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What happened to Sweetproxies, and what to use instead

Sweetproxies is gone. What the public record shows about when, what the site carried, and how to pick a replacement that fails less badly.

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This is an obituary written from public records rather than gossip. Sweetproxies has stopped answering, and the registration and archive trail is the only honest account of it available.

When the lights went out

The domain is dark as of 9 September 2026 (ENOTFOUND). Neither the apex nor the www host returns anything.

The archive stops returning a real page after May 2024, having kept 3 of them. Crawls continued; the site did not.

What the last capture shows

Archived May 2024, the page called itself "Loading...".

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.

What they sold

The archive first captured a working page in February 2023.

The public record holds that much. It shows a company that was real and shipping, and nothing about how well.

Other names attached to this one

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

We stop short of a cause deliberately. The registration and archive trail shows when things stopped and nothing about why, and the difference between those two claims is the difference between a fact and a defamation.

The rest of the graveyard

Others in this market that ended, checked the same way:

Where to go now

If you still have money or traffic sitting with them, the realistic options are a chargeback if the payment is recent enough for your card scheme, and a written record of what you paid for. Prepaid balances with a company that has stopped answering are rarely recovered any other way.

Choosing a replacement: weight the terms as heavily as the price. A balance that expires and a large minimum top-up are the two features that turn a shutdown into a real loss. Ours does neither, and residential starts at $0.44 per GB. That is our pitch, and the honest advice underneath it applies whoever you pick.

Frequently asked questions

Is Sweetproxies really gone?
We re-checked the domain on 9 September 2026 over https, www and plain http. Nothing answered on any of them. That is evidence of a shutdown rather than proof of one, and it is the strongest evidence the public web offers.
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 Sweetproxies?
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 Sweetproxies 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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