Why Polish E-Commerce Sites Are Hard to Scrape
Poland's top e-commerce platforms – Allegro, OLX, Ceneo, and Empik – are protected by sophisticated anti-bot systems including Cloudflare, Distil Networks, and proprietary fingerprinting. Standard datacenter proxies get blocked within minutes. The solution? Real Polish 4G mobile IPs that appear identical to genuine Polish smartphone users.
Why Mobile IPs Beat Everything Else for Polish Sites
Allegro and Ceneo are particularly aggressive about blocking non-residential IPs. Our tests show:
- Datacenter IPs: blocked in 2-5 minutes average
- Residential IPs: blocked in 20-60 minutes average
- Polish 4G mobile IPs: rarely blocked; treated as real users
This is because mobile IPs from Orange Polska carry a high trust score – they're the same IPs used by millions of everyday Polish smartphone users browsing Allegro.
Python Scraping Setup with SOCKS5 Proxy
Here's a minimal Python setup for scraping Allegro with ProxyPoland's SOCKS5 proxy:
import requests
proxies = {
"http": "socks5h://user:pass@api.proxypoland.com:5001",
"https": "socks5h://user:pass@api.proxypoland.com:5001",
}
headers = {
"User-Agent": "Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; Android 13; SM-G991B) AppleWebKit/537.36",
"Accept-Language": "pl-PL,pl;q=0.9",
}
response = requests.get("https://allegro.pl/listing?string=laptop",
proxies=proxies, headers=headers)
print(response.status_code)
Using socks5h (with the h) ensures DNS resolution happens through the proxy, preventing DNS leaks that could reveal your actual location.
IP Rotation Strategy for Large-Scale Scraping
For scraping hundreds or thousands of pages, combine ProxyPoland's multiple proxy ports with systematic IP rotation:
- Rotate IP after every 50-100 requests per proxy
- Use a pool of 3-5 proxies in round-robin fashion
- Add random delays between 1-4 seconds per request
- Rotate on 429 (Too Many Requests) or 403 responses immediately
Scraping Ceneo for Price Monitoring
Ceneo, Poland's largest price comparison engine, is especially valuable for competitive intelligence. With Polish 4G proxies, you can:
- Monitor competitor prices across 100,000+ products
- Track price history changes in real-time
- Export data to Google Sheets or databases
- Set up alerts when competitor prices drop
Getting Started
ProxyPoland offers a free 1-hour trial with no credit card required. Test your scraper against Allegro or Ceneo before purchasing. Plans start from $9 per proxy with bulk discounts available for larger deployments.