- QwikStone uses only its own (first-party) cookies. There are no third-party advertising or social-media trackers on our sites.
- Necessary cookies keep you signed in, keep your cart and remember your country, currency and language.
- Analytics — recording which searches and listings are used, to improve QwikStone — is optional. In the EU and UK we ask first; everywhere else you can turn it off below.
1. What cookies and browser storage are
Cookies are small text files a website stores in your browser. Browser storage (“local storage”) works in a similar way but stays on your device and isn't sent to our servers. This policy explains which ones QwikStone uses on qwikstone.com, seller.qwikstone.com and broker.qwikstone.com, and should be read with our Privacy policy.
2. Necessary cookies
These are needed for the sites to work and can't be switched off in our settings. They don't need consent.
| Name | Site | What it does | Lasts |
|---|---|---|---|
| qs_session | Marketplace | Keeps you signed in and protects forms against cross-site request forgery. | 30 days |
| qs_seller | Seller Hub | Keeps you signed in to Seller Hub and protects forms. | 12 hours |
| qs_broker, qs_admin | Broker app, QwikStone staff | Keep you signed in and protect forms. | Session / up to 12 hours |
| qs_uk | Marketplace | A random identifier for visitors who aren't signed in, so your cart and recently viewed items stay with you. | 1 year |
| qs_country, qs_cur, qs_unit, qs_city, qs_zip | Marketplace | The country you buy in, your currency, units, city and delivery postal code — for prices and delivery estimates. | 1 year |
| qs_cc | Seller website | Which country's seller site you chose (India, US, UK, Europe, Mexico, Brazil). | 1 year |
| qs_lang | All sites | Your language. | 1 year |
| qs_app | Seller website | Lets you continue a seller application you started before signing in. | 90 days |
| qs_dev_web, qs_dev_seller, qs_dev_broker, qs_dev_admin | All sites | If you choose “Don't ask again on this device”, skips the second sign-in step on this device. | 30 days |
| qs_consent | Marketplace | Remembers your analytics choice. | 1 year |
3. Analytics (optional)
With your permission, the marketplace records what you search for (including searches that return no results), which listings you view and click, and what you add to the cart and order. This is linked to the qs_uk identifier, and to your account once you sign in. We use it only to improve search, listings, delivery estimates and the relevance of sponsored listings, and to show sellers anonymous totals such as popular search terms. It is not shared with advertising networks or sold.
- EU and UK visitors: we ask before recording analytics. Until you accept, nothing is recorded.
- Everyone else: analytics are on, and you can switch them off here at any time.
4. Advertising measurement
Sponsored listings and banners on QwikStone are served by QwikStone itself, not by an advertising network. To charge advertisers fairly and filter invalid clicks, we count impressions and clicks on sponsored content, and we ignore repeated clicks from the same visitor on the same ad within 30 minutes. Advertisers only ever see totals.
5. Browser storage
We use local storage on your device for small conveniences. It isn't sent to our servers:
| Key | What it remembers |
|---|---|
| qs_theme | Light or dark mode. |
| qs_asst, qs_chat, qs_schat | Whether the help assistant or chat was open, and your unsent draft. |
| qs_adr, qs_inv, qs_tbl_… | Form drafts, table layouts and filters you chose in Seller Hub. |
| qs_cont_lb | That you've already seen the container options, so we don't show them again for a week. |
| qs_doc_lang | The code language you chose in the API reference. |
During a session we may also keep what you typed in a form for a moment while the site switches to your country's version, so you don't have to type it again. Passwords are never kept.
6. Third-party services
When you pay, the payment provider's secure form (Razorpay or Stripe) may set its own cookies to process the payment and prevent fraud, under its own policy. Fonts are loaded from Google Fonts, which receives your IP address to deliver them. We don't use third-party analytics, advertising or social-media cookies.
7. Controlling cookies
You can delete or block cookies in your browser's settings. Blocking necessary cookies will stop sign-in and the cart from working. Clearing cookies resets your analytics choice, so we'll ask again where that applies.
8. Contact
Questions: privacy@qwikstone.com. Grievance officer: [Grievance officer's name — to be added], grievance@qwikstone.com.