Choosing a private static IP route for specialist recruiting

Value here is measured against the searches you can actually run. You hold an address with your own credentials and reach a site or network that has been blocked, with remote desktop access included in what you buy. The question is whether that route lets you reach the role and location listings you depend on.

Three tiers sit on the shelf, and they differ by how long cover lasts rather than by how much access you get. The lifetime option removes a renewal decision entirely. The two shorter options pair the platform with six or twelve months of cover, which suits a recruiter testing whether the route earns its place in a search routine.

Read the published tiers on the source page yourself rather than relying on a summary. Prices are set out there, so you can match a cover period to the length of a retained search or a contract placement. A shortlisting cycle that finishes in a few months rarely needs the longest commitment.

Stale listings are the objection most recruiters raise, and no routing service fixes a database that is out of date. What the address does is let you reach a site or network that has been blocked, so you can search it yourself. Treat it as access, not as a source of fresh candidate data.

Between the tiers, the difference is time. Platform alone gives you the route without a fixed cover period attached, while the other two add six or twelve months. Nothing in the brief suggests the address behaves differently across them, so the decision turns on how long you expect to need it.

A recruiter working a single retained search may find six months enough. If your specialism has a steady flow of roles across several countries, the twelve month option saves you from revisiting the decision mid-year. The lifetime tier suits someone who expects the need to persist and would rather not track a renewal date.

Set the cover period against your own pipeline. Count how many months of active sourcing you expect, add the notice you need to switch, and pick the tier that covers that stretch. If the numbers are close, the longer option avoids an interruption in the middle of a shortlist.

Check availability first. Country stock changes, so the location your vacancy sits in may not be on the shelf when you order. Ask before you pay, and ask again before a renewal, because what was available last quarter may not be available now. A route you cannot get is no route at all.

Confirm the term. Two of the three tiers carry a cover period that ends and renews, so put the end date in your diary next to the searches it supports. The lifetime tier removes that task. Decide which you prefer before you buy rather than after the first renewal notice arrives.

Understand the boundary. The service does not lift a platform account ban, so an account already restricted stays restricted. If a candidate database or job board has closed your access at account level, this will not reopen it. Plan around that account rather than expecting the address to reverse a decision the platform has made.

Start with the searches that matter most. List the sites and networks you currently cannot reach, and note the country each one sits in. That list tells you whether the address you need is likely to be in stock, and it gives you a way to judge whether the route is doing its job once it is in place.

Then set up the access. You hold the address with your own credentials, and remote desktop access is included, so you can work from the same environment each time rather than rebuilding a connection. Keep a note of the credentials and the cover end date in the same place you track your vacancies.

Finally, review after the first month. Ask whether the blocked sites you listed are now reachable, whether the country you needed was the one delivered, and whether the cover period still fits your pipeline. If the answer to any of those is no, adjust before the renewal rather than after it.