IPN not working for personal account

  • weintheregolf

    (@weintheregolf)


    3 years, 8 months ago

    Hi there,

    I was able to set up a sandbox account to test out the paypal cart for sending messages to the buyer and the seller. I have followed your video on setting up the IPN on PayPal and have updated the various settings in the plugin itself.

    No matter what I do, I cannot get the messages to send to either side. I noticed somewhere online that the IPN might not work with personal accounts. Is this true or is there a chance I am missing something?

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  • Plugin Contributor mbrsolution

    (@mbrsolution)

    3 years, 8 months ago

    Hi,

    You should update to a business account, it is free. You will have more tools and options available for free.

    Kind regards

    • This reply was modified 3 years, 8 months ago by mbrsolution.
    Plugin Author mra13

    (@mra13)

    3 years, 8 months ago

    When testing a transaction, try to perform a live transaction rather than using sandbox account unless you are a developer and you know what you are doing. PayPal Sandbox testing can be a little confusing and time consuming as it requires you to setup your PayPal sandbox account properly before you can test and most of the time users fail to setup their sandbox account correctly.

    Also, some functionality of the sandbox environment can be down for maintenance or broken without you knowing about it, this will result in you thinking that your checkout is not working.

    You can create a test product with a price of say $0.50 and then purchase that product on a live setup to see how it goes. You can use your credit card to make the purchase.

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