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Testing PayPal Website Features
Sending Funds to a Seller
Sending Funds to a Seller
To purchase goods or services, a PayPal user must send funds to a seller. In the PayPal
Sandbox, you can simulate the actions of a buyer by manually initiating the payment of funds.
You must use a Personal account that represents a paying customer.
To send funds from one test user to another:
1. Log in to Developer Central, click the Sandbox tab, select the desired test user, and click
Launch Sandbox.
2. Navigate to the Send Money tab.
3. On the Send Money page, enter the email address (PayPal account name) for the test user
in Recipient’s Email box.
4. Enter the amount to send to the seller test user in the Amount box.
5. Select the currency for the funds in the Currency drop-down list. (Note: Auction is not an
option in the drop-down list.)
6. Select the reason for sending the funds in the Type drop-down list.
7. Enter text in the Subject box, if you want to. This text is the subject of the email sent to the
recipient about the transfer of funds.
8. Enter text in the Note memo box. This text appears in the body of the notification email.
9. Click Continue. This does not send the money; a confirmation step follows.
10.On the Check Payment Details page, review the transaction details for correctness. You
can click More Funding Options to change the source of fund used for payment.
11. Click Send Money. This triggers the actual transfer of funds.
12.Your Sandbox email inbox contains all the email messages that are sent to the test user
sending the money and the test user receiving the money. See “Sandbox Email” on
page 19.
Log in as the seller test user and navigate to the My Account > Overview tab to see the
transaction for the recipient’s account.
Billing A Customer
PayPal Business users can bill another PayPal user for the purchase of goods or services. In
PayPal terminology, the feature to bill a customer is called Request Money. In the PayPal
Sandbox, you can manually initiate a request for funds from another test user. One test account
is the biller. The other test account is the customer.
To request funds from another test user: