Using a PayPal Sandbox Account for Testing

If you wish to test PayPal mass payments in a separate "sandbox" account that uses dummy accounts and data, you can follow this guide to enable it.

Creating a sandbox account

Log in to the PayPal Developer site at https://developer.paypal.com. On the Dashboard tab, navigate to Sandbox > Accounts.

You may have some existing accounts there already. If you already have a "business" and a "personal" type account set up (as shown in the screenshot above), feel free to use them. Otherwise, click the "Create Account" button and choose the appropriate Account Type as you create each account. Make sure to note the passwords used, as you will need those to log into each account later.

You may not know each password if you already have accounts in that list. To set the password, click the small arrow beside the email address and click "Profile.":

Click "Change password" on the form that opens:

Use the following link to log into each sandbox account with the email address and passwords as configured above:

https://www.sandbox.paypal.com/webapps/profile/

Using a sandbox account in BrandChamp

Enter the "buyer" type sandbox account email as the PayPal email for a test ambassador in your BrandChamp system.

You can either add it while viewing the BrandChamp record in the admin site:

Or in the Account area of the BrandChamp portal, when logged in as that BrandChamp: