Before buying a "US residential IP", get three words straight: residential, native, static. Residential is about which kind of network the IP is registered to; native is about whether the registered country matches where the exit actually is; static is about whether it changes. An IP that is all three is the kind stores, social and ad accounts need.
What a residential IP is
Every IPv4 is registered to a network, networks have numbers (ASNs), and the ownership is public. An IP that a home-broadband carrier assigns to a household is registered to the carrier's broadband network, and public IP databases label it "ISP / home broadband". That is a residential IP.
When a site sees a residential IP it assumes a household with a few devices behind it, which is why account-based businesses want one: when a platform judges a login environment, a residential IP is simply what a normal user looks like.
What a "native" IP means
A native IP is one whose registered country matches where it actually sits: registered in the US, with the exit device in the US too. Some IPs are registered in one country but announced from another; sites that go by the registration get the location wrong, and streaming and payment platforms are especially sensitive to that.
Teaben's residential IPs run on home-broadband lines from multiple US carriers; the IP is registered in the US and the exit is in the US, so they are native US residential IPs. Datacenter IPs are likewise registered and located in the US, only their type is datacenter.
Residential vs. datacenter IPs
The only difference is the registration type, but websites treat the two differently.
| Residential IP | Datacenter IP | |
|---|---|---|
| Registered to | Home-broadband carriers (several) | US datacenters |
| IP database label | ISP / home broadband | Datacenter / hosting |
| Sites assume you are | An ordinary household | A business user or a server |
| Good for | Stores, social, ad accounts, research | Back-ends, allow-lists, tools, remote desktops |
| From, per month | $29.99 | $9.99 |
At Teaben, residential and datacenter IPs are both one IPv4 for one buyer, with 50M / 100M / 300M / 1000M bandwidth tiers, 2 devices per IP and a 3-day grace period; the rules are identical. See datacenter vs. residential for the details.
Static and dynamic
- Static residential IP: stays fixed for as long as you renew; tick "pick an IP" to choose your own ($4.99 each) or swap for a fee ($1.99 random, $4.99 hand-picked). For stores and accounts.
- Dynamic residential IP: rotates once a day within the same area and carrier at no charge; can't be picked or swapped. Research, collection and browsing not tied to an account use this.
- How to choose: if the IP must stay the same, static; if you want a fresh one every day, dynamic. Both start at the same price, from $29.99.
How to check whether an IP is residential
Once connected, use any IP lookup site and check three things: the country is the US, the carrier (ASN) is a broadband provider, and the type is labelled ISP / home broadband. Teaben's residential IPs come back as a carrier's broadband network; datacenter IPs come back as datacenters. Databases update on different schedules and single fields may differ, so go by the carrier ownership.
At Teaben the carrier of every residential IP is shown when you order, and every line's live status and 90-day uptime are public on the status page.
What a US residential IP costs
Teaben residential IPs start at $29.99 per month (static and dynamic cost the same), and datacenter IPs start at $9.99 per month. Picking an IP is $4.99 each. For multi-month and bulk discounts and IP change fees, see the pricing page; the order page has the final price.