Best practices for testing checkout with PayPal?

7 Apr 2007, 4:18 AM

#1

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Best practices for testing checkout with PayPal?

In the PayPal payments module it says there is a test credit card "4111111111111111". Does that mean I can use that fake number to test payments and see what happens?

What is the difference between using that number and setting the module for "Sandbox"?

If I set the module for "Sandbox" does PayPal automatically know it is a test payment?

Thanks,

doug

7 Apr 2007, 4:39 AM

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Kim

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Re: Best practices for testing checkout with PayPal?

http://www.zen-cart.com/wiki/index.php/PayPal

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7 Apr 2007, 6:32 AM

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douglerner

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Re: Best practices for testing checkout with PayPal?

Kim:

http://www.zen-cart.com/wiki/index.php/PayPal

Thanks, Kim!

One question. Does PayPal care if the following:

Log in to your BUSINESS PayPal™ account and refund your test transaction.
is done frequently for testing purposes? Does it adversely impact on our business account, for example?

Thanks!

doug

7 Apr 2007, 8:39 AM

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drbyte

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Re: Best practices for testing checkout with PayPal?

Testing and refunding transactions has no ill effect.

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