Location · PL
Poland proxies
Poland proxies route requests through Polish residential and ISP IPs, with city targeting in Warsaw, Krakow and Wroclaw. Poland prices in złoty, has a fast-growing online share of retail and requires every advertised discount to cite the lowest price of the previous 30 days, which hands collectors a ready-made audit field.
http://USERNAMEhttp://USERNAMEhttp://USERNAMEThe short answer
- Since 2023 a seller announcing a price reduction must show the lowest price applied in the 30 days before it (UOKiK). Store that figure next to the current and the struck-through price.
- Internet sales were 10.1% of retail sales in September 2026, up from 9.0% a year earlier (GUS, enterprises with more than nine employees).
- 56.6% of people aged 16–74 bought online in the three months before Eurostat's 2025 survey, below the EU's 62.4% but rising each year.
- Prices are in złoty (PLN), not euro, so cross-border comparisons need a dated exchange rate per observation.
Availability
What you can target in Poland
Read from the live catalog at build time. Country targeting is the _country- token, a metro is the _city- token.
| Plan | Country | City | Notes | From (at 1 TB) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
ARC Basic Rotating ISP | 3 metros | €0.59 / GB(€0.75 list) | ||
ARC Fast Rotating residential | 3 metros | €1.12 / GB(€2.00 list) | ||
ARC Ultra Premium residential | 3 metros | €2.17 / GB(€3.50 list) | ||
ARC Mobile Mobile 4G/5G | No mobile exits in Poland | — |
Metros in Poland
- Warsaw
_city-warsaw - Krakow
_city-krakow - Wroclaw
_city-wroclaw
Static ISP IPs are held per region rather than drawn from every country; check current stock on the static IPs page and in the dashboard.
Local work
What teams collect in Poland
Price monitoring
Allegro is the marketplace most Polish price work starts with, and Ceneo aggregates shop offers by product. Collect each seller's offer, delivery cost and the 30-day lowest price where shown; marketplace sellers covers seller-level data.
Alternative data
A rising online share and the mandatory 30-day reference price make Polish retail a clean input for price indices. Online price indices covers basket design and chaining.
Real estate & jobs
Warsaw, Krakow and Wroclaw are distinct housing markets, and portals such as Otodom and OLX list sales and rentals per city. Run each city from its own exit and keep currency and area per row; see real estate listings.
Travel fares
Low-cost carriers fly from Polish airports to the UK, Germany and southern Europe. Pricing those routes from a Polish point of sale in złoty is covered in low-cost carrier fares.
Brand protection
Brands selling into Central Europe watch Polish marketplaces for listings that misuse their names or images. Counterfeit listings covers evidence capture from public pages.
In depth
The Poland market, for data teams
The 30-day lowest-price rule for discounts
Poland's consumer authority UOKiK explains that whenever a seller announces a price reduction it must also state the lowest price that applied in the 30 days before the reduction; UOKiK has said the obligation applies from the start of 2023. The rule implements the EU Omnibus directive.
For data teams this is a gift and a check at once. Collect current_price, struck_price and lowest_30d_price as three fields. If you have daily history yourself, you can compare the shown 30-day figure with what you observed, which is exactly the comparison a price monitoring audit needs.
Polish e-commerce, measured
| Measure | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Internet share of retail sales (current prices) | 10.1% (9.0% a year earlier) | September 2026 | GUS |
| Internet retail sales, change on a year earlier | +18.7% | September 2026 | GUS |
| Bought online in the last 3 months (16–74) | 56.6% (EU 27: 62.4%) | 2025 | Eurostat |
| Same measure | 49.9% | 2023 | Eurostat |
The GUS series covers enterprises with more than nine employees, so small web shops and private marketplace sellers sit outside it. Marketplace data fills that gap, which is one reason seller-level collection is common in Poland.
Złoty, Polish and locale details
| Setting | Polish value | Parser note |
|---|---|---|
| Accept-Language | pl-PL | Many shops also run English or Ukrainian interfaces |
| Currency | PLN (zł) | Written after the amount: 1 234,56 zł |
| Number format | Space for thousands, comma for decimals | Spaces may be non-breaking (U+00A0) |
| Characters | ą ć ę ł ń ó ś ź ż | Keep UTF-8 end to end; the catalogue spells Krakow and Wroclaw without diacritics |
| Time zone | Europe/Warsaw | CET/CEST |
UODO and the 2018 Personal Data Protection Act
The President of the Personal Data Protection Office (UODO) is Poland's supervisory authority under the GDPR, under the Act of 10 May 2018 on the protection of personal data. Marketplace listings from private sellers and classifieds can carry names and phone numbers; leave those out unless you have a clear reason to keep them.
Our acceptable use policy applies to every collection. This section describes the regime and is not legal advice.
FAQ
Questions
Something not covered? Write to contact@arcproxies.io.
Can I target Krakow or Wroclaw specifically?
Yes. Warsaw, Krakow and Wroclaw are the three Polish city targets. Gdansk, Poznan and Lodz are not; use Poland country targeting for those.
Is there Polish mobile coverage?
No. ARC Mobile exits exist only in Germany, the UK, the US and Japan. Polish mobile-web pages can be collected through residential exits with mobile device signals.
Does a Polish exit change the currency to złoty?
Usually, together with the pl-PL language header and the .pl domain. Some international shops keep euro for foreign visitors until the currency is set, so store the currency on every row.
Which pool should I use for Allegro-scale catalogues?
Start category and search pages on ARC Basic, the rotating ISP pool, and move to residential only the pages that need it. Reduce proxy bandwidth covers keeping large crawls lean.
Sources & review
Last reviewed by the ARC Proxies team. Prices are read from the live catalog at build time.
- [1]UOKiK (Office of Competition and Consumer Protection): Informacja o obniżce ceny – zapowiedź wyjaśnień
- [2]Główny Urząd Statystyczny (Statistics Poland): Sprzedaż detaliczna we wrześniu 2026 r.
- [3]Eurostat: Internet purchases by individuals (2020 onwards) [isoc_ec_ib20]
- [4]Urząd Ochrony Danych Osobowych (UODO): Ustawa z dnia 10 maja 2018 r. o ochronie danych osobowych (Dz.U.2018.1000)
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