Flipkart comes first, and no .bt shop is listed
Ahrefs’ October 2026 list for Bhutan, by estimated organic search traffic, has flipkart.com 20th overall and first of four shops, ahead of amazon.com (37th), amazon.in (58th) and shein.com (65th).
Bhutan proxies for handset prices in ngultrum, Drukair fares and the Indian shops people there search
530 residential IPs in the pool, October 2026, on TashiCell, Bhutan Telecom and DrukNet connections, with small ISPs such as Sigma and SuperNet behind them. The residential rate starts at $3.49 per GB and reaches $1.69 on large orders, while mobile goes from $3.99 to $2.19. Logins take -cc-bt, and the generator in your dashboard lists the dzongkhags and towns on offer.
Residential IPs530
Bhutanese connections in the pool, October 2026.
Mobile subscribers on B-Mobile60.22%
NSB’s Yearbook for 2025: Bhutan Telecom’s B-Mobile has 509,220 and TashiCell 336,439.
IPv6-capable users40.24%
APNIC, 2 November 2026, up from 31.77% a year before. AS18024 reads 59.01%, DrukNet 0.71%.
Session ceiling6 h
One exit stays for 60 to 21600 seconds under -sid- and -time-. Without them each request gets another address.
Products
Bhutan residential proxies: four types and their prices
| Proxy | In Bhutan | Session | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Residential | 530 residential IPs in the pool, October 2026, on Bhutanese connections | Rotating, or sticky up to 6 h | $3.49 → $1.69 per GB |
| Mobile | B-Mobile and TashiCell exits where the pool has them; the order page shows availability | Rotating, or sticky up to 6 h | $3.99 → $2.19 per GB |
| ISP | Static IPs, one customer each; availability by country on the order page | Static for the rental | $4.00 per IP / month |
| Datacenter | Dedicated IPs, up to 10 Gbps; availability by country on the order page | Static | $2.00 per IP / month |
Why Bhutan
Indian shops, phones from the two operators, Drukair and tours in dollars
Handsets priced by Bhutan Telecom and TashiCell
A 1TB iPhone 18 Pro Max was Nu. 216,999 + 5% GST at Bhutan Telecom on 5 November 2026 and Nu. 216,199 at TashiCell, which adds the tax in a note.
Drukair at home, tours priced for visitors
On the same list drukair.com.bt is 33rd and first among travel sites. Druk Asia, 94th, quotes tours from USD 1,250.
Phones first, Bing on desktops
StatCounter gave Google 93.53% of Bhutanese searches in October 2026 and 99.25% on phones. On desktops Bing took 21.88%. Phones made 68.27% of page views, and Android ran 89.53% of mobile traffic. SERP proxies covers rank tracking.
Coverage
Thimphu, Phuentsholing, Paro and the largest dzongkhags
The 2017 census, still the latest, counted 727,145 people, 114,551 of them in Thimphu Thromde, 27,658 in Phuentsholing, 9,858 in Gelephu and 9,325 in Samdrup Jongkhar. NSB projects 790,718 for 2026. A Bhutan login picks the country with -cc-bt, and the regions and towns on offer are listed in the dashboard generator.
| Dzongkhag | Urban residents | Share of population | Residents, Census 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thimphu | 115,517 | 19.08% | 138,736 |
| Chhukha | 35,455 | 9.48% | 68,966 |
| Samtse | 9,674 | 8.61% | 62,590 |
| Paro | 11,913 | 6.37% | 46,316 |
| Sarpang | 12,947 | 6.33% | 46,004 |
| Trashigang | 10,087 | 6.26% | 45,518 |
| Wangdue Phodrang | 9,831 | 5.8% | 42,186 |
| Monggar | 10,297 | 5.11% | 37,150 |
| Samdrup Jongkhar | 12,174 | 4.82% | 35,079 |
| Punakha | 6,854 | 3.95% | 28,740 |
| Dagana | 4,713 | 3.43% | 24,965 |
| Pema Gatshel | 7,625 | 3.25% | 23,632 |
Population: NSB, Census 2017, Tables 2.1, 2.5 and A2.2; the other eight dzongkhags have 3,952 to 22,376 each. Thimphu, Gelephu and Paro are among the places exits can come from, where available. The census writes Gelegphu and Phuentshogling, and GeoNames has Chukha, Tongsa and Wangdi Phodrang. A given town may have no exit at a given moment, so open each one in our IP checker before you rely on its place.
