RevCent allows you to toggle between live and test mode. This gives you the ability to run test transactions and create test sales before going to production. When you are ready for production you simply switch to live mode.
In the web app, you toggle between modes by clicking the mode button in the top navigation. By toggling modes in the app, you will only see entities related to the specific mode that is activated. This helps to separate live and test entities (sales, transactions, etc.) from being viewed simultaneously in the web app.
There are some important concepts involved when using either mode, including setting the appropriate gateway credentials and using the appropriate RevCent API Account and RevCent Payment Profile.
Depending on the payment type used to create a sale, live or test modes may have different requirements or may not be available.
RevCent will send transactions to a payment gateways' live or test endpoint depending on the integration mode. It is important that you use the proper credentials when creating a gateway as some gateways have different credentials for live and test modes. RevCent will automatically route the transaction to either the gateways' live or test endpoint based on the integration mode.
If you plan on running test transactions before switching to production, we recommend creating two RevCent Gateways for the same payment gateway. One you will set up with live credentials and the other with test credentials. This enables you to easily switch gateways in your integrations when ready for production.
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When creating a RevCent Payment Profile make sure that the payment profile is using live or test gateway(s), not both. A payment profile does not have a live or test mode, instead it relies on the integration mode to determine what payment gateway endpoint to use.
Check and offline payments have the ability to utilize the live/test mode scheme. Sales processed via check or offline payments will spawn either live or test entities depending on the integration mode.
All PayPal payments and disputes are in live mode only. At this time it is not possible to create a sale using PayPal in test mode. All PayPal transactions are processed using live PayPal credentials.
The determination of live or test mode, and proper payment routing, is made via the integration used and either the integrations' setting or API account.
The web app mode you are browsing in determines either live or test mode.
If you are using the RevCent Web App and wish to create a live sale, you must be browsing in live mode. The same rule applies to test mode. Toggle between modes by clicking the mode button on the top of the navigation.
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Setting Modes:
The RevCent API Account mode setting determines either live or test mode.
If you are using the API and wish to create a live sale, you must use a RevCent API Account that is set to live mode. At the same time, in the API call you must specify a RevCent Gateway that has been set up with live credentials or specify a RevCent Payment Profile that contains gateways using live gateway credentials.
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The hosted pages' mode setting determines either live or test mode.
If you are using a RevCent Hosted Page and wish to create a live sale, you must set the hosted page to live mode and the RevCent Payment Profile selected to process payments for the shop must also contain gateways that are set up using live gateway credentials. The same rules apply to test mode.
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The RevCent API Account mode setting associated with the WooCommerce Shop determines either live or test mode
If you are using a WooCommerce Shop and wish to create a live sale, the RevCent API Account associated with the WooCommerce shop must be in live mode and the RevCent Payment Profile associated with the WooCommerce shop must also contain gateways that are set up using live gateway credentials. The same rules apply to test mode.
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