A method and system for facilitating the purchase of goods and services
anonymously from an e-commerce website is provided. The method includes
providing a plurality of transaction account numbers, each of which is
associated with a monetary load value. The transaction account numbers
are stored in a database having a plurality of records. Each of the
records corresponds to one of the transaction account numbers. None of
the records are configured to store identifying information of a
purchaser of one of the transaction numbers. A request for an
authorization of a purchase transaction having a purchase value is
received from a remote computer terminal. The request is associated with
a transaction account number. If the purchase value does not exceed the
monetary value associated with the transaction account number, an
authorization message is sent to the remote computer terminal granting
the request.