combination of an identification of the digital goods item purchased an identification of the customer an identification of a device to which the digital goods item is download and an identification of the particular instance of downloading the digital goods item once the unique download id has been created and stored the server processor 110 operated by e g merchant 108 may trigger the download 305 the uniqueness of the download id for each download 305 may enable providing a proof of delivery for each download 305 for example by allowing each item of downloaded digital goods to be tracked identified and accounted for triggering the download 305 may include for example contacting the digital goods store 112 to provide a secure connection e g a link for delivering the digital goods 116 to the user a secure link may be encrypted for example and may be available to the user 102 on a time limited basis triggering the download 305 may also include for example providing a mouse click button on the merchant website 108 by which customer 102 can start the download 305 when the customer is ready at customer start 306 the customer 102 may start the download 305 and at download start 307 the secure download 305 having the unique download id corresponding to the user id the digital goods item id and the particular download 305.