How Can I test my links at paypal w/o my credit card?

[rwestpnw]

Hello Folks:

When I set up one of my little sales sites it seems I have to run it from the buy now button all the way to the download page to pick bugs out. It's always something!

Is there a way to speed that up? Especially I would like to get rid of having to "Buy it from myself to test!

What do you say?

Thank you so much,

Riley West

[samstephens]

With Paypal, no there's not much else you can do.

They DO have a Sandbox environment, but this is designed more for actually developing software.

A successful Sandbox payment doesn't nessessarily mean a successful live payment.

The only way to test a live sales link in Paypal is to set the price to $0.01 and run a test sale.

You can set up a Personal account, and just keep $5 or something in these to do your testing with. That way you don't need to use a credit card each time.

When I set up one of my little sales sites it seems I have to run it from the buy now button all the way to the download page to pick bugs out. It's always something!

You could check out DLGuard if you're looking for a smoother product set up process - it's much quicker and easier than going directly through Paypal

DLGuard - Download page protector, create expiring download links

Let me know if you have any questions about it, I'm happy to help!

cheers
Sam

[GeorgR.]

I "hate" to say it...but i don't test-purchase anymore since i know that my DLG set-up will always work when i create a new product