You now have a trial Payflow account with PayPal. What should you do next?
Click Login to PayPal Manager.
Click the Downloads link in the PayPal Manager menu bar to download PayPal Manager User's Guide.
In addition, download either Payflow Pro Developer's Guide or Payflow Link User's Guide to read about the details of testing your account.
PayPal's test servers allow you to simulate transactions through your Web site and your Trial Payflow account. There are no transaction charges or fees for Trial accounts. See the User's Guides for instructions on testing.
You will perform the first test transactions from PayPal Manager. PayPal Manager is the "control center" that you use to manage your Payflow account transactions over the Web. You eventually use PayPal Manager to perform the following tasks:
Submit transactions. For example: submit a Sale transaction for an order received by phone or fax or submit a group of Authorization transactions for Capture because the orders shipped.
Search for transaction information.
Run reports. View detailed information on every transaction that passes through your PayPal account.
Specify security settings. For example, require that all PayPal Manager users log in from computers that you specify.
Update your Payflow account settings and business contact information.
Update the Internet banking information that PayPal uses when submitting your customers' transactions.
Download software and user’s guides.
Note: You can test Payflow transactions without an Internet Merchant Account. However, before you can activate your Payflow account, you must have an Internet Merchant Account. About obtaining an Internet Merchant Account through Merchant e-Solutions
If you applied for an Internet Merchant Account through Merchant e-Solutions, PayPal will notify you when we have received your Internet Merchant Account information, at which point you can activate your Payflow account.
If you are ready to activate your Payflow account and process live financial transactions, click Activate Your Account Now.
To activate your Payflow account later, log in to PayPal Manager at https://payments.verisign.com/manager and click the Activate banner at any time.
Important: Once you activate your Payflow account, you will be billed according to your service plan.