Cookie Policy

Cookie Policy

Our website uses a number of different cookies and similar technologies for a number of different reasons as explained within this policy, this policy will use the term ‘cookies’ as a reference to both cookies and similar technologies. However, before we can start to use some cookies, we need to obtain your consent. You may alter your consent to these cookies at anytime by moving the toggles on the cookie notice to the off status.

• What are cookies

When people hear the word cookies, most people would think of a delicious treat, however, when talking about cookies in relation to computers unfortunately it’s not the delicious treat we are talking about, in fact it’s not even a physical object. 

Computer cookies are pieces of computer code that help websites identify users and helps personalise their services to them. They can also be used to assist with online advertising systems. Other technologies that may be used which act in a similar way to cookies could consist of but not limited to scripts, tracking pixels and plugins.

• What do Cookies do

The purpose of a cookie is to help a website keep track of your visits and your activity, it helps to make the interaction between users and websites much faster. For example, online retailers may use cookies to keep track of items in a user’s basket, remember user’s preferences and registration details. Without cookies your shopping basket would reset each time you clicked on a new website.

Websites use cookies generally to save time and make the users experience more personable, efficient and enjoyable. Some websites also use cookies to collect demographic data about their users.

Cookies also enable websites to monitor users web surfing habits and profile them for targeted marketing purposes. For example, you may have been looking at a product over the internet recently and debating if you should purchase this product or not. This product may appear as an advertisement on another website whilst you are surfing the web. 

• How we use cookies on our website

Sell My Home Now use cookies to improve our business, website and services we provide to customers. The cookies we use on are website will fall into the following categories: 

Necessary: These cookies are required for good functionality of our website and cannot be turned off.

Performance: We use these cookies to provide statistical information about our website, they are used for performance measurement and improvement. These types of cookies can be turned on or off depending on the user’s preferences. 

Functional: We use these cookies to enhance the functionality of the site and enhance the users experience by providing things such as personalisation, live chats, videos and the use of social media plug-ins. These cookies can be turned on or off depending on the user’s preferences.

Advertising: These cookies are set through our site by our advertising partners, these cookies can be turned on or off depending on the user’s preferences.

• A list of specific cookies we use

Google Analytics – Google Analytics is a tool that helps website owners measure how users interact with a websites content. As a user navigates between web pages, Google Analytics provides website owners JavaScript tags (libraries) to record information about the page a user has seen, for example the URL of the page.

The Google Analytics JavaScript libraries use HTTP Cookies to "remember" what a user has done on previous pages / interactions with the website.

We use Google Analytics to help us understand how our site is being used, we use this information to improve users experience. User data is anonymous. You can find out more about Google’s position on privacy as regards its analytics service here. 

Google Ads – We promote Sell My Home Now Limited through Google Ads, any traffic brought to our website through these paid advertisements use a conversion tracking cookie to help us understand how many visitors clicked on our advertisement and completed an enquiry form giving us valuable information as a company, you can find out more information by clicking here. 

Facebook Pixel – The Facebook pixel is an analytics tool that allows us to measure the effectiveness of our advertising by understanding the actions people take on your website. The Cookie is placed by Facebook the cookie enables us to show our ads to the right people, drive more sales and measure the results of our advertisements. For more information on Facebook pixel please click here. 

Social Media – You may recognise the use of social buttons on our website pages, in order for these buttons to be connected to the relevant social networks and external sites, there could be the use of cookies from external sources.

Other Cookies – Sell My Home Now may utilise other cookies to identify the source of the website or advertisement that led you to our site. 

• Third party cookies that are not within our control

Please be aware that if you engage with a third party organisation through any connections on this website. Those third parties may place cookies on your browser, these cookies may inform the third party organisations on information about how you used our site. This information may then be used to deliver targeted advertisements or messages. In all cases these cookies are not within our control, we are not responsible for them and don’t have access to the information they harness. These cookies will be subject to the organisations own cookie policy.

• How you can control cookies or delete them

All recent browser and platforms allow you a level of control over cookies, you can set your browser to accept or reject all or certain cookies. For a guidance document on how to manage and delete cookies from your device please click here.

Please be aware that if banning cookies may have an impact on the functionality of some websites making it difficult or impossible to navigate. However, a setting that controls or limits third party and tracking cookies could help protect your privacy.