Cookie Policy

Cookies are small text files stored on your device when you visit a website. They allow the website to remember information about your visit, making your next visit easier and the site more useful to you.

Cookies help websites:

• Remember your preferences
• Improve website performance
• Understand user behaviour
• Enhance security
• Personalise user experiences

Essential Cookies

These cookies are necessary for the operation of Shobbable. Without them, certain features may not function properly. Examples include:

• Login authentication and session management
• Security protection and fraud prevention
• Remembering items in your session

Analytics Cookies

These cookies help us understand how users interact with the Platform so we can improve our services. We may collect information such as:

• Pages visited and time spent on pages
• Click behaviour and navigation paths
• Device type and browser type

Analytics data is aggregated and does not personally identify you.

Functional Cookies

These cookies remember preferences such as:

• Language and region settings
• User interface preferences
• Store customisation settings

Performance Cookies

Performance cookies help us measure and improve website speed, reliability, and functionality. They collect information about how pages load and where errors occur.

Shobbable may use third-party services that place cookies on your device, including:

• Google Analytics — website usage analytics
• Firebase Services — performance monitoring and crash reporting
• Cloud hosting providers — infrastructure and CDN services
• Payment providers (PayFast) — secure payment processing

These third parties may collect information in accordance with their own privacy policies. Shobbable does not control third-party cookies and encourages you to review the relevant third-party privacy policies for more information.

Most browsers allow you to manage your cookie settings. You can typically:

• View the cookies stored on your device
• Delete individual cookies or all cookies
• Block cookies from specific websites
• Block all third-party cookies
• Set preferences for different types of cookies

Please note that disabling cookies — especially essential cookies — may affect the functionality of certain features of the Platform, including your ability to log in and manage your store.

You can find instructions for managing cookies in your browser's help documentation. Common browsers include Chrome, Firefox, Safari, and Edge.

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in technology, legislation, or our practices. Updated versions will be posted on Shobbable and become effective upon publication. We encourage you to review this policy periodically.

For questions regarding this Cookie Policy, please contact us at support@shobbable.com.