Study Guide
Table Of Contents
- PayPal Certified Developer Program Study Guide
- Contents
- List of Tables
- Online Payment Processing
- Internet Security and Fraud Prevention
- Why Every Business Should Be Concerned About Internet Fraud
- Liability for Internet Fraud
- Internet Fraud: What It Is and How It Happens
- Who Is at Risk for Online Fraud
- Reducing Exposure to Fraud
- What Banks and Card Associations Are Doing to Prevent Online Credit Card Fraud
- What PayPal Is Doing to Protect Your Business Against Fraud
- Disclosure and Compliance
- PayPal Fraud Protection Services
- Review Questions
- Getting Started With Account Setup
- API Credentials
- Name-Value Pair (NVP) API
- Express Checkout
- Direct Payment API
- Transactions
- Sandbox Testing
- Answers to Review Questions
- General Reference Information
- Glossary
- Index
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Sandbox Testing
Setting Up Test Accounts
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PayPal test email, however, is a self-contained email system in the Sandbox itself. You see
email messages addressed only to the Sandbox test accounts you set up. Up to 30 of the latest
email messages are listed on the Test Email tab. The subject lines of unread email messages
are in boldface. To read the message, click a subject line.
Setting Up Test Accounts
Depending on the business application you are developing and testing, you need different
types of test accounts. There are two types of test accounts: Personal (or Premier) and
Business.
Planning the Types of Test Accounts You Need
You need to determine the types of test accounts you need to test the applications you are
developing. In addition, you must determine the number of different accounts you need.
Typically, you create at least one seller (Business) account and one buyer (Personal or
Premier) account. You might need several different Personal or Business PayPal test accounts
to test your application.
When you create a test account, the following information is generated for you:
z Mailing address
z Email address and password for the test PayPal account. You can specify the same
password (not email address) for all your test accounts, so you can more easily remember
it.
z Security questions and answers. You can use the same security questions and answers for
all your test accounts, so you can more easily remember them.
IMPORTANT: Never use real email addresses or live paypal.com passwords for a test
account. Only use fictitious information in your answers to the security
questions. All this data should be fictional.
z Personal or Business account
z Your agreement to the terms of using the Sandbox
For Business accounts, the following additional information is generated for you:
z Business name and address
z Customer-service contact information
z Business-owner contact information
z Business-owner address
z Social Security Number to sign up for Website Payments Pro