How to become FedEx Certified to ship reptiles....

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Originally Posted by Patrick Long

Wow.....that seems to take an awful long time for all of you.


I got fully certified in 4 days.

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Congrats and good for you...That's not the norm now!!!

I just got certified like last month.....

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Originally Posted by Patrick Long

I just got certified like last month.....

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Than, I'll sit corrected and exclude you from the comment...

You can be the example of the fastest turnaround...I got certified in around 2 weeks...And others took over a month if not longer...

Test package approval is pretty cut and dry and fall within the forum stated time frames...The legal documention is the part that takes a bit of time because many reps do not know much/anything about shipping reptiles...

Thus, if your certification process was 4 days...I'm in awe and once again...Sincerely, congrats to you...

ok well it is 9-12-10 @ 3:45 and i just set my account with fed ex and contacted them and they said someone will contact me by the end of tomorrow. so lets see how long this takes me. wish me luck.

After reading all this, I thought, why not try. I might only ship a reptile in a blue moon, but might as well do it right.

Sent out the test box yesterday, just shipped it ground on my dime, $6. To save myself the trouble of finding a account number to bill it to them, and have it end up on my account after all. Second day would have been much higher, and it will arrive within 2 days regardless.

So now we'll see what happens, LOL.

Well I got word today that my package has passed the testing stage!:banana:

Bring on the legal paperwork.

ok i called and ask to talk to an account rep and they told me i don't talk to a rep and i needed to go to http://www.ipata.com and get a license.... wtf?

That doesnt sound right that you would be sent there...

I talked to mine today, and he is putting the request for legal paperwork in for me.

Just to make sure.. You do have a fedex acct, and you told the operator to give you to your rep?

They will send a message, I dont think they are all in the same phone system. I had no luck getting info on getting certified, so I sent the test package in without a lot of help. I got approved, and all they needed was the 5 digit # from my approval letter.

If you have not gone through this entire thread, you may want to. Some things have changed. The test form is one thing. The new one you can fill out on your computer, and they dont have to read horrible handwriting like mine. I think this is is it.

http://www.fedex.com/us/services/pac...ckageservices/

Remember to get the acct # to bill them when you print the shipping label up. That # is listed on the 1st page, I think.

Hope this helps.

Good information Fallguy...The best part is the change of the form...

Good luck on making it through the final stages...Thou, it's a challenge, it's worth it when you finally complete it and start shipping...

Just got the email that my test package has passed, and I'm approved ! It says someone will be in touch with me regarding the legal paperwork and to let them know if I need help in the meanwhile.

Since I'm in no hurry whatsoever, so far it has actually been very easy. Guess we'll see how it goes from here ;)