- Mark as New
- Bookmark
- Subscribe
- Mute
- Subscribe to RSS Feed
- Permalink
- Report Inappropriate Content
Accepted Solutions

- Mark as New
- Bookmark
- Subscribe
- Mute
- Subscribe to RSS Feed
- Permalink
- Report Inappropriate Content
Hello @AliMAli
Thank you for posting to the PayPal Sandbox Community.
The PayPal sandbox is a self-contained, virtual testing environment that simulates the live PayPal production environment.
When you initiate a transaction through a sandbox account, PayPal creates a mock transaction that behaves exactly like a transaction in the live environment. By using fictitious sandbox accounts with their associated authentication credentials in your PayPal API calls, you can test and debug your apps without referencing any real PayPal users or live PayPal accounts.
What that means is that Sandbox has virtual funds that cannot be transferred to a PayPal Live Account. No live payment processing takes place in Sandbox, as it is a simulation to allow testing.
Thank you,
Jennifer
MTS
PayPal

- Mark as New
- Bookmark
- Subscribe
- Mute
- Subscribe to RSS Feed
- Permalink
- Report Inappropriate Content
Hello @AliMAli
Thank you for posting to the PayPal Sandbox Community.
The PayPal sandbox is a self-contained, virtual testing environment that simulates the live PayPal production environment.
When you initiate a transaction through a sandbox account, PayPal creates a mock transaction that behaves exactly like a transaction in the live environment. By using fictitious sandbox accounts with their associated authentication credentials in your PayPal API calls, you can test and debug your apps without referencing any real PayPal users or live PayPal accounts.
What that means is that Sandbox has virtual funds that cannot be transferred to a PayPal Live Account. No live payment processing takes place in Sandbox, as it is a simulation to allow testing.
Thank you,
Jennifer
MTS
PayPal

Haven't Found your Answer?
It happens. Hit the "Login to Ask the community" button to create a question for the PayPal community.
- Couldn't receive International payment in PayPal Payments Standard
- "System error. Please try again later" when connecting to paypal sandbox account with my android app in Sandbox Environment
- NOT ENABLED TO VAULT PAYMENT SOURCE in Sandbox Environment
- p is not a function error using the example downloaded from Paypal in SDKs
- Not receiving any confirmation emails for sandbox account in Sandbox Environment