Paypal IPN always return “payment_status: Pending” on sandbox?

Question

I\'m trying to implement PayPal on my website.

I use this class: http://www.micahcarrick.com/php-paypal-ipn-integration-class.html

Right now I\'m testing usi

Answer 1

Two possible reasons:

1. seller account has option to accept or decline payment

In this case you need to login as seller and accept payment and you will get another IPN with payment_status=Completed

Steps:

1. login to your developer central
2. press "test accounts" on the left
3. select seller account and press "Enter sandbox test site" on the bottom
4. You should see seller dashboard with option to accept or decline any payment (you might need to relogin at this step using seller test account credentials)

2. Payment review is enabled

Solution:

1. Login to your Developer Central.
2. Click on Test Accounts tab on the left. You should have created these test accounts for testing on Sandbox.
3. Find the column ‘Payment Review’.
4. Find the sandbox account you are using and click on “Enabled” in the ‘Payment Review’ column.

This should change to “Disabled” and now payments funded from your balance and credit card will complete instantly.