Test pricing schemes
Simulate application fees on payments to test the effects of your pricing scheme.
You can test your pricing scheme configurations before enabling it for your live accounts using either of the methods described in this guide.
Test mode
In test mode, you can use all of the functionality of pricing tools without making actual charges to connected accounts. Within test mode you can construct payments matching any of the supported conditions on test businesses, allowing you to make sure your integration works correctly. This feature helps you identify any errors or margin loss in your pricing configuration before you go live.
Test in a sandbox
You can use Sandboxes to test pricing changes in an isolated environment. To access sandboxes, click Sandboxes in the Dashboard account picker.
Each new sandbox copies the live mode pricing tools configuration to a new test instance. A new sandbox assigns all groups to the default scheme, allowing you to configure different defaults and test different grouping strategies.
Platform pricing testing tool
Before rolling out a pricing change using pricing tools, you can simulate the impact of a pricing change on historical charges (a before and after simulation) where you paid the fees.
- From the Platform Pricing page of your Dashboard, click the overflow menu () of the pricing scheme, then select Test.
- Enter the ID of a historic charge, then click Add. You can add up to 50 charges to simulate.
- Select the charges to compare (or select all), then click Test transactions.
The simulation returns the following information for each transaction:
| Property | Description |
|---|---|
| Transaction amount | The amount on the historical charge. |
| Original application fee | The application fee you collected for this charge. |
| Recalculated application fee | The application fee collected for the same charge according to the pricing scheme changes that you’re testing. |
| Original matched rule | The conditions of the rule used to calculate the original application fee if a pricing scheme computed it. |
| Recalculated matched rule | The conditions of the rule used to calculate the alternate application fee based on the changes that you’re testing. |
You can only test charges where your platform paid the Stripe fees. Testing against a historic charge where you didn’t pay the Stripe fees fails.
If you’re satisfied with the test, return to the pricing scheme page and either submit your pricing changes or continue to experiment.