Proxy Group Setup

This is the recommended setup on how to compartmentalize your ISP proxies and residential proxies.

• Checkout tasks can just use the same proxy group all throughout, as these tasks are just dormant and are just waiting for the Watchdog tasks to pick up your designated product.

• Watchdogs tasks are the main workhorse of your setup due to them being the ones that are constantly searching for your product(s).

• Depending on how many ISPs you have, separating your list(s) into smaller lists will help prevent multiple Watchdog tasks from ending up using the same proxy therefore causing it to be detected by a site's bot protection. Even though Shikari selects a proxy at random, it may end up using the same one, so with smaller lists broken down from your main list(s), this prevents it further and you can rotate proxy knowing you're choosing from a more manageable list.

• 2-5 ISPs; or 5-15 residential proxies per proxy group. If you're running a heavy amount of tasks on initial with residential proxies, then input however many you feel the need too.

• You can also just right-click -> rotate proxy each task.

EXAMPLE PROXY SETUP:

WALMART

Watchdog task 1: ISP Watchdog 1 Checkout task 1: ISP Checkout 1 Watchdog task 2: ISP Watchdog 2 Checkout task 2: ISP Checkout 1 Watchdog task 3: ISP Watchdog 3 Checkout task 3: ISP Checkout 1 Watchdog task 4: ISP Watchdog 4 Checkout task 4: ISP Checkout 1

Each Watchdog task has a different set of 2-5 ISPs or 5-15 residential proxies, but the same proxy group for each Checkout task.

You can run each proxy group on different sites at the same time, meaning you do not have to create store-tied proxy groups. For Example: WALMART: Watchdog task 1: ISP Watchdog 1 Checkout task 1: ISP Checkout 1

TARGET:

Watchdog task 1: ISP Watchdog 1 Checkout task 1: ISP Checkout 1 KITH: Watchdog task 1: ISP Watchdog 1 Checkout task 1: ISP Checkout 1

MONDO:

Watchdog task 1: ISP Watchdog 1 Checkout task 1: ISP Checkout 1

This is even possible on sites with the same type of bot protection.

• When running Target, keep the proxy group you use for the Harvester strictly for the Harvester and no other Target task.

• If you have a small list of proxies to work with, like a quantity of 10, you can make proxy groups with just one proxy per group; just be aware that if there's an error where Shikari tries to retry by switching proxy, it will not be possible.