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The sandbox is a separate copy of Crosspoint for building and testing. Payments use test cards, nothing is charged, and nothing you do there touches your live store. Accounts, stores, products, customers and access tokens are separate in each. A token from your live store doesn’t work in the sandbox, and the other way round.

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Get started

  1. In your Crosspoint dashboard, click Sandbox at the bottom of the sidebar. The sandbox opens in a new tab, already signed in with your Crosspoint account: there’s no separate sign-up. You can also choose I’m just exploring → Launch sandbox when you first sign up.
  2. Create a sandbox store. It’s ready to sell straight away: no identity check, no review.
  3. Create a product and an access token under Settings, the same way as on your live store.

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Test payments

Pay at checkout with Stripe’s test cards. For a successful payment, use:
with any future expiry date and any CVC. To place an order without a card, create a discount code worth 100% and enter it at checkout.

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Use the SDKs

Set CROSSPOINT_ENVIRONMENT=sandbox next to your sandbox access token, and the SDKs talk to the sandbox. Every example in these docs then works unchanged.
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Or choose it in code:
Calling the API directly? Use https://sandbox-api.crosspoint.finance as the base URL. When you’re ready to go live, create a store and an access token on app.crosspoint.finance, then set CROSSPOINT_ENVIRONMENT=production (or remove it).

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Embedded checkout

The embed script opens sandbox checkout links too: use a checkout link from your sandbox store. Add your website under Settings → Preferences → Embedding in the sandbox, the same as on your live store.

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How the sandbox differs

  • Identity. There’s no ID check: on Finance → Account, “Verify your identity” lets you mark yourself verified in one click.
  • Payouts. You can add any payout account, including a stablecoin wallet, without verifying your identity or asking for access. Splits are open too. A withdrawal is marked as paid straight away, and no money is sent.
  • Emails to customers (order confirmations, receipts) only go to members of your store, so test orders don’t email strangers. Add teammates under Settings → Members. Addresses like you+test@example.com work.
  • Split recipients. Recipients are approved as soon as you add them, so you can try splits end to end. No money is sent to them.
  • Limits. Payout limits don’t apply.