How to Create PayPal Payments Pro Sandbox Business Account

The PayPal Sandbox account is used by the developer to test the payment process before making the PayPal payment gateway live for production use. The NVP/SOAP API Credentials are required to test the PayPal Payments Pro transaction on the Sandbox environment. In this tutorial, we will show you how to create a PayPal Pro sandbox business account and get NVP/SOAP Sandbox API Credentials.

1. Login to the PayPal Developer account and navigate to the dashboard.
2. Go to the Testing Tools » Sandbox Accounts page and click on the Create account button.
   
3. Select Account Type and Country » Click Create.
   
4. Select the View/Edit account link of your newly created account.
   
5. The Account details dialog window will appear. In the Profile tab, click the Upgrade to Pro link under the Account Type: field.
   
6. An alert box will appear, click the Enable button.
   
7. On success, the PayPal Payments Pro enabled notification message will be shown.
   
8. Navigate to the API Credentials tab, and you will get the NVP/SOAP Sandbox API Credentials.
   

Note these API credentials (Username, Password, and Signature) to later use in the PayPal Pro payment gateway script.