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FedEx Platform Account Program (FedEx Default)

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Overview

EasyPost offers its users a FedEx account with discounted shipping rates at no extra cost. This account makes it easy for small businesses to easily access FedEx’s reliable shipping without needing to create a separate FedEx account and at a lower cost. These discounted rates are absolutely free and do not require any volume minimums, contracts, or additional fees. They also include discounts to select surcharges.

Service Levels and Coverage Area

Discounted service levels included in this account provide U.S. domestic and export* coverage. For more information about these service levels see our blog post.

 



*U.S. export means international shipments originating from the U.S.

Account Creation

Create account via EasyPost dashboard

  1. Log in to your EasyPost account and navigate to the Carrier Accounts page
  2. Under “EasyPost Carrier Accounts” locate FedEx Default
  3. Select the “Create Account” button and complete your account creation

Create account via API call:

The user can also add the account via API call. The following parameters are required:

  • name
  • street1
  • city
  • state
  • postal_code
  • country
  • phone
  • email

Example curl:

curl --location --request POST 'https://api.easypost.com/v2/carrier_accounts/open' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--user YOUR_API_KEY_HERE_KEEP_COLON: \
--data-raw '{
    "carrier_account": {
        "type": "FedexDefaultAccount",
        "name": "Gummi Bear",
        "street1": "27 S 7th St 6",
        "city": "Minneapolis",
        "state": "MN",
        "postal_code": "55402",
        "country": "US",
        "phone": "123456789",
        "email": "tester@testing.com"
    }
}'

Purchasing / Billing

FedEx Ground® Economy shipments may incur a USPS Non-Machinable fee of $5.70. Shipments are designated non-machinable if they meet the following criteria:

  • Any item with one dimension measuring more than 27 inches
  • Any item with any two dimensions each measuring more than 17 inches
  • Any item weighing over 35 lbs
  • Any item packaged in a cylindrical shipping tube

To learn more about FedEx Ground® Economy fees and surcharges, you can see FedEx’s documentation here.

 

When using the EasyPost FedEx Platform account, all billing is done directly through EasyPost and the label fees will be deducted from your EasyPost wallet. So in order to purchase labels with this account in production, you will need to ensure you have enough funds for the label in your wallet.

 

Upon purchasing labels and shipping a physical shipment, if there are any price adjustments after the fact EasyPost will adjust the final amount from your wallet.

 

Pickups and Drop Offs

Users can request FedEx pickups through the EasyPost API. See our Pickup documentation for a guide on how to get started.

 

Or users can forgo scheduling a pickup to save and drop off their packages at one of FedEx’s convenient drop off locations.

 

FAQ

Have a FedEx Platform Account question not answered in this article? Please see our FedEx Platform Account FAQ page.

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