# PROXY SPEEDS AND LOCATION

## PROXY SPEED

As you know botting is mostly about speed, although that's not the case for some sites you still want to get the most out of your proxies. And by that we mean speed. There is a lot that goes into how fast a proxy is such as the type of proxy it is, the location it's in, your location and a few others. Below we will quickly talk about a few sites that require speed:

### SITES THAT REQUIRE FAST PROXIES

#### RETAIL SITES

Most if not all retail sites are heavily dependent on speed. There is a lot of competition when it comes to botting retail sites so you really need fast proxies in order to get the upper hand on others.

#### SHOPIFY

Another site that requires speed is Shopify. Again Shopify is very competitive and there are a lot of steps your tasks need to go through before you have successfully copped. You will want fast proxies so your tasks can fly through the checkout process before others.

#### SUPREME

Supreme is a site that seriously requires ultimate speed. Shopify and Retail sites are pretty dependent on a number of other factors and just because you have ultra-fast proxy speeds does not mean you will cook. Supreme on the other hand has far fewer other factors that make or break your success. We are not saying it's 100% just about proxy speed but it is a more prominent factor in success than it is for any other site mentioned above.

### OTHER QUICK MENTIONS:

* HIBBETT
* SNIPES
* OFFSPRING
* OFFICE

## PROXY TYPE IN RELATION TO PROXY SPEED

To cut a long story short and to save you learning pretty useless knowlage we will really quickly break it down on what you need to know.

### RESIDENTIALS

Pretty slow, depending on where you are based and where your resis are based you will be looking at around 200-5000ms in speed.

### ISP's

ISP's are very fast, depending on where you are based and where your ISP's are based you will be looking at around 5-300ms

### DC's

DC's are also very fast. Same speeds as ISP's.

### INFORMATION

As we know from previous guides, each proxy type has its benefits and drawbacks. To quickly recap, although residential proxies work well against getting banned and allow you to upscale your task count they can be pretty slow which does not make them ideal for sites such as Supreme and Shopify. ISP's are a great option for speed but lack the ability to upscale as you are only given a set amount of IP's. DC's are in a similar sitatuation as ISP's.

## PROXY LOCATION IN RELATION TO SPEED

We'll cut a long story short and avoid feeding you detailed information that you dont necessarily need to know. One of the main factors in proxy speed is where you are located and where the proxy is located. Lets say you live in CA and your proxy is based in NY. Your request has to travel all the way across the US just to connect to the proxy. The request is then sent from the proxy to the website you are targeting. For arguments sake lets say the website you are botting is based in CA, right next to you.&#x20;

Although you are geographically close by you may think the connection should be quick, it wont be. Remember your request has to travel all the way across the US to connect to your NY proxy, then the proxy has to send a request all the way back across the US to the sites server. This will take a-long time in the world of proxy speeds. As we have mentioned proxy speed is essential for some sites.

The aim of the game when purchasing proxies is to seek ones that are based as close to you as possible. The geographically closer you are to the proxy location the faster everything will be. Below is a basic drawing to give a better understanding.

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Just a disclaimer before we explain this graphic, the speeds and locations are not accurate. They are just there to give you a general idea of how things work.

In this example we have our botter located in CA, our proxy located in VA and our site server located in ND. We can see that the botter has to connect to the proxy which takes roughly 500ms, then the proxy has to connect to the site which takes roughly 250ms. Thats a total of 750ms. Now again this is not an accurate reading of how fast connections take place but it will give you a general idea. That is far slower than the below example.

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Now in this example the botter has purchased proxies that are in the same state as themselves. This means their connection does not have to travel as far just to connect to the proxy, it takes roughly 50ms. The proxy then connects to the site which takes an additional 150ms. Thats a total of 200ms compared to the much slower 750ms. Although these speeds are not accurate you can see purchasing and using proxies that are as close to you as possible is your best bet.

One of the common pratices people do is purchase servers based in VA and then purchase prioxies based in VA. More specifically ashburn. Ashburn VA is home to thousands of data centers and servers. This is a very popular location to host proxies and servers. As these servers and proxy locations are probably no further than a mile apart you can imagine how fast the connection is.&#x20;

Now not too many site servers are located in VA but in the best case scenario you purchase a server based in x location, proxies based in the same x location and attempt to bot a site that is also based in x location. This way the connections dont even need to travel out the city let alone the state. This leaves you with immense speeds. However this is going a bit deep, not many site servers are located in VA so just pairing a VA server and VA proxies will be fast enough. Some also pair NY servers with NY proxies, CHI servers with CHI proxies and so on. We recommend VA.

All of this information sort of pertains to ISP's and DC's. When it comes to residentials, most of the time you will be generating a large list of IP's that are likly dotted all around the US. Remember residentials are not really designed for speed so it doesnt really matter. Just make sure when you are purchasing ISP's or DC's you purchase as close to you as possible and if you are using a server make sure you purchase ones that are as close to your server as possible.&#x20;
