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How to Setup a Test Sandbox Paypal Account to Test Digital Access Pass (DAP) Sandbox in Paypal works like this: You open up a Developer account with a REAL email from which you must respond to verify the email send to you by Paypal for verification. WITHIN this account and being LOGGED IN you can set up PRECONFIGURED ACCOUNTS with emails and passwords autocreated by pp to be used as Merchant or Buyer accounts. So, follow the steps below: STEP1: Register a Developer Account with developer.paypal.com You should use a valid email during registration because you will need to verify the email. developer account login name:       taid@scanmyexpenses.com Password to login : q2d4 That is the DEVELOPER ACCOUNT and you need to stay Logged In this account for all steps below, INCLUDING the TEST phase. STEP2: WITHIN this account, being logged in, I use the PRECONFIGURED link to setup: 1. SELLER ACCOUNT with email: Paypal will AUTOGENERATE both the email and the password. Example is: taid_1327187341_biz@scanmyexpenses.com PASS: 327187245 *your only chance to deposit test money into this account is on creating the account (deposit function does not work) so make sure you put on some money into the account at this stage **the taid_132… email is AUTOGENERATED by Paypal. You CANNOT enter anything different in the email field, I attempted to change the suggested email to something and got an error! 2. BUYER ACCOUNT with email: Paypal will AUTOGENERATE both the email and the password. Example is: taid_1327187545_per@scanmyexpenses.com PASS: 327187516 *your only chance to deposit test money into this account is on creating the account (deposit function does not work) so make sure you put on some money into the account at this stage **the taid_132… email is AUTOGENERATED by Paypal. You CANNOT enter anything different in the email field, I attempted to change the suggested email to something and got an error! The above emails are ONLY accessible once you are logged in as taid@scanmyexpenses.com (DEVELOPER) by using the TEST EMAILS menu selection on the left menu. STEP 3: WITHIN the DEVELOPER ACCOUNT (i.e. being logged in as taid@scanmyexpenses.com) you can now LOGIN as TEST SELLER ACCOUNT using the taid_132718… and 327187245 You need to do some specific SETUP to integrate with DAP. It looks like we need TWO THINGS for DAP integration: (A) we need to activate the Instant Payment Notification System (IPN) in Paypal and (B) we need to get the identity token and put it into DAP config     STEP 4  -  SETTING UP INSTANT PAYMENT NOTIFICATION (IPN)         Within the logged in developer account we go to Test Accounts, select the Business (Seller) test account and enter the sandbox test site. Once inside the test business account, you go to My Account  >  Profile Inside Profile you go to Selling Preferences >> Instant Payment Notification Preferences There you must enter the Notification URL which DAP defines… Read more...