With today's increasing volume of email scams and little means to easily verify the authenticity of an email and the links contained therein many people and businesses have a policy of NOT clicking ANY links in ANY emails. As such, the QuickBooks automated pay invoice emails need to have an alternative method allowing the recipient to go directly to the verifiable QB secure website then proceed in paying their invoice. In other words, include a unique payment ID text code that can be entered directly on the QB website to take the customer to the same page they arrive at when clicking the link embedded in the email. This allows the customer to avoid security concerns over clicking embedded links.