How can market research get competitor price data through proxy IP?

The Core Value of Proxy IP in Competitive Price Monitoring

The most painful situation for enterprises doing market research is nothing more than: just crawling a few competitors' data, the website prompts an access anomaly. This is because the e-commerce platform for frequent visits to the fixed IP will start the anti-climbing mechanism. Use ipipgo'sDynamic Residential Proxy IP, which allows each data request to come from a different home network, effectively simulating real user behavior.

We have tested the case of a beauty brand: when using ordinary IP to capture data, 23 CAPTCHAs were triggered in 3 hours; after switching ipipgo dynamic IP, the success rate of the collection remained above 98% for 12 consecutive hours. This is thanks to ipipgo's 90 million+ real residential IP resource pool, which allocates brand new IP addresses for each request.

Key operations for multi-region price comparison

Multinational brands often encounter this situation: the same product is listed at $199 on the U.S. website, but it is displayed at €179 when accessed from a German IP, which requires simultaneous access to price data from multiple regions:

1. Select from the ipipgo consoleMulti-country IP rotationfunctionality
2. Setting up a country node switch every 10 minutes
3. Automatically receive price data from different regions through API interface

Through this method, a smart home manufacturer found that its product pricing in Australia was 17% higher than local competitors, and timely adjustments boosted quarterly sales by 34%. ipipgo supports IP switching for 240+ countries and regions, which is especially suitable for companies that need global price comparison.

Anti-Blocking Tips for Automated Capture

When using a crawler tool, these 3 parameter settings directly affect the collection results:

request interval: Suggested setting is 5-8 seconds random float
concurrency: No more than 3 concurrent requests from a single IP
timeout setting: Automatic IP switching when page loads in more than 15 seconds

In conjunction with ipipgo'sIntelligent IP Switching SystemWhen the target website's response speed is detected to be abnormal, the new IP address will be replaced in advance. The operation director of a clothing brand feedbacks that after adopting this combination of strategies, the efficiency of data collection is increased by 4 times, and it has not been blocked for 3 consecutive months.

QA Frequently Asked Questions

Q: Is it illegal to collect competitor data?
A: As long as you do not break through the website protection measures and do not steal user data, the collection of public price information is a legitimate business behavior. It is recommended to control the collection frequency to avoid affecting the normal operation of the target website.

Q: Should I choose a static or dynamic IP?
A: Short-term monitoring (within 1 week) is safer with dynamic IPs; long-term observation of price fluctuations in specific areas, it is recommended to use ipipgo's static residential IPs, which are as stable as 99.5%.

Q: What do I do when I encounter a CAPTCHA?
A: ipipgo'sHigh Stash Residential IPWith the request header camouflage technology, it can reduce the trigger rate of 90% CAPTCHA. A small number of CAPTCHA occurrences are recommended to be handled manually to avoid legal risks caused by the use of cracking tools.

Through the rational use of proxy IP technology, enterprises can establish their own price monitoring system. As a global proxy IP service provider, ipipgo provides a complete solution from data collection to risk prevention and control, helping enterprises obtain key market intelligence under the premise of compliance. The latest test data shows that the data collection success rate of customers using ipipgo services is 41% higher than the industry average, truly realizing the precise operation of "speaking with data".