Why paypal sandbox

While some PayPal features do not apply to the sandbox, such as closing an account, issuing monthly statements, storing shipping preferences, and PayPal Shops support, the sandbox has the same PayPal API feature set as the live environment. You can test your PayPal processes in the sandbox. Processes behave the same in the sandbox environment as they do on production servers. When you initiate a transaction through a sandbox account, PayPal creates a mock transaction that behaves exactly like a transaction in the live environment.

By using fictitious sandbox accounts with their associated authentication credentials in your PayPal API calls, you can test and debug your apps without referencing any real PayPal users or live PayPal accounts. The sandbox lets you operate your application in a safe environment and provides a way to fine-tune your PayPal routines before you move your product into production. Just as you track live transactions on the PayPal live site , you track your sandbox transactions on the sandbox test site.

During the test phase, use the sandbox endpoints and your sandbox account details in each PayPal API request that you make. Invoices created in the merchant's account. Get sandbox test site login To test purchases or other actions on sandbox. In the Manage Accounts column, hover over the Copy the email ID and the system-generated password. You use the email ID and password to log into a sandbox account.

Enter your API credentials. Verification is optional since it is a test account. You can preview your form and make a test payment. If you are using a Business account in your PayPal payment field, you can use your Personal account to test your form or vice versa.

Was this guide helpful? We're sorry to hear that. To create a sandbox account:. Note: When you create your PayPal Developer account, a merchant test account is automatically created for you with —facilitator inserted into your email address; for example, dev-facilitator example.

Instead of using this default account, create additional sandbox accounts. You can log into the PayPal Sandbox with the username and password from your test account to review the status of the mock transactions associated with the account.

For more information, see the Managing your Sandbox accounts in the Sandbox guide. Note: You can also create multiple accounts at a time using the Bulk Upload tool.