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Payflow Link User’s Guide 25
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Activating Payflow Link
Once you have established your internet merchant account with a merchant bank, configured
the Payflow Link forms, linked your Web store page to Payflow Link, and tested your Web
site’s integration with Payflow Link, you are ready to activate your account to submit live
financial transactions.
Determining Whether Your Payflow Account is Currently Active
When you log in to PayPal Manager, the Account Status section on the Home page shows the
status of your Payflow account
Activating Your Payflow Account
Perform the following tasks:
z Step 1, “Register your account”
z Step 2, “Configure transactions to go to the live Payflow Link servers.”
z Step 3, “Verify that live transactions are processed correctly”
Step 1 Register your account
Registration informs PayPal that you will begin performing live transactions. PayPal will now
begin billing you to use the Payflow Link service. (You may have already performed this step
when you registered for the service.)
NOTE: Registering your account does not activate your account. Your Payflow Link
account is still in TEST mode until you perform the next step.
If you have already registered your Payflow Link account, skip to Step 2, “Configure
transactions to go to the live Payflow Link servers.” on page 26”.
Follow these steps to register:
1. Log in to PayPal Manager at https://manager.paypal.com. For information about logging on
to PayPal Manager, refer to the PayPal Manager online help on the login page.
2. On the PayPal Manager Home page, click Activate Your Account in the Your Account
Status section.