Setting up a new Website Payments Pro account for integration with an application I’m working on, it required a sandbox account be setup through http://developer.paypal.com/. Though the Test Accounts page is very simple to work with, it was a little tricky sorting out exactly how to integrate a Website Payments Pro account with a business test account that will actually process payments successfully.
I finally came across this help document. I can only assume this process seems immensly over-complicated to me because I am new to this type of integration with PayPal’s sandbox. I understand the necessity for all of the configuration, but am a bit unclear why developers are required to manually enter so much dummy account information with no guidance provided throughout the process directly through the signup forms.
Update: After hours of sifting through the mess that is PayPal’s developer network/documentation/sandbox site, I have opted to use Authorize.net. Getting test credentials was simple, and with this simple and concise class I was making test payment through my application within 45 minutes.
