How to use Bright Data Residential Proxy using Browser Extension in Google Chrome?

Looking for valuable information, you suddenly visit a website that shows you the error page. How annoying does that sound to you? Yup, we all have been there. Do you know what works best in this situation? Residential proxies.

Working with proxies seems like a professional’s job. However, you know what? You can do that too with like no knowledge of any coding language. This is all possible because of Bright Data’s Residential Proxy’s Chrome extension.

‘How does that work?’

Glad you asked.

Here is a step-by-step guide to using the Bright Data extension for your residential proxy. Read on.

Why Bright Data Residential proxies?

The truth is, you cannot access everything available on the internet, and sometimes you cannot see what is available to your friend on the other side of the world. That’s where Residential proxy comes in. In brief, it is a proxy type that allows you to access the internet as if you are using the World Wide Web from another place. The place can be of your choice.

Let’s talk about the Residential proxy that Bright Data offers. This one works in more than 195 countries worldwide, and you can refer to the 500 big and small companies that use this proxy by Bright Data. Moreover, this residential proxy works with 99.99% uptime from any city you pick. We are not kidding. Try it for free, and you’ll see what we are talking about.

How to start with Bright Data?

Once you know what Residential Proxy is, steps will take you through this proxy’s ‘How’ part. So, follow the steps and start using restriction-free internet.

BTW, the good news is, that you don’t have to make the payment or even submit your credit card information to start working with it. Bright Data offers a 7-day free trial, and you can make the best of it. Now, without any further ado, let’s begin.

• First, you need to visit the Bright Data website and from the menu on the top, go for proxies. You’ll see the option ‘Residential proxy’ in the drop-down menu.

• As you visit the Residential proxy page, click on the “Sign up for a free trial” button.

• To start your trial for free, you would have to sign up by filling the information in the form that appears on the screen.
• Done? Click on the Create Account button.

• After that, you need to set up a password to help you log in to the Bright Data dashboard. 

• Your dashboard is all set to use. However, before creating the proxy, don’t forget to complete your KYC.

• Talking about KYC, you would need to share your details after you receive the mail from the Bright Data team.
• In this whole KYC process, all you need to do is share information like company proofs and your identity proof.
• While doing this on the video call, ask for your use case. Why? Because some use-cases are restricted, you need to know that to ensure yours don’t fall under that category.
• After the KYC, wait for the approval.
• Once you have the approval, you can log in and start the work on the dashboard.

That’s how you log in to the Bright Data dashboard. The work isn’t done yet. There’s more. So, keep reading.

How to create a Residential proxy?

Signing up with Bright Data is the first step, but here comes the part where you must create the proxy. Let’s follow the steps and start with our proxy.

• Visit the dashboard of Bright Data and on the left sidebar, click on the Proxies option.

• Now, you will see an Add zone button on the proxies page. Click on that.
• From here, you have all the easy steps.

• As you are adding the new zone page, click on the Residential option.
• You need to fill in the information to start the zone creation.

• Following are the things that you would need to mention:
  1. Add the zone name.
  2. Select the type of gIP. If you choose the exclusive one, you can have your private proxy, which would be just for you on the standard rates.
  3. Be more specific with the other options like city, state, country, and more, but it comes with an extra cost. You can go broad if you don’t know where to start and save the extras.
  4. By default, these proxies use HTTP and HTTPS ports. However, you can go with your choice of post as well.
• Once all this is done, simply click on the Add Zone button.

Follow these steps; you have added the new zone. We will use this zone to activate our proxy using the Chrome extension.

Get the Bright Data Residential Proxy Chrome Extension.

Here comes the part that makes using residential proxies a lot easier. Add extension, login, activate, and start using. Let’s dig deeper and understand how it works.

• First, note down the proxy ID and password.
• For that, go to the dashboard and then proxies again,
• You will find the proxy you have just created in the list while adding the zone.
• You will see the pencil-shaped Edit icon right in front of the entry.

• With that ‘edit icon’ comes the information.
• There you will find your username and password. Copy that and note them down somewhere safe
• Now, we will have the extension. For that, go to Google and type in the search box Bright Data Extension. Download and install that on your computer.

• Attach that extension to your chrome.
• When it appears on the top right corner of chrome, click on it.
• There you will find three options, and you would have to go with the Sign in using zone password. 

• In this area, right down the username and password you just have noted down. Finally, click on the Sign-in button.

• After you sign in, you must choose the zone, and country, and your residential proxy is set up.

• As you activate the residential proxy, there are a few things you need to be aware of.
  • Always keep checking the status of the proxy.
  • Keep track of the IP location has changed by refreshing the tab. Once that’s done, you are all set to visit the restricted websites.
  • Check if the enable and disable switch works fine or not.

Your chrome extension and the residential proxy are all set to use. You can now freely collect data as if browsing through another part of the world.

Bright Data Residential proxy pricing

Residential Proxy by Bright Data is one of the reasonable choices you can pick from any leading platform in the market. However, we would have to look at the prices and plans Bright data offers to understand that. Here are they.

Pay as you go

Many of us don’t wish to pay anything extra and understand this, and Bright Data offers you this extensive plan, the pay-as-you-go option. It asks you for the valid price for how much data you scrap out using a residential proxy. Have a look at the prices.

Monthly subscriptions

The monthly package helps you save a lot on your teeny-tiny data usage.

Yearly subscription

Want to save more? The annual plans are just like the monthly package, but there is always a 10% off. You know what it means, right?

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Conclusion

Working with a residential proxy makes things a lot easier, especially when using it for data collection from restricted internet areas. Getting a proxy is easy, but using one may confuse you. I hope after reading this, you will start a residential proxy easily using the convenient Bright Data extension on your Google Chrome.