Information:
• Today's guest is the creator of the ProxySoxy project, a cheap and fast proxy.
• Interviewer: xsd715
• Respondent: ProxySoxy
• Date of interview: 10/29/2023
Me - Hello, introduce yourself!
G - Good day to everyone who is reading the interview, the owner of the largest bot for selling private proxies @proxysoxybot is on the line
Me - How many years have you been in this market? How did you start? And how did you come to this result?
G - Our bot began to exist in February 2022, from that moment we have been in the proxy sales market. The beginning was very simple and at first the project even worked at a small loss. The result was not long in coming, since the project was initially planned and there was, accordingly, a development plan from a marketing point of view. Already in May of the same year (22), the project began to work in some kind of plus and found several thousand clients. Probably the desire to implement the project and the visible result of the actions, as well as a thorough and respectful attitude towards each client, have helped to retain most of our beloved clients who have ever trusted us, and this also helps to some extent to constantly find new buyers. At the moment, there are 58,809 people in our bot.
Me - Wow, everything turned out smoothly somehow, too much.
How many proxies does your store sell per day? And what is the turnover of your project per month?
G - The monthly turnover of the store is about $ 16k. Several thousand proxies are sold per day, maybe 2-3k, sales days are different. Surprisingly, there are no strong jumps in sales, a stable market, people need good quality proxies for work and not only at an affordable price. True and steadily growing. The profit is certainly much less than the turnover, the margin is not the highest, including due to the fact that we maintain low prices for proxies. Maintaining low prices is the most important part of the project policy, at the moment
Me - What are the consumables in the proxy sphere? By the way, what is the margin in %? Do you advertise on projects other than lolz? How much have you already spent on advertising the project? I see
G everywhere - Margin 20-25% and depends on advertising costs. The main expense is the proxies themselves, technical maintenance. The rest is payment for any outsourced work, salaries, advertising.
The amount and price of advertising increases as the project grows, at the start stage advertising was practically free, maybe $ 100 per month was spent. In total, no more than a million rubles were spent. In addition to lolz, we advertise on other forums, zismo, mipped, yougame, or advertised until some time, we advertise in bots and channels. We also look for possible advertising options wherever possible, if it suits us, but the main traffic is forums and the desire of people to earn money on the referral program, some owners of channels or any other info products, seeing the seriousness of the project, advertise us on their site, receiving 20% forever from purchases of clients they bring, and more often in the long run it pays for itself, if we simply bought some post or other advertising integration from them. Therefore, bring your friends, audience by ref. link to us and earn=)
Soon we will make it possible to franchise, resell proxies with your own markup, and you won’t have to worry about anything except finding a buyer and creating a platform for sales, although maybe we can set this up instead of a partner.
Now the margin may even be a little less, due to the dollar exchange rate. there is no clear accounting in this area. If the rate gets worse, we will have to raise prices
Me - Well, you didn’t go wrong with the refka.
Do you have any other projects? In IRL businesses? A car? Real estate?
G - As for third-party projects, except that I’m interested in investments, I’m waiting for a favorable moment to enter crypto. I’ve been investing in items from steam, in particular cs:go, I’ve been doing this since 2018, there are ethers in crypto for a couple of thousand dollars. That’s all. Of the active businesses, only Proxy Soxy, I’m developing the project together with the team, all the focus is here. There is a general development plan for the coming years, a lot of ideas and improvements that need to be made to reach a new level. There is real estate, a car too.
Me - Wow, that's awesome, it's super that you're doing well in everything.
Tell me, what are your plans for the next 5 years? What car? What projects and improvements do you want to bring in?
G - For the next 5 years, hmm.. In terms of business, I would like to create another source of income independent of Proxy Soxy, or branch out Proxy Soxy into another very similar, necessary but independent project. In active plans, at the moment, only further development of Proxy Soxy. In everyday life, maybe to see the world, Europe, Asia, the USA, wherever possible, as much as possible, longer, further).. Mercedes car
Me - As for me, great plans, well, a BMW is awesome.
How is your day going?
G - I traded my BMW for a Mercedes a month ago. doesn't count) I thought about it.
the day is chaotic, I can get up at 2 pm, or at 9 am. In any case, the project exists without my active presence. I am only responsible for advertising and development strategy, for fundamental decisions, technical support of the project. But I work every day, for 5-6 hours, regardless of what time I get up. Sometimes you need to get up by the alarm clock, but this rarely happens.
was a bmw 3 series. became a cls mercedes)
In my free time I spend time with friends playing games, cafes and sometimes restaurants, nothing special
Me - quietly quietly, what did you say? cls? 63? AMG?
I also often see ads in the shop, how much can I earn just from advertising? Has the project paid for itself yet? And what is your monthly check?
G - Not a cls 63 amg yet=) But the car is super, I think it is the dream of many, I hope to have one someday). I have cls 350.
Yes, you can buy advertising in projects and by the way it is of high quality, the audience is solvent and businesslike) I don’t count how much it comes out to, it’s always different, I think about 100k/month, if anyone is interested, look at how many ads there were and count, now the price of mailing in the main bot is $300. The project has paid for itself, and roughly speaking it has been paying for itself since May of last year, as I said earlier. The monthly check, if we talk about how much I can personally earn, then 300 thousand net, basically I just save money and don’t spend it, and I don’t really count how much has been added to the total amount, for example, exactly in a month =)
I am 350, also a juicy bro, congratulations.
