paypal IPN returns pending_reason: unilateral

Question

My PayPal IPN scripts runs very well. When I test with my sandbox account it, the payment is made instantly, however when I use my client's business email, I got payment_status as 'Pending', with pending_reason as 'unilateral' in the IPN log call.

My client's email is confirmed at PayPal. So can anyone tell me why I am getting this issue?

Answer 1

I had this problem - I was sending PayPal my "live" payer_email, when I changed it to the business email in the sandbox it worked. same as my live email with ****[email protected]