zlacker

That's generally done with browser cookies. But not such a phantom account. Nowhere near the same.

>>throwa+(OP)
So let’s say the company wants to save the cart, the user’s favorites, and their search preferences so when they come back it’s still there. A cookie isn’t a database. So they store that info in a DB using the cookie id as the index. Is that a phantom account? You’ve got rows in a DB for a user who never signed up.

>>thehap+kZ
Generally when you want to save favorites, most, as far as I've used, storefronts require that you create an account before allowing those functions.

>>throwa+X34
You can book a hotel room as a guest on many hotel sites