What are sticky residential proxies?

Sticky residential proxies are residential proxies that keep the same IP address for a period of time, rather than rotating to a new one on every request.

What that means

• Residential proxy: an IP address assigned by an ISP to a real home user, making it look like traffic is coming from a normal household connection.
• Sticky: the proxy session “sticks” to one IP for a set duration, such as 5 minutes, 10 minutes, or longer.

Why they’re used

Sticky residential proxies are useful when you need:

• Consistent sessions on websites
• Logins and account management
• Shopping/carts/checkouts
• Web scraping where a site expects the same client across multiple requests
• Reducing bot-detection issues compared with rapidly changing IPs

How they differ from rotating proxies

• Sticky residential proxy: same IP for a session, then changes after the session expires or is reset.
• Rotating residential proxy: IP changes frequently, sometimes every request.

Example

If you’re scraping a site that uses cookies and session tracking, a sticky proxy lets all your requests during that session appear to come from the same home IP, which can help keep the session stable.

Caveat

Because the IP stays the same longer, it can be easier to detect or block if you make too many requests too quickly from that IP. So sticky proxies are often best when you need continuity, not high-volume rotation.

If you want, I can also explain how sticky residential proxies work technically or when to choose sticky vs rotating proxies.