Paypal allows to test payments using sandbox accounts. However, where I live on live, it says to upgrade it to business account. Is it possible to go live and get client ID and secret key?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Typically you cannot create REST credentials for a personal account.
You should in fact upgrade it to a business account. There is no reason not to.
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In order to integrate PayPal with my ASP.NET website using C#, I was told that "Sign up for a PayPal developer account and obtain API credentials. I will need to create a Sandbox account to test my application."
At present, I hope to use Live Mode of Paypal instead of Sandbox Mode, must I upgrade Paypal account to business account ?
To process live payments, you need a live business account. There is no reason not to upgrade, having one is free.
After X hours of searching and lost-ing inside documentation and this community, I understand that, if :
I'm non US developer
my client is not a US company
I want integrate Paypal in market-place
sending several emails to Paypal support
I need to:
register as Business Account US in paypal.com ( and not in sandbox )
find an US user because I'm not, otherwise I need to fake my address, zip code and state
enter in developer.paypal.com
Someone can answer me YES ? or the right procedure ?
Thanks
from https://developer.paypal.com/docs/faq/#international-developer-questions
"I'm a non-U.S. developer. What products are available to me?
The REST API supports a number of countries and currencies. The REST API provides simple payment processing for common business needs, including PayPal payments, direct credit card payments, authorization and capture, and refunds. For more advanced payment solutions such as parallel and recurring payments, you can use the NVP/SOAP APIs.
If you've previously used our NVP/SOAP APIs, you can continue to use them. Using your old Sandbox email address and password, you can import existing Sandbox accounts on the Sandbox Accounts page."
I started on this page:
https://developer.paypal.com/developer/accounts/
I am new to paypal and a bit of confused about its types of account and their rules and functionalities. A lot of questions came to my mind while going through those accounts and I searched for them but couldn't get a clear answer on these
1.What is the difference between personal business and developer's account?
2.Do we have to have a real bank account for paypal developer's account?
3.If it is so, then does paypal charges even for developer's account ?
4.If not can we get fake credit from paypal itself just for testing purpose?
and finally 5.where do a developer finally login to access the REST API which the paypal provides?
1) Not a whole lot. In most cases people use Personal accounts in the sandbox as payer accounts, and use business accounts for seller accounts. You need a business account setup for things like Payment Pro, Payments Advanced, etc.
2) No, when you create your developer sandbox accounts they will get setup with a fake bank account and credit card number.
3) No, any transactions made in the sandbox are completely fake, but it does allow you to complete transactions all the way through so you can see the entire flow, and then also see what it looks like in each user's PayPal account.
4) Answered in #3.
5) Not exactly sure what you're asking here. Just login to http://developer.paypal.com and go into the Documentation section. Everything you need is in there.
I was using Paypal Sandbox for testing transactions last year using my PayPal developer account.
I just checked last week that I cannot access my old account, so I decided to sign up for a new account. However, you need now to sign up for a business account. Business account is only available to U.S. businesses (I came from outside the US).
I was hoping if you can suggest an alternative and free developer account (similar to PayPal), but with a different payment gateway.
Thank you.
How about stripe ?
Stripe
Uses a JavaScript based API to complete transactions.
Simpler to integrate with multiple platforms.
You don't need a US Business account to use developer.paypal.com.
Simply sign up via https://www.paypal.com/ for a live PayPal account, either Premier or Business, and you'll be able to log in to developer.paypal.com with it.
Note however that the new REST API is currently available for live US Business accounts only, but this won't affect the availability of other Sandbox products or functionality.
I'll look into why the messaging states that you do, because that's not correct. Thanks for pointing this out!
I have tested my application using sandbox account in paypal using IPN method.
Now I want to start live selling my products. I need you guys to help me which type of accounts is good or best. Do I need Merchant account or another type of account share me link where can i signup for seller account and also send me link where i can signup for one buyer account. And also please give some tip about live paypal. Its going to be my first paypal experience.
This is old, but I'll answer it in case someone else is in this boat.
You need a business account to access most of the API. The exception is the Payments Pro API (including GetTransactionDetails). For this, you need a Pro account.