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Table Of Contents
- Payflow Link Fraud Protection Services User’s Guide
- Contents
- Preface
- Introduction
- How Fraud Protection Services Protect You
- Configuring Payflow Link
- Integrating Your Web Site with Payflow Link (Basic Integration)
- Integrating Your Web Site with Payflow Link (Advanced Integration)
- Testing Payflow Link
- Activating Payflow Link
- Managing Payflow Link
- Assessing Transactions that Triggered Filters
- Integrating TeleCheck Transactions
- Transaction Responses
- Submitting Transaction Data to the Payflow Link Server
- About the Confirmation Email Messages
- Payflow Link Transaction Types
- Frequently Asked Questions
- Index
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Testing Payflow Link
IMPORTANT: If you currently use Payflow Link in Live mode and you wish to return to Test
mode because you added a Fraud Protection Services package, then you
should know that in Test mode:
— All test transactions go to PayPal’s simulator servers.
— No transactions are submitted to the Processor network, therefore
no funds are transferred.
This means that all transactions on your account will be lost until you return
to Live mode.
In Chapter 5, “Integrating Your Web Site with Payflow Link (Basic Integration),” you entered
HTML code to connect your Web site to Payflow Link. Before you activate your Web store for
customer use, you should test Payflow Link to verify proper operation. PayPal’s test server
enables you to simulate transactions on your Web site and ensure that they are submitted
correctly. Transactions are handled through a test system and no actual funds are exchanged.
This chapter describes the process that you follow to test your Payflow Link integration and to
verify that it is operating correctly.
“Testing TeleCheck Transactions” on page 48 provides guidance on simulating TeleCheck
transactions.
Testing Credit Card Transactions
NOTE: For information on testing the Buyer Authentication Service, see “Testing the Buyer
Authentication Service” on page 33.
Follow these steps to test the integration between your Web page and Payflow Link:
Verify that the Transaction Process Mode is set to TEST
Before you can begin simulating transactions, you must first ensure that the Transaction
Process Mode is set to TEST so that no funds are transferred. Follow these steps:
1. Open PayPal Manager and navigate to Service Settings > Payflow Link and click on the
Configuration page.
2. On the Forms Configuration section, under Shipping Information, change Transaction
Process Mode from Live to Test. Click the Save Changes button. Your account now
connects with PayPal’s test servers so that you can safely run simulated transactions.