Networks
TashiCell and Bhutan Telecom, then a row of small ISPs
APNIC Labs puts 39.94% of Bhutanese users on TashiCell’s two ASNs and 34.64% on Bhutan Telecom’s AS18024, with another 8.39% on DrukNet, the ISP Bhutan Telecom runs. Small companies follow: Gelephu Digital Network, Sigma in Paro, and SuperNet and NANO at Thimphu TechPark.
| Network | Registered as | ASN | Share of users | IPv6-capable | Mobile subscribers, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TashiCell | Tashi InfoComm Limited | AS137412 · AS23955 | 39.94% | 51.91% | 336,439 |
| Bhutan Telecom | Bhutan Telecom Ltd | AS18024 | 34.64% | 59.01% | 509,220 |
| DrukNet | DrukNet ISP, Bhutan Telecom | AS17660 | 8.39% | 0.71% | ISP |
| Gelephu Digital Network | Gelephu Digital Network | AS138558 | 3.17% | 13.01% | ISP |
| Sigma | Sigma Internet Service | AS132894 | 2.15% | 8.51% | ISP |
| SuperNet | SuperNet Infocomm | AS141680 | 1.91% | 0.87% | ISP |
| NANO | NANO, Bhutan | AS136039 | 1.76% | 20.88% | ISP |
| Nilo FiberNet | Nilo FiberNet | AS153779 | 1.66% | 3.39% | ISP |
| Datanet | DATANET WIFI | AS138529 | 1.36% | 1.93% | ISP |
Users: APNIC Labs, 2 November 2026, each share a separate estimate; TashiCell’s IPv6 figure is AS137412’s (AS23955 reads 0.53%). Subscribers: NSB Yearbook 2025, Tables 8.16 and 8.17; TashiCell reports 59,135 users on 5G and B-Mobile 37,364. Bhutan Telecom has 9,860 active fixed lines and 1,987 broadband connections. AS137412 announced 256 IPv4 addresses (merged, RIPEstat, 5 November 2026) for 158,782 estimated users, about 620 per address. Government, hosting and satellite networks are left out. A login cannot choose among these, since ISP and carrier keys stop at the US, the UK and Germany; a lookup’s ASN names the network.
Local targets
Bhutanese sites and the Indian shops beside them
Bhutan Telecom
Handsets by brand with “+ 5% GST” beside each price, such as a Samsung Galaxy M15 5G at Nu. 13,399. Prepaid recharges run from Nu. 25 for 15 days to Nu. 500 for 60.
TashiCell
Phones by brand, some with two prices (Nu. 198,099 and Nu. 215,999 on a 2TB iPhone 17 Pro Max), 5G plans and tourist SIMs of 7 and 14 days.
Airlines from Paro
Schedules and booking for the two carriers. Drukair lists Bangkok, Delhi, Kolkata, Kathmandu, Dhaka, Singapore and Dubai. Keep one exit from search through to the fare.
Ground and air travel app
Bus, taxi and flight bookings, with a claim of more than 140,000 users. The public pages describe the service; the booking runs in the app.
Indian shops
20th and 58th by estimated search traffic. Compare what a Bhutanese address is shown with an Indian one, and read rupee prices against ngultrum one to one.
News in English and Dzongkha
Kuensel, the national newspaper, has a Dzongkha edition and a Career section. BBS, 44th, switches between ENG and DZO.
