How to Activate a Bogus Gateway on Shopify

A bogus gateway is when you can have an order taken on your store and go through the checkout process using false payment information that will return a positive result. However, no actual payment is taken and therefore this tool prevents you from the obligation of fulfilling an order.

It’s important to note that any order taken with a bogus gateway will appear in your orders report.

This option allows you to test your checkout operations with a Bogus Gateway.

Login to your Shopify store using your credentials.

Now you need to go to your ‘Settings’ page on the left-hand menu and then click on the ‘Payment Providers’ option.

If you’re having a credit card payment provider activated, then you’ve got to ensure that it has been deactivated before you complete a test order. To do this, choose ‘Manage’ and then ‘Deactivate’. You can then confirm the deactivation.

Now you can go and set the bogus gateway within the ‘Accept Credit Cards’ area of the admin section. From this section, you want to provide the ‘Add a Provider’ option.

Now you need to go to the option that reads ‘Third-Party Credit Card Provider’ and then open the provider drop-down list.

Under the other option, you can select the ‘(for testing) Bogus Gateway’. Once selected click on the ‘Continue’ option and then ‘Activate’.

Now you can complete as many test orders as you like.

Or you could leave your website up for people to test functions on your website if you’re an app developer or theme developer.