Sign Up for a Sandbox Account

To begin setting up your account, you must first sign up for a sandbox account. A sandbox account enables you to obtain your security keys and test your implementation. After you verify that your system can send and receive REST messages, you can contact customer service to transition your sandbox account to a production account. Your production account is where you process live payments.

Follow these steps to sign up for a sandbox account:

Go to the
Visa Acceptance Solutions
Developer Center sandbox account sign-up page:
https://developer.visaacceptance.com/hello-world/sandbox.html
Enter your information into the sandbox account form, and click
Create Account
.
Go to your email and find a message titled:
Merchant Registration Details
. Click
Set up your username and password now
.
Your browser opens the New User Sign Up wizard.
Enter the organization ID and contact email you supplied when you created your account. Follow the wizard pages to add your name, a username, and a password.
Log in to the
Business Center
.
When you log in for the first time, you must verify your identity through a system-generated email sent to your email account.
Check your email for a message titled:
Visa Acceptance Solutions
Identification Code
. A passcode is included in the message.
Enter the passcode on the
Verify your Identity
page.
You are directed to the
Business Center
home page.
You have successfully signed up for a sandbox account.
IMPORTANT
A sandbox account cannot process live payments. After you verify that your system can send and receive REST messages, you can contact customer service to transition your sandbox account to a production account.