Tours and visitor fees
94th for Druk Asia, whose tours are priced in US dollars. The official tourism site’s FAQ gives the nightly fee and the currency rule.
Post and parcels
Consignment tracking, postage rates, courier and bus services, and customs declaration notes.
Ranks: Ahrefs Top, Bhutan, October 2026, by estimated organic search traffic. Pages read 5 November 2026. Collect only what shows without signing in, and follow each site’s terms.
For developers
Check the country, then add the tax to a Bhutanese price
A session on -cc-bt lasts 30 minutes here, and exits outside BT are dropped. GeoNames names become census spellings, and a helper adds 5% where a tag says “+ 5% GST”.
import re, requests, uuid
GATE = "gate.aeonproxy.com:7000"
# Country key only. GeoLite places one TashiCell block (AS23955) in Dhaka and the Gelephu
# network AS138558 in Thimphu, so accept an exit on the country field and treat the town as a hint.
NETWORK = {"AS137412": "TashiCell", "AS23955": "TashiCell", "AS18024": "Bhutan Telecom",
"AS17660": "DrukNet", "AS138558": "Gelephu Digital Network", "AS132894": "Sigma",
"AS141680": "SuperNet", "AS136039": "NANO", "AS153779": "Nilo FiberNet"}
# GeoNames spelling -> census spelling
DZONGKHAG = {"Chukha": "Chhukha", "Mongar": "Monggar", "Tongsa": "Trongsa", "Lhuntse": "Lhuentse",
"Wangdi Phodrang": "Wangdue Phodrang", "Trashi Yangste": "Trashi Yangtse",
"Pemagatshel": "Pema Gatshel"}
PRICE = re.compile(r"Nu\.?\s*([\d,]+)(\s*\+\s*5%\s*GST)?")
def bhutan_exit(tries=8):
for _ in range(tries):
sid = uuid.uuid4().hex[:8]
proxy = f"http://ap_a1b2c3-cc-bt-sid-{sid}-time-1800:PASS@{GATE}"
try:
geo = requests.get("https://ipinfo.io/json", proxies={"http": proxy, "https": proxy}, timeout=20).json()
except requests.RequestException:
continue # no reply: try another session
if geo.get("country") == "BT":
geo["region"] = DZONGKHAG.get(geo.get("region"), geo.get("region"))
return proxy, geo # the same exit for 30 minutes
return None, None
def gross_nu(tag): # "Nu. 13,399 + 5% GST" -> 14069
match = PRICE.search(tag)
net = int(match.group(1).replace(",", ""))
return round(net * 1.05) if match.group(2) else net
proxy, geo = bhutan_exit()
if proxy:
print(geo["ip"], geo["region"], NETWORK.get(geo.get("org", "").split(" ")[0], geo.get("org")))
print(gross_nu("Nu. 13,399 + 5% GST"))Space your requests, since a fast loop soon repeats an address. A session can last 60 to 21600 seconds; drop -sid- to rotate.
# one Bhutanese address for six hours
curl -x gate.aeonproxy.com:7000 \
-U "ap_a1b2c3-cc-bt-sid-thimphu01-time-21600:PASS" \
https://ipinfo.io/jsonA Bhutanese quirk
One price in ngultrum, rupees or dollars, with 5% GST on top
- The official tourism site states that the ngultrum is 1:1 with the Indian rupee, so a Flipkart price and a Thimphu price read on one scale. NSB gives Nu. 87.16 to the US dollar for calendar 2025.
- Drukair has applied 5% Goods and Services Tax to all its services since 1 January 2026, citing the Goods and Services Tax (Amendment) Act 2025 and the Income Tax Act 2025.
- Bhutan Telecom prints the tax beside each handset, and TashiCell puts it in a note. Store net and gross in separate fields: Nu. 13,399 + 5% GST is Nu. 14,069.
- Visitors pay a Sustainable Development Fee of USD 100 a night per adult, and Indian nationals Nu. 1,200 or the same in rupees. Druk Asia says its packages include the fee and taxes, so compare them only with other all-in prices.
