Using proxies with Linked Helper

Why Linked Helper needs a proxy

With one account, Linked Helper can simply use your own connection. A proxy matters once you run several accounts from one computer, because they would otherwise all share its IP address.

Which proxy to use

A residential proxy with a sticky session per account, in that account's usual country.

• Residentialfrom $2.64 per GB
• Mobilefrom $2.64 per GB

What to enter

A PiratProxies plan gives you four things: a host, a port, a username and a password. These are the values for Residential; the username and password are on your plan page.

The country and the session are chosen in the username, not in a separate setting. The generator on your plan page writes the username for you, and Targeting and sessions explains each part.

Steps

1. Open the settings of the LinkedIn account inside Linked Helper.
2. Switch on the proxy and enter the host resi.piratproxies.com, the port 8080, your username and your password.
3. Start the account and check the IP address it reports before running a campaign.

Menu names can differ a little between versions of Linked Helper. The four values to enter are always the same.

Rotating or sticky

An account should come from one IP address in one country, day after day. Use a sticky session per account and keep its session ID for that account only. Do not rotate on every request with Linked Helper: a session that jumps between addresses is the first thing a platform notices.

A sticky username looks like this:

USERNAME-country-us-time-600-session-a1b2c3d4

If it does not work

• Each account needs its own session ID in the username. The same line in two accounts puts them on one IP address.
• Before you connect an account, open the site once in a browser that uses the same proxy and check that it loads. Start with the smallest plan.
• A 407 error means the username or password was not accepted. Copy both again from your plan page, and check that nothing added a space or cut the username short.
• If the IP address is in the wrong country, look at the username: the country code is part of it. More fixes.

Questions

Linked Helper is a product of its own makers. PiratProxies is not affiliated with it; the name is used here only to say what this guide is about. Use it within the rules of the sites you work with and our acceptable use policy.