What is your attitude to alcohol, smoking, drugs? Do you play sports? What do you do in your free time?
Thank you very much for your time and a cool interview.
G - Thank you!
I have a neutral attitude towards smoking and alcohol, there was a period in my life when I smoked, but it was short. I can drink on holidays, I can say that I almost never drink now. I liked to drink in my teens, at the age of 13-16, I could drink every day), which I do not advise guys of this age to do, alcohol is evil. I have a bad attitude towards drugs, fortunately there have never been any in my life, if we talk about the generally accepted concept of drugs. Alcohol and smoking are also drugs =)
In my free time from work:
I think you can insert the answer from the question before last. I play games with my buddies, go to cafes and restaurants, I like to eat well and buy something new in terms of clothes or technology.
For now, I need to further develop the Proxy Soxy project so that my stories about spending free time sound like a story of some rich kid).
Maybe in a year or two, I will return with a story about an unprecedented pastime on the island of Bora Bora).
Me - Hd, well, we'll see.
Do you live alone or with your parents? Do you have a girlfriend? If so, how long have you been in a relationship? How much do you need per month for comfortable living?
G- I live alone, I have a girlfriend, we've been together for quite a long time.
If we talk purely about expenses for a calendar month, then 100k is enough .
I - O, congratulations, happiness to you.
Do you watch movies, TV series, anime? If so, which ones? What genres do you like?
G - Thank you.
I rarely watch movies, sometimes I scroll through my VK feed or, say, TikTok and there comes a segment of a movie, if I'm interested, I can watch it. I recently finished watching the series "Breaking Bad", I'm also waiting for the continuation of the series "Golyak" (if the new season hasn't come out already, of course). I don't watch anime.
There are no specific genres, I like action movies, I really like two films with DiCaprio, "Catch Me If You Can" and "The Wolf of Wall Street" I think many people like these films. In general, I can't be called a movie buff, my favorite films and series are quite banal and well-known.
Me - How do you maintain your anonymity on the Internet? What do you do for this? Have they tried to depnoit, doxx, etc. you? If so, how was it?
G - I have a white project and there is nothing to be afraid of, I don't try to maintain anonymity. But I think there is no need to reveal my identity. They didn't try to deanonymize or doxx, although I seem to remember some stupid things in messages, like: pay us and you will be with us or it will be bad) Of course, such threats are strange if not funny, with the same success, personally in my case, you can approach passerby on the street and start scaring him, extorting money
Me - What accessories do you have (pc, laptop, headphones, watch, jewelry)? How do you dress?
G - PC - rtx 4070 + intel i9-13900k. Phone Iphone 13 pro max. Watch - apple watch series 8, headphones - airpods pro, on the pc headphones - Razer barracuda X. No jewelry. An
old laptop from Acer, about 2014, it is enough for my tasks, I use it mainly for work away from home. I can't name the filling exactly, I don't remember, something like gtx 980 + core 3, the components are average even for those years.
I dress in clothes above the average segment
Calvin Klein, Guess, Tommy Hilfiger, CDG. etc. There are items of clothing both for a couple of thousand rubles, and for several tens of thousands.
Me - Cool, by the way, I wanted to ask.
What was the largest order you have ever completed in terms of the number of proxies? Have your competitors tried to put a spoke in the wheel of your project? If so, how?
G - The largest order was about $6k. Several tens of thousands of Russian proxies. It was placed through technical support, not through a bot. The client needed to clarify some questions before purchasing, which is what I advise everyone who is going to make a large purchase to do.
They did not try to put a spoke in the wheel, or I do not know of such attempts. We have a fairly peaceful project and we are not aggressive towards other participants in this market.
I - Got it
What do you think about today's youth (14 and up)? What advice would you give? What life experience would you like to share with our readers?
G - I think that every generation is unique, the younger generation has its own common features, I think it is important to maintain traditional values, simply remember to respect elders, kindness, honesty and decency in relation to situations related to other people, maintain empathy for each of us, no need to explain, I think everyone knows this. Advice
to appreciate what you have, not forgetting to move forward.
Me - And a couple of last questions for you
How do you feel about TalkTheScam? And will you show your crypto wallet?
G - I have a positive attitude, I sometimes read interviews with different people myself, it is interesting to know about their path or some thoughts, since I have heard about this or that owner of the project for a long time, and here there is an opportunity to learn more about him. I will
not show the wallet
I do not keep much in crypto.
As I said earlier, I'm waiting for the entry point into the market, but for now I have a small accumulation of ether in case of an unexpected market pump. They say there will be btc eth soon.
Me - And the last thing.
Who would I like to mention? Say hello? What is the strength?
G - I'll probably mention the creator of the forum zelenka.guru, I'm grateful to him for the unique forum.
Strength is in thinking and accurate perception of the world.
The world is as we see it ourselves
Me - Thank you very much for your time and the cool interview.
