Proxy for Sole AIO: a beginner's guide
Sole AIO is no longer made or supported, so there's nothing to set proxies up in. What that means for beginners, and the honest uses a proxy still has.
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Sole AIO is gone: a plain-English note for anyone who still has it
In plain English: Sole AIO was a sneaker bot, a program that tried to buy limited trainers automatically. Its old website now shows a completely different project about artificial intelligence, so the bot has no maker, no updates and no support. If it's still on your computer, or someone offers to sell it to you, here's what to do, and what a proxy is still good for.
Clean up first
Uninstall it, then change the passwords for any shop or email account you saved in it. If a bank card was stored in its profiles, ask your bank whether to replace the card. Software nobody updates is an easy target.
Don't buy a working copy
With the maker gone, anyone selling Sole AIO is selling something they can't support, and possibly something tampered with. Bots like it also break shops' rules, so even a copy that runs puts your shop accounts at risk.
Proxies without the bot
Sole AIO's targets included Foot Locker, which runs separate sites for different countries. A residential proxy set to one of those countries lets you browse that site's prices as locals see them. Look, switch it off, and buy from your own connection.
Quick start in three steps
Nothing to install. This is the whole route, from paying to the first page you load through the proxy.
Buy a small Residential plan
Choose a small bundle, or just the GB (gigabytes of data) you need, and pay. Then, under My Plans → Proxy Configuration in your dashboard, set the country, the protocol, and sticky (one address that stays put) or rotating (a new one each time).
Paste it into the tool
Most tools have a proxy field or a list to paste into, often one proxy per line. Add a single proxy first and run one small task.
Check that it worked
Paste the details into our proxy checker: it shows whether the proxy answers and which IP address sites will see. The IP location lookup then tells you which country that address is in, and if anything looks wrong, the quick fixes further down cover the usual slips. About to log in somewhere? Switch to a sticky session first, so the address stays put.
Our pick for Sole AIO: Residential
Sole AIO's page lists residential because shops selling trainers commonly block addresses that belong to server companies. The bot itself is gone, though, and its old web address now belongs to an unrelated project. That leaves browsing as the only sensible job for a proxy here, such as checking a release on another country's site.
Keeps the monitors well fed
Monitors were the part of Sole AIO that reloaded product pages to spot stock, using plenty of data and putting load on the shops. With the bot gone there's nothing left to feed. For release news, follow the shop's own announcements instead.
Aligned to the release region
Releases are sold country by country, to addresses in that country. A proxy can show you how a release looks somewhere else, but it can't make you eligible to buy it there.
Sticky through to checkout
Bot guides said to keep each checkout on one sticky address. For a purchase you make yourself, skip the proxy altogether and buy from your usual connection with your real details.
Instant delivery in the standard format
Our proxies still arrive instantly, in the standard host, port, username and password format. That makes them easy to use in a browser, and just as easy to buy for a bot that no longer exists, so only buy for a use you actually have.
What a proxy won't do here
It won't make a tool acceptable to a site or game that bans automation, and it can't stop them acting on an account the tool runs.
What people use it for
- ▸Checking a release on another country's site
- ▸Comparing trainer prices before you buy
- ▸Following releases without a bot
- ▸Reading foreign shops' raffle rules
Which proxy type should I pick for Sole AIO?
Residential is the sensible starting point here. Datacenter costs less when a site accepts server addresses; mobile and premium earn their higher price only in the cases described below.
| Type | Choose it when… | From, per GB |
|---|---|---|
| Datacenter | Cost matters most and the site is happy with addresses from server companies. Good for public pages and first experiments. | $2.49 |
| Residential Our pick for Sole AIO | A site turns server addresses away, or you want to see it the way a local visitor does. The address belongs to a home broadband line. | $3.98 |
| Mobile 4G/5G | The service is built around phones, or you want to see it as someone on 4G or 5G would. The address comes from a phone network. | $4.98 |
| Residential Premium | Standard residential keeps being refused on one particular site. Hand-picked home addresses, at a higher price per GB. | $6.99 |
Choosing a country: Pick the country your task needs and keep each job in one country, so what the tool sees stays consistent from run to run. There are 55+ countries, and in major markets some types let you pick a city too. Browse locations
For the longer version, our proxy comparison walks through all four types.
What you need to add a proxy to your software
Wherever you set it up, you type in the same four details from your dashboard: the host (the proxy's address), the port (a number that tells the connection which door to use), a username and a password.
Inside an app, tool or script
Some apps and most automation tools have a proxy box of their own, which keeps the change to that one program. In code, the proxy is usually a single setting.
Two ways to log in to the proxy
- ▸Username and password. The
host:port:user:passdetails that browsers, apps and scripts ask for. - ▸IP whitelist. Add your own IP address to the list in your dashboard and connections from it need no password. Handy where there's nowhere to type one, such as Android's Wi-Fi proxy screen.
Which protocol?
A protocol is the language your device uses to talk to the proxy. Every proxy works over HTTP, HTTPS and SOCKS5; if an app asks for SOCKS5 by name, give it SOCKS5 details, and put HTTP details in an HTTP box.
Common slip-ups, and the quick fix for each
When something feels off on a first try, it's often one of these.
Logging in on a rotating address
Rotating means a new address for every request; sticky means one address kept for 1-30 minutes. Use sticky for anything you sign in to, or the site may log you out halfway through.
A slip in the proxy details
One wrong character in the host, port, username or password and nothing connects. Copy them again from your dashboard and try them in our proxy checker. Using the IP whitelist? Home IP addresses change now and then, so check yours with the IP checker and update the list.
Starting with a big run
Try one task on one proxy first and watch what happens. A mistake in a large run wastes data, and any accounts the tool uses can be limited.
Pages load slowly
Home connections vary in speed. Pick a proxy country nearer to you and try again before changing anything else.
Proxy not working when it arrives? Tell us within 24 hours of delivery and we'll swap it, or refund that part of the order if we can't (see the refund policy). Support answers 24/7 through the contact page.
Is a proxy for Sole AIO allowed?
Using a proxy is legal in most countries (a few restrict them), so the question is what you do through it: stick to public information and your own accounts, at a sensible pace, within the service's terms and the law where you live.
Many sites and games ban bots and automation tools outright, so read the rules of whatever the tool touches before you start. Where automation is forbidden, running it through a proxy is still forbidden.
If personal data is involved, data-protection law applies as well, and no proxy can protect an account from a platform's own decisions.
Keeping the cost down
You pay for data by the GB, never for time, so set the proxy in the one browser or app that needs it and switch it off when you're done.
Start with a small order
Buy a little Residential data first, at $3.98 per GB, and try it where you need it. Top up once it works.
Use it within 30 days
Each order runs for 30 days from payment, and GB you haven't used don't carry over, so buy for the weeks ahead rather than the year.
Match the type to the site
Leave easy sites on datacenter and send only the stubborn ones through residential, mobile or premium. Mixing types keeps the bill small.
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