Email address verification

A system for verifying email addresses associated with users, the system comprising:

• an e-commerce platform;
• and
• a merchant shop supported by the e-commerce platform,
• wherein the e-commerce platform is adapted to:
• receive and verify a first user email address corresponding to a first user associated with the merchant shop,
• receive a second user email address corresponding to a second user to be invited to the merchant shop based on an action of the first user,
• send an invitation to join the merchant shop to the second user email address, wherein the invitation to join includes a link to the e-commerce platform, and
• receive an activation via the link, which acts to associate the second user with the merchant shop and verify the second user email address.

A computer-implemented method for verifying email addresses associated with users, the method comprising:

• receiving and verifying, by an e-commerce platform, a first user email address corresponding to a first user associated with a group of merchant shops;
• receiving, by the e-commerce platform, a second user email address corresponding to a second user to be invited to a selection of merchant shops of the group of merchant shops;
• sending, by the e-commerce platform, a single invitation to join the selection of merchant shops to the second user email address, wherein the invitation to join includes a link to the e-commerce platform;
• and
• receiving, by the e-commerce platform, an activation via the link based on an action of the second user, which acts to associate the second user with each merchant shop of the selection of merchant shops and verify the second user email address.

A computer-implemented system for verifying email addresses associated with users, the system comprising:

• an e-commerce platform;
• and
• a group of merchant shops supported by the e-commerce platform,
• wherein the e-commerce platform is adapted to:
• receive and verify a first user email address corresponding to a first user associated with the group of merchant shops,
• receive a second user email address corresponding to a second user to be invited to a selection of merchant shops of the group of merchant shops,
• send a single invitation to join the selection of merchant shops to the second user email address, wherein the invitation to join includes a link to the e-commerce platform, and
• receive an activation via the link based on an action of the second user, which acts to associate the second user with each merchant shop of the selection of merchant shops and verify the second user email address.