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Making a test payment

Before sending your first link to customers, try the whole process yourself. Test mode lets you simulate payments without moving real money.

Switching on test mode #

  1. Go to Payment providers.
  2. Click Configure next to the provider you want (Pay or Pay Plus).
  3. Under Mode, choose Test and save.

From now on your payment pages show a notice and the methods are labelled «TEST». The test card details also appear on the payment page.

Running the test #

The handiest option is the Terminal: open it, enter an amount and pay with a test card. You can also test the tool you will use most, such as a Page or a Paylink.

  • With Pay you can test Visa, Mastercard, TWINT, PostFinance Pay and purchase on invoice. Tests with TWINT, PostFinance Pay and invoice always result in Confirmed.
  • With Pay Plus you can test Visa, Mastercard, American Express, Diners, Discover, Apple Pay, Google Pay and Klarna.

You can also try a refund on a test payment.

Remember to switch back to Live #

After testing, set the Mode back to Live. While it is on Test, customers cannot really pay you.

Test payments stay in the list #

You cannot delete them, but you can hide them: filter Payments > Transactions to show live payments.