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Creating a NodeMaven account takes two steps: sign up, then verify your email. You then need to choose and pay for a plan before you can generate any proxies, which this article covers in Step 3.

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Step 1 - Sign up

  1. Go to the signup page.
  2. Enter your email address and choose a password.
  3. Agree to the Terms of Service.
  4. Click Get Started.
You can also sign up with Google. If you do and later want a password as well, see Can I set a password after signing up with Google? NodeMaven signup page

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Step 2 - Verify your email

  1. Check your inbox for a confirmation email from NodeMaven.
  2. Click Verify Email Address.
You are taken to your dashboard. If the email hasn’t arrived after a few minutes, check your spam folder. Verify email address

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Step 3 - Choose and pay for a plan

You need an active plan before you can generate proxies. A new account cannot produce a proxy string until a plan is paid for. You have four options.

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Traffic plans: Residential and Mobile

Go to Pricing in the left navigation and pick one: All three include both Residential and Mobile proxies. You buy traffic, not a product. The same balance works on Residential, on Mobile, or on both at once, in whatever proportion you like. There is no Mobile plan to upgrade to and nothing extra to buy. For full details see How do monthly subscriptions work? and How does Pay-as-you-go work? Pricing page with plan options

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What happens to leftover traffic when you change plans

Three situations, three different outcomes: The third one catches people out. You cannot move from an active subscription to Pay-as-you-go without cancelling first, and cancelling removes whatever traffic is left. Use up your remaining traffic before making that switch. See How to Cancel Your Subscription and How to Unfreeze Your Traffic.

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ISP proxies

ISP proxies (also called Static Residential) are the fourth option and work differently. They are billed per IP with unlimited traffic, so they do not use a traffic balance at all. Buy them from the ISP proxies page rather than from Pricing. ISP proxies page
Buying traffic does not give you ISP proxies, and buying ISP proxies does not add traffic to your balance. See Getting started with ISP proxies.

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Step 4 - Generate your first proxy

With a plan active, you’re ready to set up a proxy. Pick the guide for your product:

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Where to find your account details

Everything below lives in the left navigation:
  • Traffic balance - shown as “Traffic left” in the header on every page
  • Dashboard - usage charts and breakdowns
  • Billing - invoices and payment history
  • Profile - password, email, API key
  • Get FREE traffic - referral program and bonus traffic