Cookie Policy

1. What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files placed on your device when you visit a website. They allow websites to recognise your browser across visits and store limited information about your preferences and session.

Cookies are widely used by websites to improve functionality, analyse usage, and remember visitor preferences. They do not typically contain personally identifiable information, though data stored in cookies may be linked to information you provide directly.

2. How NameVaultHQ Uses Cookies

NameVaultHQ uses cookies primarily for analytics and performance monitoring. We do not use cookies for advertising, retargeting, or tracking you across third-party websites.

Cookies on our website are used to:

• Measure website traffic and visitor behaviour.
• Understand which domain pages receive the most interest.
• Improve website performance and loading speed.
• Maintain basic security protections during your session.

3. Essential Cookies

Essential cookies are strictly necessary for the website to function correctly. They cannot be disabled without affecting core functionality.

• Session management: Maintains your session state as you navigate between pages.
• Security: Helps detect and prevent malicious activity on our contact forms (CSRF protection, rate limiting).
• Page navigation: Ensures correct rendering of site components.

4. Analytics Cookies

We use Google Analytics to understand how visitors interact with our website. Analytics cookies collect:

• Number of visitors and page views.
• Pages visited and time spent on each page.
• General geographic region of visitors (country/city level).
• Browser type and device category.
• Referral sources (how visitors found our website).

This data is aggregated and anonymised — it does not identify individual visitors. Analytics data helps us improve the website and how domain listings are presented.

Google Analytics data is stored on Google's servers. For more information, see Google's Privacy Policy →

5. Third-Party Cookies

Some pages on NameVaultHQ may link to or embed content from third-party platforms. These services may set their own cookies:

• GoDaddy / Afternic / Sedo: When you click "Buy Now" and are redirected to a marketplace, that platform may set cookies on their site.
• Google Analytics: Sets analytics cookies (e.g., _ga, _gid) with a lifespan of up to 2 years.
• LinkedIn / Twitter / Facebook: If you visit our social media profiles, those platforms set their own cookies.

We do not control third-party cookies and recommend reviewing the cookie policies of any external service you use.

6. Managing & Disabling Cookies

You can control or delete cookies at any time through your browser settings. Here's how to manage cookies in the most common browsers:

• Chrome: Settings → Privacy and Security → Cookies and other site data
• Firefox: Options → Privacy & Security → Cookies and Site Data
• Safari: Preferences → Privacy → Manage Website Data
• Edge: Settings → Cookies and site permissions

Disabling essential cookies may cause some parts of the website to not function correctly. Disabling analytics cookies will not affect your browsing experience on NameVaultHQ.

You can also opt out of Google Analytics tracking at any time using the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on →

7. Policy Updates

We may update this Cookie Policy as our website evolves or as legal requirements change. The latest version will always be available at this URL with a revised effective date.