Costly Mistakes When Starting a Phone Farm

Phone Farm is becoming an explosive trend in making money online (MMO) in 2025. From raising via Facebook, TikTok Shop, livestreaming to automation marketing, phone farm helps you operate dozens, even hundreds of accounts at the same time. However, many new people, due to lack of knowledge and following the trend, have burned tens of millions, even hundreds of millions of dong without getting results.

Here are the 7 most common mistakes when starting a phone farm and how to avoid them. Read them all to save costs, optimize your system, and operate more safely.

1. What is Phone Farm?

Phone Farm is a model that uses multiple phones connected to the same software system to automate MMO tasks such as:

• Maintain multiple Facebook, TikTok, Shopee accounts at the same time.

• Multi-channel sales livestream.

• Automate the process of posting, interacting, and running ads.

• Manage dozens, hundreds of devices remotely.

In phone farm, GemPhoneFarm and BoxPhone are two important tools:

• GemPhoneFarm: No-code Automation software, allows mass control of phones, automatic script writing without programming.

• BoxPhone: Hardware device helps charge and transmit data stably to multiple phones at the same time, operating 24/7 without short circuit or fire.

2. 7 Costly Mistakes When Starting a Phone Farm

 #1 – Buying cheap used phones without checking carefully

Many people who are new to phone farms often think “buy as cheap as possible”, leading to collecting many old phones with weak configurations, without checking the quality before buying. Risks encountered:

• Battery is weak, easy to hang when running Automation.

• Touch screen error, causing process interruption.

• Not compatible with GemPhoneFarm software.

• Running for a long time makes the machine hot, easily damaged, and loses account data.

Solution:

• Choose Android 8.0 or higher phone, minimum 3GB RAM, 32GB memory.

• Prefer synchronous models for easy maintenance.

• Test each machine carefully before buying. Don't buy in bulk right from the start just because it's cheap.

 #2 – No BoxPhone, just rely on cheap USB Hub

Cheap USB Hubs may be cost-effective at first, but are unstable when connecting multiple devices running 24/7.

Consequence:

• Burned charging port → lost phone, damaged device.

• Connection is unstable, automation is not running smoothly.

• Increased risk of sudden power outage and data loss.

Solution:

• Invest in genuine BoxPhone, supporting both stable charging and data transmission.

• BoxPhone optimizes power supply, protects devices, suitable for large scale operation.

• Combine BoxPhone with GemPhoneFarm for centralized and secure control.

#3 – Do not use proxy or use poor quality proxy

Proxy plays an important role in phone farm, especially with via farming and running ads.
Newbies often make 2 mistakes:

• Run all devices on the same IP address → accounts are checkpointed and locked in bulk.
• Buy cheap proxy, share with many users → get detected, easy to kill account.

Consequence:

• Accounts are constantly dead, causing loss of maintenance costs.

• Vulnerable to being flagged as spam by Facebook, TikTok and permanently blocked.

Solution:

• Use high quality mobile or residential proxies.

• Each device should have its own IP.

• Combine with GemLogin to secure your account and reduce checkpoints.

#4 – Manual, no automation

Many beginners start raising manually: posting, raising via, livestreaming... leading to:

• It takes hours every day to do the same thing over and over again.

• It's easy to make mistakes when managing multiple accounts.

• Cannot scale to hundreds of devices.

Solution:

• Use GemPhoneFarm to write no-code Automation.

• Automate basic tasks like posting, watching videos, interacting.

• When the system is stable, expand to automatic livestream and auto marketing.

#5 – Massive investment from the beginning

Newbies often get “hyped” and buy 50-100 phones on day one, but:

• No setup experience → chaotic system.

• Suboptimal process → waste of resources.

• Capital is locked up, difficult to turn around.

Solution:

• Start small with 5-10 devices.

• Model validation, automation optimization first.

• When effective, scale up to 50-100 devices to save costs.

 #6 – No operating costs calculated

Some people only pay for the phone, but forget about recurring expenses such as:

• Monthly Proxy.

• Management software: GemPhoneFarm, GemLogin.

• Electricity and cooling equipment.

• System management staff.

Consequence:

• Running out of capital, had to stop halfway.

• Unable to predict break-even point and profit.

Solution:

• Make a detailed cost sheet before you start.

• Optimize fixed expenses:

  • Use quality proxy but suitable package.

  • Use automation to reduce staff.

 #7 – No account data backup

When the phone is broken or reset without backing up data, the entire MMO account can be lost.

Solution:

• Use GemPhoneFarm to automatically backup data.

• Regularly backup to the cloud or an external hard drive.

• Manage accounts with GemLogin to reduce checkpoint risks.

CONCLUDE

 

 

Raising a phone farm is a potential MMO model, but if you make the wrong move from the beginning, you can "burn" tens of millions of dong in just a few weeks. Avoid common mistakes such as buying cheap used phones without checking carefully, only using cheap USB Hubs instead of BoxPhone, sharing IP without using quality proxies, doing it manually instead of automating, investing heavily in equipment without experience, not calculating operating costs and forgetting to back up account data. The safest and most effective way is to start small, using GemPhoneFarm combined with BoxPhone, gradually optimizing the process, then expanding the scale. This is the sustainable path to help you reduce risks and maximize long-term profits.