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Testing PayPal Website Features
You can use the PayPal Sandbox to test your website features that do not rely on the PayPal
Web Services API. The website features you can learn, develop, or test in the Sandbox are as
follows:
z Website Payments with Buy Now Buttons: Use the Sandbox to test accepting PayPal as a
payment mechanism on a website. For more information, refer to
https://www.paypal.com/pdn-item.
z Instant Payment Notification (IPN)
z Shopping Cart Purchases: Use the Sandbox to test the purchase of multiple items in a
single transaction using a single payment. For more information, refer to
https://www.paypal.com/shoppingcart.
z Subscriptions: Use the Sandbox to test recurring payments. For more information, refer to
https://www.paypal.com/pdn-recurring.
z Refunds: Use the Sandbox to test refunding payments from a test buyer.
Website Payments with Buy Now Button
You can use the Sandbox to familiarize yourself with the PayPal Buy Now button, with which
you can associate PayPal with a specific item you sell on your website.
To create a test Buy Now Button:
1. After logging into Developer Central, launch the Sandbox as the test seller account.
2. Go to the Merchant Services tab.
3. Select the Buy Now Buttons link under the Website Payments heading to get to the
Button Factory.
4. Follow the online instructions to create a Buy Now button. For more information, see the
PayPal Website Payments Standard Integration Guide.
5. Copy and paste the code into your web page file wherever you would like the button image
to appear. Typically, the button should be located next to the description of the item or
service. Your web page does not have to be published to your web server for you to check
the button placement; it can be on you own local hard drive.
Encrypted Website Payments
The Sandbox also supports Encrypted Website Payments (EWP), as does the PayPal SDK
console.