rarely revisited once they rank. Search demand for a dead provider outlives the company by years, and the pages recommending it keep earning, which is why a dated check like this one is worth more than a five-star roundup.

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