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Setting up Test Users
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 and Business.
Planning the Types of Test Accounts You Need
Determine the types of test accounts you need to test the applications you are developing. In
addition, determine the number of different accounts you need. You might need several
different Personal or Business PayPal test accounts to test your application.
The information you need to supply when you create test accounts is as follows. The email
address and password of a test account should never be those a real account on the live PayPal
site. The same applies to your answers to the security questions. All of this data should be
fictional.
z Mailing address
z Email address and password for the test PayPal account. You can use the same password
(not email address) for all your test accounts so that 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 that you can more easily remember them.
z Personal or Business account
z Your agreement to the terms of using the Sandbox
For Business accounts, you also need to supply the following fictitious information for testing:
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
Managing Test Accounts
In Developer Central, you can view, work with, or launch the Sandbox for all your test
accounts. You can also create new accounts or remove test email addresses from your view.
z To work with test accounts, log in to Developer Central, and click the Sandbox tab.