Alternative email-based website checkouts

1. A method implemented in an e-commerce system to facilitate transactions between a customer and a vendor, the method comprising:

Sending, by a transmitter, a message to a customer browser with a mailto link;

Receiving, by a receiver, a request for at least one unique token from the customer browser as a response email when the customer enables the mailto link, wherein the request includes details of at least one transaction for the purchase of at least one product;

Generating, by a processor, the request at least one unique token with a private key;

Transmitting, by the transmitter, the private key to the customer browser, wherein the customer browser being used to validate the private key using at least one iframe;

Receiving, by the receiver, the validated private key in the iframe;

Transmitting, by the transmitter, the at least one unique token to the customer browser in an event of the validated private key received in the iframe, wherein the customer browser being used to validate the unique token using at least one iframe, wherein the unique token comprises a value associated with the transaction amount of the of at least one product and information about the customer browser;

Receiving, by the receiver, a submission in the iframe;

Performing, by the processor, a validation of the submission to the iframe;

Decoding, by the processor, the token using the private key; and

Processing, by the processor, the transaction, on a condition that the validation is approved.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the validation is Sender Policy Framework (SPF) and DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM) validation.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the details of at least one transaction for the purchase of at least one product are based on a customer selecting items for checkout.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the token is a site token.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising calculating the amount of the transaction with the processor based on the information stored in the unique token.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the unique token is a bulk token in a direct-to-purchase scenario.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising transmitting a confirmation email message to the customer.

8. An e-commerce system to facilitate transactions between a customer and a vendor, the e-commerce system comprising:

A transmitter configured to send a message to a customer browser with a mailto link;

A receiver configured to receive a request for at least one unique token when the customer enables the mailto link, wherein the request including details of at least one transaction for the purchase of at least one product;

A processor configured to generate at least one unique token with a private key;

The transmitter configured to transmit the private key to the customer browser, wherein the customer browser being used to validate the private key using at least one iframe;

The receiver configured to receive the validated private key in the iframe;

The transmitter configured to transmit the at least one unique token to the customer browser in an event of the validated private key received in the iframe, wherein the customer browser being used to validate the unique token using at least one iframe, wherein the unique token comprises a value associated with the transaction amount of the of at least one product and information about the customer browser;

The receiver configured to receive submission in the iframe;

The processor configured to decode the unique token using the private key

The processor configured to perform a validation;

The processor configured to process the transaction, on a condition that the validation is approved.

9. The system of claim 8 , wherein the validation is Sender Policy Framework (SPF) and DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM) validation.

10. The system of claim 8 , wherein the details of at least one transaction for the purchase of at least one product are based on the customer selecting items for checkout.

11. The system of claim 8 , wherein the unique token is a site token.

12. The system of claim 8 , wherein the processor further calculates the amount of the transaction based on the information stored in the unique token.

13. The system of claim 8 , wherein the unique token is a bulk token used in a direct-to-purchase scenario.

14. The system of claim 8 , wherein the transmitter transmits a confirmation email message to the customer.