How to create a sandbox PayPal Payflow account

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I’ve been working with PayPal PayFlow Pro a lot lately. But before I got the hang of it, I couldn’t figure out how to create a sandbox account for Payflow.

As it goes, it’s different than setting up a standard sandbox account. To set up a Payflow account for testing, you would walk through the sign up process as if you were signing up for a live Payflow account. Once you get to the section in the sign up process where it is asking for the billing information, just cancel out of the process. This creates a test account for you at this point, which you can access by signing into PayPal Manager with the login and password that you created. The partner will be PayPal.

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2 Responses to “How to create a sandbox PayPal Payflow account”

  1. Fernando Emmanoel Borba

    Oh man! You are really kicking asses with your blog. That is what I am trying to do with magento and paypal.

    I have done some like that with Amazon Checkout.

    Thanks

  2. buy r4

    There is no “Sandbox” account for Payflow Pro. You would just use the same account for both development and production, with the difference being which host Url you post the data to. If you do not have an account, you an get a “test” account by going here. Once it asks you for credit card (payment) information, just close your browser and an e-mail will be generated informing you of your account. So, do please use valid information.

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