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🕶 STICKY PROXY PROTOCOL

Keep one IP per list. Rotate clean between runs. Stay ghost.

Every link you open from a farmed list goes out through your own device's connection -- Black Wire itself can't route that traffic for you. If you want every signup in a list to come from the same consistent IP, and a fresh one for the next list, you need a sticky-session proxy configured on your own browser or machine. Here's the setup.

Why sticky, not rotating

A "rotating" proxy hands you a new IP on every single request -- great for scraping, bad for signups, since most sites flag an account that gets created and immediately looks like it's bouncing between IPs mid-session. A sticky session holds one IP for as long as you tell it to (minutes to 24h+), so a whole list run looks consistent, then you rotate to a clean IP before the next batch.

Setup

1 Pick a provider
One-time setup

Any proxy service offering "sticky sessions" works. Common choices: IPRoyal, Webshare, Smartproxy, Bright Data. Residential IPs blend in better than datacenter IPs for most signup flows, at a higher cost per GB -- your call based on budget and how picky the target sites are about IP reputation.

2 Grab your sticky session credentials

Your provider gives you a proxy endpoint (host + port) and credentials that usually include a session-ID baked into the username, e.g. user-session-abc123:password. As long as that session ID stays the same, you keep the same IP. Change the session ID (or wait for it to expire), you get a new one.

3 Point your browser at it

Easiest route: install a proxy-switcher extension like FoxyProxy (Chrome/Firefox). Add your provider's host/port/credentials as a proxy profile, then toggle it on before you start farming a list. Alternative: set it system-wide in your OS network settings, but that routes everything through the proxy, not just this one browser -- the extension route is cleaner.

4 Run the list

With the proxy active, work through the list in Black Wire as normal -- every "Go to Site" click now goes out through that one sticky IP for the whole run.

5 Rotate before the next list

When you hit "Start New List," change your proxy session ID (most providers let you just edit the username string, or hit a rotate button/endpoint in their dashboard) before you begin the next batch. New session ID = new IP.

Heads up: a proxy hides the IP the target site sees, not your identity from your proxy provider itself, and it doesn't touch cookies, browser fingerprinting, or anything you type into a signup form. Combine it with a clean browser profile (or incognito) per session if you want to avoid cookie/fingerprint linkage across lists too.

Pre-flight checklist

Proxy extension installed and pointed at your provider
Sticky session active, proxy toggled ON before opening any links
New session ID rotated in before starting a new list
(Optional) Fresh browser profile / incognito per list for cookie hygiene