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Cookies

I asked a question earlier about persisting a Session ID or Cart ID without using cookies (and without putting the sessionID in the url). But now what I'm beginning to question is how many shopping carts really don't use cookies? Wouldn't you say that (for the most part) using a cookie in a shopping cart is (almost) required?

I'm just curoius as to how many people really don't have cookies enabled, and if it could dramatically affect our sales because of it?
Can I find stats on this some where? Can I assume that almost anyone who shops online has cookies enabled?

I continue to ponder all these questions because I'd really like a user to save a shopping cart without having to log in or create an account (but if they buy, then they must register/login). In order for a user to have items in their cart, exit the site and still have the cart entact when they return, I HAVE to have a cookie right?

So I guess this question has become more theoretical, but if there is a way to implement this in ASP.NET, I'd love to hear/try it!

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Yes, I do realize that most people aren't technically savvy. But one thing that I do see sometimes is the people who are scared to death of viruses, spyware, malware, etc. While these are usually real and valid threats, these are the people who I think may disable the cookies *thinking* that cookies are bad and that someone is 'tracking' their Internet history. I think a lot of people are misled by the idea of a browser-cookie.

Do anyone know where I can get statistics on this?
How many high-traffic shopping carts are cookie-less?

raterus

sorry, don't know where to find statistics. Try disabling your cookies and going to amazon.com, I bet they'll warn you.