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Hi,

I get this error when i try to make a purchase as a buyer using my sandbox account.

"The link you have used to enter the PayPal system is invalid. Please review the link and try again.'

Here are the steps i have followed.
1. created a sandbox account with PayPal.
2. Used this email address in s2member-Paypal Options-Your PayPal® EMail Address:
3. Enabled sandbox testing
4. created a buyer test account within my PayPal account.
5. Generated PayPal button and pasted it on a page.
6. As a user click on that button, takes me to PayPal payment screen.
7. I log in with the buyer test account.
And BOOM, I get this message.

It shows a button to return back to Merchant.

Any help will be much appreciated.

Thanks,
Gwu

Here are some things I would check on:

• Are your `s2Member -> PayPal® Options -> Account Details` associated with a "Seller" account?
• Did you follow the `s2Member -> PayPal Options -> IPN Integration` ?
• Did you follow the `s2Member -> PayPal Options -> PDT Integration` ?
• Did you use the PayPal Button Generator? If so, did you use the Shortcode format ?
• Is your Shortcode corrupted? Are you using a non-default WordPress Editor?
• Did you enable both Auto-Return and PDT ( Payment Data Transfer ) in your Seller account?
  Check your PayPal® account under: PayPal -> Profile -> Website Payment Preferences.
  Also make sure you've got "Encrypted Website Payments" = off in that section.

Please let us know if you continue having trouble. ~Thanks.

I got this message and then realized that I wasn't using the right email address for testing in the paypal sandbox.

Perhaps that could be it?

You need to create a buyer profile in your sandbox account, sign-in with the email address they generate for you and go through all the settings for that test account.

Just as a cross-reference. Here is another thread on this topic:
viewtopic.php?f=4&t=561

I tried everything on this list and finally figured out this was happening because I hadn't confirmed the email address of my sandbox seller's account.

1) Log into the PayPal sandbox Test Site with your sandbox seller's account.
2) Go to Profile > Add or Edit Email
3) Select the email address that you used in s2member setup.
4) Press the Confirm button.
5) Back in the PayPal sandbox, go to Test Email.
6) Find the confirmation email with subject: "Activate Your PayPal Account!"
7) Copy the link from the email and paste it into any browser.
8) Enter the password for your sandbox seller's account.

This will confirm the email, and in conjunction with providing a sandbox checking account this verifies the sandbox seller's account.

Awesome work!
Thank you VERY much for reporting back on this topic.
~ Much appreciated.

lzerner wrote:I tried everything on this list and finally figured out this was happening because I hadn't confirmed the email address of my sandbox seller's account.

1) Log into the PayPal sandbox Test Site with your sandbox seller's account.
2) Go to Profile > Add or Edit Email
3) Select the email address that you used in s2member setup.
4) Press the Confirm button.
5) Back in the PayPal sandbox, go to Test Email.
6) Find the confirmation email with subject: "Activate Your PayPal Account!"
7) Copy the link from the email and paste it into any browser.
8) Enter the password for your sandbox seller's account.

This will confirm the email, and in conjunction with providing a sandbox checking account this verifies the sandbox seller's account.