FedEx Small Parcel Billing Account field details [Information]

Modified on Fri, 19 Apr at 6:28 PM

This document details all the fields available to set up a FedEx Small Parcel Billing account.


These are detailed below:


FIELDDESCRIPTION
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Payment type
Select the Payment Type; the account number provided will be used in conjunction with this mode
Payor account #
Account number that will pay for shipping
Payor country
Registered country of the payor account
Use as default third party payor country
If checked the bill country will be used as default



Sender tax number
Sender tax number when applicable

Currency code
Indicate the currency code
Terms of sale
Indicate the terms of sale (DDP, DDU, etc.)



CI Payment terms
Indicate the Customs Invoice payment terms

COD Currency
Currency to be used in COD shipments
 
Allow currency conversion
If this option is selected, and FedEx returns the freight cost in a currency that differs from the currency of the payor account, the freight cost will be automatically converted to the currency of the payor account using the exchange rate provided by FedEx. If this option is not selected and the freight cost returned by FedEx differs from the currency of the payor account, an exception will be raised



Address validation
This feature permits the selection of the address validation level. Please note that your FedEx account must be enrolled to utilize the address validation API



Rateshop timeout
Indicate the timeout in seconds for rate shopping, if over the threshold, the carrier is ignored



Autoswitch Ground/Ground Home
When selected, this option will automatically switch between Ground and Ground Home service based on whether the address is identified as residential or commercial. This functionality depends on having an address validation level selected



Dangerous goods regulation
Select the regulation that applies to the case depending on the dangerous goods being shipped
 
Dangerous goods accessibility
Select the accessibility of the the dangerous goods being shipped


Batteries
Indicates if the shipments will contain batteries or not; default expects the order to determine if true or false, while enabled forces true and disabled forces false


Battery material type
Indicates the battery material type

Battery packing type
Indicates if batteries are contained or not in the equipment


Battery regulatory subtype
Indicates the batteries regulatory subtype


Adult Signature
If enabled, the delivery will require an adult to sign when received



Indirect Signature
If enabled, the delivery will require somebody (consignee by name or not) to sign when received



Alcohol
Indicates if the order ships alcohol or not (enabled or disabled), disabled by default



Fedex One Rate
If checked, it requests flat rates from FedEx under the One Rate option; requires the Package Type declared to be a qualifying one for One Rate

Package type
Select the Package type you will use, Your Packaging if generic, or a branded option
Ignore WMS harmonized codes
If checked, it ignores the WMS SKU harmonized codes



Replace diacritics
Replaces diacritic characters to compatible ones



Reformat ship-to phone
If checked, reformats the ship-to phone to a valid one for the carrier



Substitute missing ship-to phone
If checked, enables a new field to enter a phone number that will automatically fill the phone, if empty



Indicia type
Select the Indicia type for Smartpost orders



Ancillary endorsement 
Select the ancilliary endorsement for non-presorted standard shipments



Ancillary endorsement (presorted standard)
Select the ancillary endorsement for presorted standard shipments



Tracking number mode
Select the tracking number mode (Default as provided, FedEx or USPS)



Sender name
Ship From name that will be shown in the label
Sender company
Company name that will be shown in the label
Contact phone
Ship From phone that will be shown in the label
Contact e-mail
Shipper contact e-mail
Override sender address
If checked, enables fields to override the label from address (does not change the induction address)



Notify recipient by email
If checked, requests the carrier to send e-mail notifications to the ship-to e-mail provided as part of the order



Notify shipper by email
If checked, requests the carrier to send e-mail notifications to the shipper of the order



Print return labels
If checked, prints return labels for every order



Return Payment type
Select the Payment Type for return labels; the account number provided will be used in conjunction with this mode



Override Return Address
If checked, enables fields to override the address for return labels



Duties Payment type
Select the Payment Type for Duties; Not set indicates the consignee will pay for duties, while other options require an account owner according to the type



Duties payor account #
Account number that will pay for duties



Duties payor country
Registered country of the duties payor account



Skip trade documents
If checked, trade documents are not generated.If option is selected you will need to provide customs invoice in your own format



Export Purpose
Define the export purpose (Sold, gift, sample, etc.)


Customs item purpose
Select the item purpose for customs (consumer, business)


Electronic trade documents
If checked, trade documents are electronically handled and trade paper documents will not be generated



B13A Filing Option Type
When applicable, indicate how it will be filed (manual, electronic, etc.)



B13A permit number
When applicable, complete with the B13A permit number



The recipient is not the importer
Check if the recipient is not the importer


Non-Fedex international customs broker
Check if the international customs broker will not be a FedEx one, additional fields will deploy to indicate name, address, contact, account and tax related info



Enable ETD images
Check to deploy fields to select electronic signatures; requires to upload the electronic signatures to techSHIP via Plugins




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