Within Paypal Sandbox, when I try to add a credit card to the buyers account, I keep getting the error message "That card number is already assigned to another PayPal account." I don't get it, since Paypal just generated the number for me when I made the test account. What am I not getting here? How do I fix this?
You need to use another fake-but-valid credit card number. The ones of PP_MTS_Chad does not work for me but there are services out there - for example http://www.getcreditcardnumbers.com/ - which can help you to generate a new fake-but-valid credit card number.
Have you tried refreshing the page and generating a different credit card number? If that doesn't work, below are some test Visa credit card numbers that should work.
Visa
4024007100084663
4532097039922088
4684431180691661
4532281047529784
4485709869935124
4532455118197917
4532751738631248
4024007151460556
4485191830561711
4024007120680144
MasterCard
5298938631492858
5366456971629085
5280019641034996
5332799760390380
5457222336826489
5367034163101350
5359283541706691
5489595916141912
5140323874680289
5246932992053568
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I set up correctly the sandbox accounts (seller and buyer) long time ago, until past week everything was working good, now at test into sandbox always ask me to add a credit card, if I add the new credit card info, it shows again the same form asking to add a credit card, no error or another information is shown. If I try to test without the paypal account, using the credit card payment way, after I put the info of credit card an buyer, says credit card declined. All these data are the same I used until the previous week, and it was working well. I'm using a third part cart with checkout button (REST API)
I experienced the same thing. I think there is something wrong with Paypal sandbox environment right now (or as usual). If you want to try the payment now there is a solution.
Please see this answer on another question related to this issue.
But you can only use the credit in your account instead of credit card.
I am using Express Checkout, and when testing in sandbox, I used to fill in fake but valid credit card numbers, like those produced by this site: http://www.getcreditcardnumbers.com/
It all worked fine until recently I found that PayPal sandbox no longer accepts these numbers. The page keeps showing "The card you entered cannot be used for this payment. Please enter a different credit or debit card number."
However I did find one card number 4444333322221111 that makes PayPal sanbox show a different error: "You might already have an account, Please login." Maybe this means that PayPal does not simply reject any card number.
I also tried creating a test account in Dashboard > Sandbox > Accounts, and use the card number inside the Profile section, but that didn't work either. So how should I test in PayPal sandbox?
When making a testing in Sandbox for credit card, you must make sure the card number hasn't been used anywhere in PayPal. Use http://www.fakenamegenerator.com/ to get a fresh card number.
paypal provides a list of creditcard numbers for testing purposes
https://www.paypalobjects.com/en_US/vhelp/paypalmanager_help/credit_card_numbers.htm
It looks like PayPal was purblind on this. After I create a test account with a credit card, PayPal provide everything but not CVV for a card. So it is not possible to test credit card payments, because PayPal requires CVV when payment is conducted with a credit card.
How may I get CVV?
You can use any CVV code on Sanbox credit cards :)
So just type in something like 997 and you're good to go.
It also stands true for expiry date, just set some date in the future.
More info can be found here: https://www.paypalobjects.com/en_US/vhelp/paypalmanager_help/credit_card_numbers.htm
You can go to http://www.getcreditcardnumbers.com/ to generate fake credit card numbers for testing purposes. And You can use any Expiry date (in the future) and any numeric CCV (123 works).
I got the url above from PayPal's tech support.
Or you can follow below url https://developer.paypal.com/webapps/developer/docs/classic/payflow/integration-guide/
And search for cvv as well as credit card to get valid cvv and credit card numbers for paypal sandbox(test) account. Hope this help you.
The current answers are no longer true.
The latest documentation on this can be found here
It says:
Because test credit cards don't include a card verification code (CVV), you can use 123 as the CVV for Visa, MasterCard, Discover and Diners Club or 1234 as the CVV for American Express.
Use only those else the payment gets rejected.
To add a CVV number for your buyer sandbox account. You need to log in to your Buyer account. https://www.sandbox.paypal.com
After logging in you just need to scroll down a bit and to your left you will get the Heading "Banks & Cards" (For me a Visa Card was already made there as I selected card type as visa while making my buyer sandbox account in the developer dashboard.). You may even create/link a new dummy card here.
Just click on the card and then click on edit. This will let you add any random CVV number to that card. Then you can use this to test payment between your merchant and buyer sandbox accounts.
I am using the sandbox url for accepting test payment through paypal.
When a user clicks a button he is redirected to paypal sandbox site. On the paypal sandbox site the user is presented with an option to pay using credit card. However when I try test credit card 4111-1111-1111-1111 it gives me the following error "The card you entered cannot be used for this payment. Please enter a different debit or credit card number."
I am not sure what am I missing?
The numbers provided in the documentation are used so much that the sandbox servers just don't accept them anymore. They really need to update the docs.
I would recommend generating fresh credit card numbers to use. I always use this site for that. The numbers it generates will work fine in the sandbox.
I've spent about an hour trying to figure out what information to use to test credit card transactions in the PayPal Sandbox environment. No matter what I try I get the "Invalid Data This transaction cannot be processed." error. I'm using the Classic API.
I created a personal verified account with a Visa credit card in my developer account but the credit card information generated by the system yield the same error. Here's a screen of the account:
https://www.evernote.com/shard/s141/sh/e2a7147c-9cfb-4587-814d-13fdd97d1c29/a1e3d97e505071d6f927a71195f06f2f
After searching I found this post https://www.x.com/developers/paypal/forums/paypal-sandbox/how-test-sandbox-paypal-using-pay-credit-card I then logged into that Sandbox account, went to Profile > Credit/Debit Cards > Add a Card, chose Visa but the credit card number wasn't pre-populate as I had hoped. Here's a screen:
https://www.evernote.com/shard/s141/sh/5cfce2b8-da2f-4147-abf5-5d742995b3ca/6d6e1541cbb5809e0e14972d2d81f4bb
I'm really at a loss now. Any help would be really appreciated :)
P.S. I've already tried the cliche test numbers like 4444333322221111 but nothing seems to work.
Try using some of these test credit card numbers. If it still does not work can you provide the API request you are sending, and the full API response you are getting back and I will look it up on my side and see whats causing the issue.
Visa Test Card Numbers - You can use 123 for the CVV2, and any valid future date for the exp date.
4916064324171157
4916884530887530
4024007135477981
4556908617562966
4929631921286961
4916781542208590
4502888845652562
4532975922625589
4024007116051706
4485137169794373