How to setup FedEx Real-Time Shipping?

  • Created : Wednesday, February 28, 2018
  • Last Updated: Monday, June 28, 2021

Your Power-eCommerce store can be integrated with the main shipping carriers in order to provide your customers with real-time shipping calculations for their orders.  This guide will show you how to set up your account registrations with FedEx and then integrate your credentials to your Power-eCommerce store.

Note:

This process will involve first registering for a FedEx account in order to receive an account number from their service. Once this information is available, you will use it to complete your registration directly from your Power-eCommerce Admin interface.

Register with FedEx 

To register your FedEx account, please follow these steps:

  1. Go to the FedEx home page.
  2. On the page, click the button labeled "Sign In" then "Create Account"
  3. Complete your Registration Process as prompted on the FedEx pages

Once you have registered your new FedEx account you will have a FedEx Account number.

This information will be entered into your Power-eCommerce Admin to complete the registration process.


Adding your FedEx credentials to your Power-eCommerce:

 

 Once you have registered your FedEx account and have received an Account Number, proceed with the following steps to complete your FedEx registration process.

  1. Log into your Power-eCommerce Admin
  2. Go to Settings -> Shipping -> FedEx 
  3. Select to make FedEx : Active
  4. Enter all your FedEx Credentials : FedEx Meter Number. 
  5. Enter all your FedEx Credentials : FedEx Password. 
  6. Enter all your FedEx Credentials : FedEx Key. 
  7. Enter all your FedEx Credentials : 
  8. Enter Free Shipping (0=no free shipping) . If you would like to offer free shipping when a shopping cart total is over a given number this is where you set that value.
  9. Click "Save Changes"
* This is an advanced option, be sure to test it after making changes to # 10 and # 11.

Important Note

When filling out the Registration Form on your Power-eCommerce Admin be sure to enter the information exactly as it appears in your FedEx account.