PayPal Payflow Pro test cards

Use these details to try payments in a PayPal Payflow Pro sandbox (test) account. They work only in the sandbox: never use them in live, and never put real card or bank details into a sandbox.

Payflow’s test servers simulate the payment network, and the amount you enter decides the result. Which results you can trigger depends on the card processor set up for your Payflow account, which you can see in PayPal Manager.

Where these details come from

These are PayPal’s test details, not ours. They were copied from PayPal’s Test Payflow transactions, Test transactions and Card testing pages on 19 October 2026, and were correct on that date as far as those pages show. PayPal can change or withdraw them at any time, and we can’t confirm that they work. Check PayPal’s pages for the current details, and ask PayPal if one doesn’t behave as described.

How to choose a test result

• Sandbox: tick Sandbox on the Payflow Pro connection here, so payments go to Payflow’s test servers. Only the test card numbers below work there.
• Approvals and declines: the amount sets the result. Type it in the checkout as shown below, for example 1012 for a decline. Which results you can trigger depends on the processor behind your Payflow account.
• Address and postcode checks: the first line of the billing address and the billing postcode set the address check results. Switch on Require address (AVS) on the Payflow Pro connection here so that the checkout asks for the billing address.
• CVC checks: the CVC you enter sets the CVC check result.

Cards

Use only these test card numbers: any other number gives an error. The expiry date must be a valid date in the future.

If your Payflow account uses PayPal as its processor and has a PayPal sandbox email address set up (in PayPal Manager under Service Settings, then Set Up under Hosted Checkout Page), these numbers and amounts don’t apply. Use the credit card generator on PayPal’s Card testing page instead.

Successful payments

Any amount from 0 to 1000 is approved.

Card	Number	Notes
Visa	4111 1111 1111 1111
Mastercard	5555 5555 5555 4444
American Express	3782 822463 10005
Discover	6011 1111 1111 1117
Diners Club	3056 930902 5904
JCB	3530 1113 3330 0000

PayPal lists more test numbers on its Test transactions page.

Declines and errors

Use any test card above with one of these amounts. Amounts from 1001 to 2000 that aren’t listed are declined.

Number or trigger	Result
Amount 1012, or any amount of 2001 or more	Declined (RESULT 12)
Amount 1013	Referral (RESULT 13)
Amount 1104	Timeout waiting for the processor (RESULT 104)
Amount 1050	Declined: insufficient funds (RESULT 50). Paymentech only
Amount 1030	Duplicate transaction (RESULT 30). Global Payments only
Amount 1114	CVC mismatch (RESULT 114). TSYS Acquiring Solutions, Merchant e-Solutions and Global Payments only
Amount 2000	Generic processor error (RESULT 1000). Not Elavon, American Express or Global Payments

PayPal’s Test transactions page lists which results each processor supports.

Address and CVC checks

The test servers set the address check result from the first three digits of the billing street address, and the postcode check result from the billing ZIP or postcode.

Value	Result
Street address starting 000 to 333 (for example 24285 Elm)	Street matches (Y)
Street address starting 334 to 666 (for example 49354 Main)	Street doesn’t match (N)
Street address starting 667 or higher, or with a letter	Street and postcode both return X
Postcode 00000 to 50000 (for example 00382)	Postcode matches (Y)
Postcode 50001 to 99999 (for example 94303)	Postcode doesn’t match (N)
CVC 000 to 300	CVC matches (Y)
CVC 301 to 600	CVC doesn’t match (N)
CVC 601 or higher	CVC check not supported (X)

Some processors decline the payment (RESULT 12) when the CVC doesn’t match, without returning a CVC result.