Bhutan’s ICM Act, the data framework and the Penal Code
The Information, Communications and Media Act of Bhutan 2018 is supervised by the Bhutan InfoComm and Media Authority (BICMA), and the Rules and Regulations on Content 2019 sit beside it. BICMA’s website refused connections on 5 November 2026 and we found no other copy, so we could not read either text and make no statement on what they say about VPNs or proxies. Ask BICMA or a Bhutanese lawyer before you start a project. BBS reported in October 2025 that the authorities were reviewing the Act.
The National Data Governance Framework, in effect since 11 July 2025, applies to anyone collecting or using data and records the “absence of a national regulations for data privacy and protection”. Its rules include avoiding personal data you do not need and getting informed consent, so collect prices and leave out names and phone numbers.
The Penal Code’s old computer offences, sections 472 to 477, were repealed by the Penal Code (Amendment) Act of Bhutan 2021. Section 468, on unlawfully intercepting or accessing an electronic communication, is not listed in that Act or in the 2011 amendment. We do not support use on gambling sites.
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Bhutan proxy questions
An IP address in Bhutan that your requests leave from. It shows you Bhutan Telecom’s handset prices, Drukair’s pages or a Google result as a person in the country sees them, and lets you check how your own page or ad appears there.
There are 530 residential IPs in the pool, October 2026. A rotating login soon meets addresses it has already used, and since these are home connections the group online changes through the day. That is enough to read a Bhutan Telecom handset price, follow a Drukair fare or see one Google result. A crawl of every Flipkart category is too much for 530 addresses. Mobile is not counted apart, and the order page shows availability.
A Bhutan login picks the country and nothing finer. Any regions and towns on offer appear in the dashboard generator, “where available”. Check an exit in our IP checker before relying on its town, because GeoLite gives no town for most Bhutan Telecom blocks.
Bhutan has two mobile operators: Bhutan Telecom’s B-Mobile with 509,220 subscribers and TashiCell with 336,439 (NSB, 2025). Mobile exits use them where the pool has them, and the order page shows availability. Household exits also come from DrukNet and small ISPs such as Sigma. You cannot choose one at login.
Pick between residential and mobile, the two options in this country; the order page lists where static IPs are sold. Residential is $0.50 cheaper per GB and handles shops, news and search. For pages built for phones, which made 68.27% of Bhutanese page views in October 2026, take mobile.
A gigabyte of residential traffic costs $3.49 on the smallest order and $1.69 on the largest, and mobile $3.99 to $2.19. ISP IPs are $4.00 and datacenter IPs $2.00 a month in the countries on the order page. The pricing page has every tier and the present terms of the free trial.
GeoLite (data of 3 November 2026) places one block of TashiCell’s AS23955 in Dhaka and the IPv4 block of Gelephu Digital Network in Thimphu. Accept an exit when the country reads BT, as the Python tab does, and treat the town as a hint.
The ngultrum is 1:1 with the rupee, according to the official tourism site. GST depends on the page: Bhutan Telecom prints “+ 5% GST” after the price and TashiCell notes that 5% applies, so treat those figures as net until you have read the tag.
We cannot give a full answer. The ICM Act 2018 and the Rules and Regulations on Content 2019 are the texts most likely to speak to this, and we could not open them. The data framework and the Penal Code with its 2021 amendment, which we did read, do not mention proxies or VPNs. Ask BICMA or a local lawyer. Not legal advice.
The person behind one can see or alter your traffic, and you have no way to learn who that is. Look the address up: AS137412, AS18024 or AS17660 with country BT is a local network, and a hosting company’s name points to a rented server.
Use host gate.aeonproxy.com, port 7000, username ap_a1b2c3-cc-bt and your password in a browser extension or HTTP client. With -sid-thimphu01-time-1800 on the username, the address stays for 30 minutes. The docs explain SOCKS5.