1. Introduction

This Cookie Policy explains how Market Hotspot uses cookies and similar technologies when you visit our website, use our mobile app, browse listings, create an account, log in, save listings, contact sellers, post adverts, buy packages, promote listings, or use other Market Hotspot services.

Cookies help us keep the platform secure, remember your preferences, improve performance, understand how users interact with our services, and provide a better marketplace experience.

By using Market Hotspot, you agree that we may use cookies and similar technologies as described in this Cookie Policy, subject to your available cookie choices and browser settings.

2. What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files stored on your browser, device, or computer when you visit a website.

They help websites remember information about your visit, such as login status, preferences, cart or checkout activity, language settings, session details, pages viewed, and other usage information.

We may also use similar technologies such as pixels, tags, local storage, session storage, SDKs, analytics tools, and device identifiers.

3. Why We Use Cookies

Market Hotspot may use cookies and similar technologies to:

• Keep you signed in to your account.
• Secure your account and prevent fraud.
• Remember your preferences and settings.
• Help users post, edit, save, and manage listings.
• Support checkout, packages, promotions, and payment flows.
• Improve website and mobile app performance.
• Understand which pages, categories, and listings users interact with.
• Measure advertising, campaigns, referrals, and conversions.
• Improve search, location, and marketplace experience.
• Detect spam, abuse, suspicious activity, or security risks.

4. Types of Cookies We Use

Essential Cookies

These cookies are required for Market Hotspot to work properly. They may be used for login, account access, security, checkout, listing submission, saved listings, forms, session handling, and fraud prevention.

Without essential cookies, some parts of the website or app may not function correctly.

Performance and Analytics Cookies

These cookies help us understand how users use Market Hotspot. They may tell us which pages are visited, how long users stay, which listings are viewed, what errors occur, and how the website or app performs.

We use this information to improve speed, usability, design, search, categories, and marketplace features.

Preference Cookies

These cookies help remember your choices, such as location, category preferences, login state, display settings, and other user preferences. They make the platform easier and faster to use.

Security and Fraud Prevention Cookies

These cookies help protect Market Hotspot and its users from fraud, spam, fake accounts, suspicious logins, abuse, unauthorized access, and harmful activity.

Advertising and Marketing Cookies

Market Hotspot may use advertising or marketing cookies to measure campaigns, understand referrals, improve promotions, and show more relevant ads or marketplace content.

These cookies may be set by Market Hotspot or approved third-party advertising partners.

Social Login and Third-Party Cookies

If you use Google, Facebook, or other supported login methods, those providers may use cookies or similar technologies to authenticate your login and protect your account.

Third-party services may also use cookies when you interact with embedded content, payment tools, maps, analytics, videos, app links, or social features.

5. Third-Party Cookies

Some cookies may be placed by third-party providers that help us operate, secure, analyze, advertise, or improve Market Hotspot.

These may include:

• Hosting and security providers.
• Analytics providers.
• Payment processors.
• Advertising platforms.
• Social login providers.
• App analytics and crash reporting tools.
• Marketplace support tools.
• Embedded content or media providers.

These third parties may process information according to their own privacy and cookie policies.

6. Cookies and Marketplace Features

Cookies may be used to support important marketplace features, including:

• Account registration and login.
• Buyer and seller dashboards.
• Listing submission and editing.
• Saved listings.
• Messages and contact forms.
• Search and filters.
• Location-based browsing.
• Packages and memberships.
• Promoted listings and featured ads.
• Affiliate or referral tracking where applicable.
• Checkout and payment confirmation.
• Fraud prevention and moderation.

7. Cookies in the Mobile App

The Market Hotspot mobile app may use similar technologies, including app storage, SDKs, device identifiers, analytics tools, crash logs, and authentication tokens.

These technologies help the app keep you logged in, load listings faster, improve performance, support notifications, protect your account, and provide marketplace features.

You can control certain app permissions through your device settings.

8. How Long Cookies Last

Session Cookies

These cookies last only while your browser or app session is active. They may be deleted when you close your browser or end the session.

Persistent Cookies

These cookies remain on your device for a set period or until you delete them. They help remember login status, preferences, analytics, security settings, and marketplace activity.

9. Managing Cookies

You can manage or delete cookies through your browser settings.

Most browsers allow you to:

• View cookies stored on your device.
• Delete cookies.
• Block all cookies.
• Block third-party cookies.
• Set cookie preferences for specific websites.
• Clear browsing data.

10. Cookie Consent

Where required, Market Hotspot may display a cookie notice or consent banner.

You may be able to accept, reject, or manage certain non-essential cookies, depending on available settings.

Essential cookies may still be used because they are required for the platform to work safely and properly.

11. Do Not Track Signals

Some browsers offer “Do Not Track” settings.

Because there is no universal standard for how websites should respond to these signals, Market Hotspot may not respond to all Do Not Track signals. However, you can still manage cookies through your browser settings and any available cookie consent tools on our website.

12. Updates to This Cookie Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our website, app, marketplace features, legal requirements, cookies, analytics, advertising tools, or third-party services.

When we update this policy, we may change the effective date above and publish the revised version on our website or app.

13. Contact Us

For questions about this Cookie Policy, privacy, cookies, or data protection, contact: