Test payment links

Before sharing your payment link or quote with a contact, you can test the checkout experience to make sure it works as expected. Using a test mode, you can replicate the actions that take place in actual payment scenarios, without actually charging a credit card. Testing your payment links is especially important for higher payment amounts.

You can test payments made via credit card or bank debit, such as ACH. However, you can't test payment links for recurring payments.

Access payment links for testing

To access your payment link for testing:

• In your HubSpot account, navigate to Commerce > Payment Links.
• Hover over the link and click Actions, then select Open link in test mode.

• The link will open in test mode, and a banner will appear at the top of the checkout page that indicates you are in test mode. Enter values from the tables below to complete a test purchase. You can use any address information during your test in addition to the sample credit card or bank debit information.

When you test your payment links, if you have either Stripe payment processing or HubSpot payments set up, a new contact record will be created using the buyer email address entered in test mode as long as a contact record does not already exist for this email address. A deal record will also be created with (Test) included before the deal name.

If you don't have a payment processor set up, you can still test your payment link, but the contact and deal records will not be created.

An email notification will be sent to you and to the buyer email address that you used to test the link, and you will receive a test payout email.

Please note: while a test payment can create a contact and associated deal, it will not create a payment record. This also means that workflows based on payment records will not trigger from payment link tests.

Test payment links for payments via credit card

Below is a set of sample credit card numbers that you can use to test payment links, including numbers for testing various failure scenarios. Along with the sample credit card numbers, use following values for other fields:

• Billing address: any address
• Expiration date: any valid future date
• Security code (CVC): any random number
• Name on the card: any alphabetical string
• PIN code: any 3 digits (4 digits for American Express card)

To simulate a failed payment, use the values from the table below.

Test payment links for payments via ACH

Use the information in the table below to test payments via ACH debit.