Sms and social media dual authorization, management oversight, and non-password security in email based e-commerce

A method for email-based e-commerce transactions between a third party vendor and a customer, facilitated by a payment server, the method comprising:

• receiving a customer purchase request via an email, the email including at least one token generated by the third party vendor;
• transmitting a confirmation request message, to the customer, via text message;
• receiving a confirmation confirm message, from the customer, via text message;
• processing the payment in response to receiving the confirmation confirm message;
• and
• transmitting a notification of successful transaction to the third party vendor.

A method for non-password authentication for email-based e-commerce transactions between a third party vendor and a customer, facilitated by a payment server, the method comprising:

• registering an account with the payment server via a web page;
• receiving an email authentication request, wherein the email authentication request includes an authentication Uniform Resource Location (URL);
• transmitting an authentication token to the customer;
• accessing a second webpage associated with the authentication URL;
• and
• receiving an email authentication confirmation message, wherein each time an authentication URL is selected the system may authenticate the customer and invalidate previous tokens.