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Explainer
What Is a Clean IP? What It Is Clean Of and How to Check
A clean IP has no blocklist entry, no abuse record and no proxy flag. What each check reads, how to run it, and why 6 of 5,948 free proxies passed all four.
August 26, 2026 · 8 min read
Explainer
What Is a Good IP Fraud Score? What Each Scale Means
A good IP fraud score is a low one, but each service draws its own lines. What Scamalytics, IPQS and MaxMind say, and what 4,992 free proxies scored.
August 26, 2026 · 8 min read
Guide
Why Is My IP Blocked? How to Tell What Flagged It, and How to Fix It
Why a site blocks your IP: a shared address (CGNAT, VPN), a datacenter range, a reputation list or your own traffic. How to tell which, and the way back in.
August 26, 2026 · 7 min read
Guide
How Much Do Proxy Resellers Make? The Honest Arithmetic
Nobody can tell you what proxy resellers earn, and anyone quoting an average is selling something. What we can show is the arithmetic: how margin, volume and fixed costs combine, and which lever actually moves the result.
August 25, 2026 · 4 min read
Guide
How to Sell Proxies on Discord: Build the Server, Then the Store
Discord proxy selling fails when it starts with the store and works when it starts with the server. How to build a community worth buying from, wire support and tickets, and route the actual checkout where it converts.
August 25, 2026 · 4 min read
Guide
How to Sell Proxies on Telegram: The Channel That Owns Proxy Retail
More proxy retail happens inside Telegram than on most provider websites, because the buyers already live there. How a Telegram proxy storefront actually works, what to charge, and how to run one without burning your name.
August 25, 2026 · 5 min read
Comparison
White Label vs Affiliate vs API: Which Proxy Reselling Model Fits You
The three ways to make money from proxy demand ask three different things of you and pay three different ways. A decision guide keyed to what you have today: an audience, a product, or a codebase.
August 25, 2026 · 4 min read
Guide
Access Denied, Reference #18 (Akamai): What It Means and How to Fix It
The Access Denied page with a Reference #18 number comes from Akamai, not the site. What the number says, why you were refused, and what to do, in order.
August 24, 2026 · 8 min read
Guide
Ahrefs "Too Many Sessions" Error: What It Means and How to Fix It
Ahrefs lets one person use a login, on one device at a time. Why you get signed out, what a VPN or a proxy changes, and the fixes that stay inside Ahrefs' rules.
August 24, 2026 · 7 min read
Guide
Proxy Check Failed in Antidetect Browsers: Fixes
A failed proxy check in an antidetect browser has seven causes: format, credentials, a local VPN, the allowlist, the protocol, a dead exit, or the network. How to tell which.
August 24, 2026 · 7 min read
Guide
Best Free SillyTavern Proxy That Actually Works (2026)
The best free SillyTavern proxy is a free model backend: OpenRouter's free models, Google AI Studio, AI Horde or a local model, with the fields and error fixes.
August 24, 2026 · 9 min read
Guide
Claude as a Janitor AI Proxy: What It Costs per Message, the Two Routes, and Anthropic's Own Caveat
Claude is never free on Janitor AI, but it is cheaper than most people think: at OpenRouter's listed $2 per million input tokens for Claude Sonnet 5.5, a 20,000-token roleplay message costs about four cents. The exact values for the OpenRouter route and for Anthropic's own OpenAI-compatibility layer, Anthropic's note that the layer is for testing rather than production, the usage policy that governs what Claude will write, and why no proxy of any kind changes it.
August 24, 2026 · 7 min read
Guide
Cloudflare Errors 1006, 1015 and 1020 Explained: What Each Code Means and Who Can Lift It
Cloudflare's 1xxx codes name what refused you: an IP, network or country ban, your browser, a rate limit or a security feature, and who can lift each one.
August 24, 2026 · 8 min read
Guide
CloudFront 403 "The Request Could Not Be Satisfied": Every Version, What It Means, the Fix
The CloudFront error page comes in eight versions, from Request blocked and Bad request to the country block and the 504 timeout. What each second line means, from AWS and 628 reports.
August 24, 2026 · 10 min read
Guide
curl: (5) Could Not Resolve Proxy, and curl (97) Proxy Handshake Error: Causes and Fixes
curl exit 5 means curl could not use the proxy address it was given, very often -x typed for -X. Exit 97 is a failed SOCKS handshake. Every message, measured in curl 8.21 and 8.16.
August 24, 2026 · 12 min read
Comparison
Do Proxies or VPNs Get You Cheaper Flights? What the Studies Found
Do proxies or VPNs get cheaper flights? Two airline studies found no location pricing, and recent VPN tests saved $0 to $7. When the country changes a fare.
August 24, 2026 · 9 min read
Guide
Docker Proxy Errors: proxyconnect, TLS x509, Pulls, Containers and Builds
Set Docker's proxy for pulls, containers and builds, and read each proxyconnect error from the words after it, with Go's source code and our own test run.
August 24, 2026 · 11 min read
Guide
"Your Connection Is Not Private" Behind a Proxy: ERR_CERT_AUTHORITY_INVALID and MITM_DETECTED Explained
A certificate warning on every HTTPS site means something is re-signing your traffic. How to read the certificate, the antivirus and proxy causes, and each fix.
August 24, 2026 · 9 min read
Guide
ERR_CONNECTION_TIMED_OUT: What "Checking the Proxy and the Firewall" Actually Means
Chrome's timeout page tells you to check the proxy and the firewall. We made Chrome wait on seven kinds of silence, over http:// and https://, to see which gives which error, then list the checks in order.
August 24, 2026 · 13 min read
Guide
ERR_TUNNEL_CONNECTION_FAILED: Why the Proxy Refused the Tunnel and How to Fix It
Chrome reached the proxy, asked it for an HTTPS tunnel, and the proxy said no. What Chromium does with that answer, how to read it, and the fix for each cause.
August 24, 2026 · 12 min read
Guide
FlareSolverr Not Working? Every Error Message, What Causes It, and the Fix
Challenge not detected, Timeout after 60.0 seconds, cookies not valid, empty cookies: which program wrote your FlareSolverr error, what it means, and the fix.
August 24, 2026 · 18 min read
Guide
Free Gemini Proxy for Janitor AI: The OpenAI-Compatible URL, the Free Models, and the Privacy Trade
Use Google's Gemini as a free Janitor AI proxy: the OpenAI-compatible endpoint to paste, the API key from Google AI Studio, the Gemini 3.x Flash models that Google lists as free of charge, the per-project rate limits, the 18+ and region rules, and the fact that free-tier content is used to improve Google's products.
August 24, 2026 · 7 min read
Guide
Free OpenRouter Proxy for Janitor AI: Setup, the Free Models, and the Daily Cap
Use OpenRouter as a free Janitor AI proxy: the exact Proxy URL, where the key comes from, which :free model ids exist right now (16 on September 28, 2026), the 50-a-day cap and the one-time $10 that lifts it to 1,000, the privacy setting that causes 404s, and why a second account does nothing.
August 24, 2026 · 8 min read
Free proxies
Free Proxies for Agoda: 120 Tested, None Returned Listings
Free proxies for Agoda, measured: 120 fresh free proxies asked for an Agoda page, none returned listings. Why free fails on Agoda's Asian markets and JavaScript shell, and when the job needs paid residential.
August 24, 2026 · 4 min read
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