How to add and set up a FedEx International Connect Billing Account [Step-by-Step guide]

When setting up your Clients in techShip, you will have to configure Billing Accounts to ship through them. These use a Baseline Account as a foundation, but their way to work could be different based on the Client's needs.

When setting Billing Accounts, you will be able to specify how it should work for that specific client, setting label references, packing slips usage, rate shopping, markups, WMS information updating and Carrier options such as the default service level, address validation, sender and return addresses, etc.

This article describes the procedure to set up a FedEx International Connect billing account, while others are specifically written for other Carriers.

To set up a FedEx International Connect billing account, define the following and then Save:

ADD THE ACCOUNT TO THE CLIENT PROFILE

1. Access Clients under the Maintenance menu

2. Click on the Client for which you wish to set up the billing account

3. Press Add Billing Account

4. Select the source account which will be used and Save

5. Edit the Billing account

SET UP THE GENERAL OPTIONS

 
The General Options tab is the same for every carrier. If you are already acquainted with it from previous setups, please configure it accordingly.

If this is your first time setup or you aren't acquainted to it, refer to the following article and once finished, return to this one to set up the carrier specific options:

How to configure the Billing Account General Options tab [Step-by-Step guide]

SET UP THE CARRIER OPTIONS 

The Carrier Options tab allows to set up basic and advanced features of your FedEx International Connect billing account.

These are the key elements:

A) Service code: Choose a service code to assign to imported orders which don't have a service code or keep it if they have.

You can choose between the service level that comes with the order, ECO mode which grabs the cheapest service or an arbitrary service level for all cases. You can go in depth on this subject in this article.

B) Currency: Enter the billing currency to be used for this account (e.g., USD, EUR, CAD).

C) Terms: Select whether duties and taxes are paid at destination (DDU) or at origin (DDP).

D) Description of goods: Enter a general description of the items being shipped. This is used for customs and international documentation.

E) Shipper reference Id: Select the reference for the shipper. This value may appear on shipping labels or customs documents.

F) Sender address: Specify the Name and Company for this account.

Press Save to apply the changes. If the information is valid, you'll be able to process orders through it.