Test payments
Purchase tests are essential to ensure that payments are being processed correctly before authorizing real transactions. To verify that your store is set up correctly, we recommend testing payments before going live.
Here's how to test the integration:
- Access Your integrations in the Mercado Pago admin pannel and select the application you want to test.
- Click on Test accounts in the left menu.
- Within the Test accounts section, click on Create test account and create two different accounts: one for the seller and another for the buyer. It's not possible to use the same test account for both seller and buyer. Refer to the Test accounts documentation for step-by-step account creation.
- Open a new incognito window and log in to Mercado Pago using the seller's test account created in the previous step.
- In the same incognito window logged in as a seller, access the Developer dashboard and create a new application, following the detailed instructions in the Developer dashboard documentation.
- Access the application created in step 5 and click on Production credentials in the left menu. Copy the
public_keyandaccess_token.
Go to the Shopify panel settings (Settings > Payments) and click on Manage for the Mercado Pago provider.
Enter the
public_keyandaccess_tokenfrom the seller's test account.
Click on Save credentials.
Open a new incognito window and log in to Mercado Pago using the buyer's test account created in step 3.
In the same window logged in as a buyer, access your store and make a purchase by providing test information such as phone and email from the buyer's test account. In "Documento," select the option OTRO and enter 9 digits. Also, use the test cards available in the corresponding documentation.
After completing a test purchase using Checkout Pro, the purchase approval will be visible in the Shopify Admin Panel, except for purchases made offline, which will remain with pending status.
Furthermore, orders will be recorded in the history of the Mercado Pago test seller account.