Test credit card numbers for use with PayPal sandbox

Question

I\'m having trouble testing credit card payments with PayPal\'s sandbox. When viewing a buyer\'s sandbox account\'s profile from within developer.paypal.com, I can see the f

Answer 1

If a credit card is already added to a PayPal account then it won't let you use that card to process directly with Payments Advanced. The system expects buyers to login to PayPal and just choose that credit card as their funding source if they want to pay with it.

As for testing on the sandbox, I've always used old, expired credit cards I have laying around and they seem to work fine for me.

You could always try the ones starting on page 87 of the PayFlow documentation, too. They should work.