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[JLC]

She'd be sound asleep by now.

But here ya go...stickied at the top of this forum:
How to Become FedEx Certified

[Aes_Sidhe]

We love Ya Judy .. U know that ??

[JLC]

We love Ya Judy .. U know that ??

Don't make me blush!

[iCandiBallPythons]

Judge Judy always has a plan

[kitedemon]

Just a thought I am not in the states but if a couple of small cluch or two breeders got together and called themselves a single company it might be less work than for everybody to do it a coop of sorts. Just a suggestion.

[Shadera]

You do not have to be a licensed business in order to ship via FedEx, but you do have to go through the process to acquire the waiver no matter what you call yourself. And then it doesn't matter what UPS does or doesn't do.

<--- Hobbyist with waiver.

[TheVipersHouse]

Getting Certified by Fex ex is fairly simple , little lengthy but simple . once you get your approval from them your free to ship reptiles with no headaches as long as you follow the rules put down by fed ex and the law .

UPS sucks IMO

[meeistom]

I had no issues becoming fed ex certified at all. Took about 3 weeks and 2 phone calls. Plus I get a nice discount from Fed Ex as well. The best part is Fed Ex makes deliveries to my building just about everyday all I have to do is tell my door guy and Fed Ex comes to me and picks up the boxes. Not a bad deal at all.

[rabernet]

I'm not a registered company - but to comply with the legal waiver, you can only ship business to business. So - when you sell to someone, you either have to ship to their job, or to their closest hub.

The process to get certified is very easy and pain free - or it was for me. I'm not a certified company, although I do have a website name and signed up for my account under that name, but it's not necessary as long as you drop off the package at a local hub.

I am not a volume shipper and I told my account rep that I wasn't, and he still negotiated a rate for me that was less than either SYR or RE were offering. At the time that I got certified, both sites still had their quote system up and I sent my rep links to both of them and he was able to see their rates vs. my rate when I signed up for my account and he got a lower rate approved for me.

The terms of my rates are that I have to keep my rates confidential (my discount rate), but it's simply a matter of building a relationship with your rep (a phone call when you first register and simply chatting with them goes a long way), and then simply asking them what they can do for you.

I explained to my rep that my shipping would be cyclical with the bulk of my shipping occurring the last half of most years.

Feel free to ask here any other questions and I'll be happy to answer based on my own personal experience (and other certified shippers can chime in as well).

I was one of those who was a bit intimidated by what I thought was going to be a difficult process, but it was pretty seamless and easy for me. It helped that my rep is the bomb too though! LOL