Click on the user profile icon to switch to test mode.

Just like in the live environment, you must add funds in the test mode before you can make payouts. Test mode uses its own dummy balance. You can type in any random amount as dummy balance. No real money is used in the test mode.
To add funds to your test mode, click + Add test balance and follow the on-screen instructions.
Handy Tips
The account details in the test mode are dummy details. Do not load real money to this account.
Watch this video to see how to add funds in the test mode.
To make a payout, you need to create a Contact. The table below lists the various Contact actions you can perform in the test mode:
Action | API | Dashboard | Bulk Upload |
---|---|---|---|
Create a contact | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Update a contact | ✓ | ✓ | x |
View contact details | ✓ | ✓ | x |
Mark as inactive | ✓ | ✓ | x |
You can
and .After you create a Contact, you need to create a Fund account for the Contact. You can create Fund accounts in test mode by using contacts created in test mode only. Payouts are made to the Fund account linked to the Contact.
The table below lists the various Fund account actions you can perform in the test mode.
Action | API | Dashboard | Bulk Upload |
---|---|---|---|
Create a fund account | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
View fund account details | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Mark as inactive | ✓ | ✓ | x |
You can
and .Payouts are transactions you can make to the fund accounts of your contacts. You can test payouts in the Test Mode, view its life cycle, its states and other details.
Below is the payout life cycle.

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.Watch Out!
The
is not available in the test mode. This means thepending
and rejected
states are not available in the test mode.The table below lists the various payout actions you can perform in the test mode.
Action | API | Dashboard | Bulk Upload |
---|---|---|---|
Create a payout | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
View payout details | ✓ | ✓ | x |
You can
and .By default, Payouts created in the Test Mode acquire the processing
state. However, if you do not have sufficient balance, the payout acquires the queued
state. In this case,
processing
state.
From the processing
state, you will have to manually move the payout to the next state from the Dashboard. You can move it forward to any state in the payout lifecycle. Unlike the Live Mode, this does not happen automatically.
Watch this video to view the payout states.
The Test Mode has its own account statement based on transactions made in the Test Mode. You can view the account statement on the RazorpayX Dashboard or fetch details using the
.