Want to rent a private proxy server? Proxies are a great way to protect yourself online and many people assume that renting is the only way you can get proxies. While renting is one option, the downside is that people who rent out proxies usually charge extremely high prices. They need to do this because they must make a profit for themselves, but this is why you should not rent. Renting proxies is a waste of money, so what is the option? The best thing you can do is to setup your own proxy server. You might be worried about the price or concerned that you don't know how to set one up. Well setting up your own private proxy server is actually very easy. All you need is the right kind of hosting and the right kind of software. Both of these cost much less than what you would pay to rent a proxy from someone else. The first thing you need to do is get your proxy hosting package. This kind of hosting is not web hosting. Web hosting is for websites and as such there are many features missing in this kind of hosting that you need for your cheap proxy server. So which hosting should you get? You need a VPS. A VPS is basically a virtual dedicated machine. It has all the features you need to run a proxy server with but it costs only a fraction of what you would pay for a real dedicated server.