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Nate
Nate

Reputation: 28384

Can't create subscription button in sandbox (redirects to live site)

Tell me if I'm doing something wrong here.

  1. I go to developer.paypal.com
  2. login with my real PayPal account
  3. go to Applications->Sandbox accounts
  4. click Enter Sandbox site
  5. login with the business test account I created
  6. click Merchant Services
  7. click on "Create payment buttons for your website."

From step 5 up until this point, the URL in the address bar has been sandbox.paypal.com, but the "Create payment buttons for your website" button takes me to:

https://cms.paypal.com/us/cgi-bin/marketingweb?cmd=_render-content&content_ID=acct_setup/Setup_Solution_WPS&fli=true

That's the live site, correct?

If I create a button at the above URL that I'm directed to, then login to the sandbox site again and go to "My Saved Buttons," there aren't any buttons there.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 446

Answers (1)

Nate
Nate

Reputation: 28384

Well, this is obviously just a bug on the PayPal website. The "Create payment buttons for your website" button goes to the live PayPal website instead of the sandbox, but I found a workaround.

  1. Click on Merchant Services
  2. Click on "My saved buttons"
  3. Click on "Create new button"

That kept me in the sandbox site and allowed me to create a button.

Upvotes: 1

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