# Argos UK

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### **Preliminary Checklist**

Before setting up tasks on Argos UK, make sure you have everything below prepared:

### **Profiles**

> Create and save your checkout [profiles](https://guides.stellaraio.com/stellar/navigating-stellaraio/what-is-the-profiles-tab/how-do-i-add-a-profile) under the **Profiles tab** in Stellar. These contain your billing, shipping and payment info.

### **Proxies**

> * **ISP proxies** – Recommended for some of your tasks
> * **Residential proxies** – Recommended for majority of your tasks
>   * Save both proxy groups under the **Proxies tab** in Stellar.
>     * If you're looking for proxies, check out [Stella Proxies](https://guides.stellaraio.com/stellar/getting-started-with-stellaraio/stella-proxies) for high quality ISP and Residential proxies

### Task Overview

### Normal  (Shipping mode)

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### Monitor (monitor for shipping)

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### Collection mode

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### Monitor-collection (monitor for collection)

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* Which Mode do I use?
  * Normal mode (shipping) is your checkout task is to be used for normal shipping      checkout flow
  * Monitor mode (monitor for shipping) will only monitor and ping your watch tasks when they detect the item you're monitoring is in stock for shipping
  * Collection mode  is your checkout task is to be used for collection in store checkout flow
  * Monitor-collection (monitor for collection) will only monitor and ping your watch tasks when they detect the item you're monitoring is in stock for collection
* What does Profile mean?
  * Select a Profile you want to use and that profile information will be used when checking out items
* What type of Proxies should I use?
  * You need to use high quality proxies, usually ISPs but can also use resis

    If you're looking for proxies, check out [Stella Proxies](/stellar/getting-started-with-stellaraio/proxies.md) for high quality ISP and Residential proxies
* What is Product SKU?
  * For example <https://www.argos.co.uk/product/7487499> so SKU will be 7487499
* What is QTY?
  * The number of items you want in one order
* What is Delay?
  * The time in milliseconds the bot will retry to checkout after it encounters an error

    You can start your delays around 2000 and adjust accordingly due to proxy quality
* What is Postal Code?
  * Your postcode for collection from stores, it will try to cart a stock nearby your postcode    only
* What is Pickup Radius?
  * The max distance in miles of pickup from your postal code
* What is Discount?
  * &#x20;The discount code or voucher
* What is Store ID?
  * The ID of the store use <https://www.argos.co.uk/stores/> example:                                                                          <https://www.argos.co.uk/stores/6520-farringdon-sainsbury's-(argos-collection-point)> so           store ID will be 6520
* What is Monitoring Delay?
  * The time in milliseconds the bot will monitor the product

    You can start your delays around 3000-5000 and adjust accordingly due to proxy quality
* What is Reset Delay?
  * The time in milliseconds the bot will monitor the product again after it has detected the item is in stock

    You can start your delays around 3000-5000 and adjust accordingly due to proxy quality
* What is Restart On Decline/Failure? Box?
  * The task will auto restart if the card is declined or the item went out of stock&#x20;
* What is Watch task? Box?
  * The task will monitor itself or rely on alert if the item will be back in a stock this mode is   recommend it if you don't have enough proxies to run tasks to avoid proxy ban
* What is Use TopCashBack? Box?
  * Follow the [TopCashBack guide](/stellar/navigating-stellaraio/what-is-the-settings-tab/how-do-i-set-up-topcashback.md) to set it up and check this box to earn cashback on eligible purchases

Important Notes:

Guest Checkouts Only: Argos does not support account logins. Ensure that your billing profiles are configured for guest checkout.

Proxies: Use ISP proxies for the best success rate. Ensure proxies are from the UK for optimal performance.

Product SKUs: The SKU is the unique identifier in the product URL (e.g., for <https://www.argos.co.uk/product/7487499>, the SKU is 7487499).

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