How to create a sandbox PayPal Payflow account

Submitted by rcastera on Tue, 10/13/2009 - 12:42

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.

8 comments for How to create a sandbox PayPal Payflow account

Fernando Emmanoel Borba's picture

Oh man! You are really...

Posted by Fernando Emmanoel Borba on 10/14/2009.

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

buy r4's picture

There is no "Sandbox" account...

Posted by buy r4 on 01/21/2010.

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.

Kostkac's picture

Hi Richard, Thank u for your...

Posted by Kostkac on 03/25/2010.

Hi Richard,

Thank u for your post. I have got problem, when I choose PayFlow pro and click Go. On the new page i get this bad error: Invalid Product Chosen, Please contact Paypal Customer Service for more information. Its when i create predefined account or try to create account by me.

Steven's picture

Paypal documents is arcane...

Posted by Steven on 04/26/2010.

Paypal documents is arcane and quite difficult to get quick answers to. Thanks to your blog, I was able to get on the right track.

N Good's picture

Wow. Looks like my comment...

Posted by N Good on 05/27/2010.

Wow. Looks like my comment got jumbled up there. Should read, I wish PayPal made this more obvious.

Sandeep's picture

I have payflow pro account of...

Posted by Sandeep on 06/09/2010.

I have payflow pro account of paypal gateway. I want to do some test by giving the test environment and sandbox url but it is not working for me can some body help me out.

Bhaskar Roy's picture

Very useful blog. How can I...

Posted by Bhaskar Roy on 07/19/2010.

Very useful blog. How can I get Merchant ID, Merchant Security key and Merchant reference?

phpguy's picture

This still works thanks a lot...

Posted by phpguy on 06/21/2011.

This still works thanks a lot richard its horribly undocumented. I was dreading their $200 setup fee and 20 bucks a month for a testing bed

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