testing

[sdgonline]

I'm trying to test my checkout. I have the credit card numbers supplied by my payment gateway, but they obviously only work in test mode. How do I confirm that orders will acatually be processed on the Miva side without putting my own valid credit card number in? I'd like to create an order and see if it goes all the way through.

[aGorilla]

Re: testing

Well, my gut reaction is that if the tests are passing, then it'll work live, assuming you've set it 'live' correctly.

To test that, ask a friend, relative, or loyal customer to place an order (you can always credit them, might be nice to ship it anyway). I'm not _positive_, but I believe that most gateways frown on the owner using their own credit card to place orders (seems ripe for abuse).

[d_host]

Re: testing

The whole purpose for the "test mode" and "test credit card numbers" is so that you can submit transactions to make sure they go all the way through and the system responds properly. Some test cards will always return "Authorize" response, some will always return "Declined" response. If these test card numbers work - you are fine - it will work in live mode just the same. If after this testing you had to do additional testing with real credit cards, well, that would be a bit overkill and make the initial testing rather pointless and unnecessary. But, if it makes you feel any better - use your own real credit cards to place more test orders - you can always void or credit those transactions in your payment gateway terminal. Asking your friends or relatives to submit their credit card numbers when yours is more than sufficient is stretching it a bit. If you don't trust your own web site and your own gateway, why subject your family and friends to it, never mind complete strangers?

[sdgonline]

Re: testing

The whole purpose for the "test mode" and "test credit card numbers" is so that you can submit transactions to make sure they go all the way through and the system responds properly. Some test cards will always return "Authorize" response, some will always return "Declined" response. If these test card numbers work - you are fine - it will work in live mode just the same. If after this testing you had to do additional testing with real credit cards, well, that would be a bit overkill and make the initial testing rather pointless and unnecessary. But, if it makes you feel any better - use your own real credit cards to place more test orders - you can always void or credit those transactions in your payment gateway terminal. Asking your friends or relatives to submit their credit card numbers when yours is more than sufficient is stretching it a bit. If you don't trust your own web site and your own gateway, why subject your family and friends to it, never mind complete strangers?

The orders I try to process in "test mode" give me a message "order cannot be proeccessed, TEST MODE"...so I cannot get any further than the page on my site where I input the CC number. I'd like to know the appropriate messages and responses and being generated when an order is place.

[Bruce - PhosphorMedia]

Re: testing

Then you will have to use a real credit card. There is no other way around this.