# FedEx SmartPost

## Overview

**FedEx SmartPost**, also known as **Ground Economy**, is a cost-effective, hybrid shipping service that partners with USPS. In contrast to regular FedEx services, which offer fast, fully-managed, and often guaranteed deliveries, **SmartPost** packages are handed off to USPS for last-mile delivery, allowing you to avoid common FedEx surcharges such as residential and Saturday delivery fees. This makes them an ideal solution for non-urgent, high-volume shipments.

FedEx has announced the retirement of its SOAP-based [Web Services](https://www.fedex.com/en-us/developer/web-services.html), including those for Tracking, Address Validation, and Postal Code Validation, and is transitioning to a RESTful API connection instead. You must ensure that you are running Shipbridge **v6.0.9.5** or higher and update your account configuration to the new OAuth method described in the [FedEx Web Services Account Integration](https://descartessystems.aha.io/pages/7630858788640690072) article.

## Configure FedEx SmartPost

To use **FedEx SmartPost** through Shipbridge:

1. Navigate to **Menu** \> **Options** \> **Carriers** \> **FedEx**.
2. Set the **SmartPost tracking** option to USPS. This number will be traceable on the FedEx website.
3. Select the **SmartPost Hub ID** associated with your account. This hub is where your shipments will be initially processed.
4. Choose your preferred **SmartPost Endorsement** **Type**:
   - **ADDRESS CORRECTION**
   - **CARRIER LEAVE IF NO RESPONSE**
   - **CHANGE SERVICE REQUESTED**
   - **FORWARDING SERVICE REQUESTED**
   - **RETURN SERVICE REQUESTED**

For **Standard Mail** shipments with delivery confirmation, only one of the following endorsements is permitted: **ADDRESS CORRECTION** or **RETURN SERVICE REQUESTED**. No other endorsement type will be accepted.

5. Ensure that the **Ground Economy** services you intend to use are enabled in **Menu** \> **Customize Interface** \> [Shipping Services](https://descartessystems.aha.io/pages/7630839592020421399).
6. _(Optional)_ Set up your [Label Printer Configuration](https://descartessystems.aha.io/pages/7630839305656202890) to print the corresponding label formats based on the shipping method.

If you frequently ship to PO box addresses, you can also enable **Allow aggregator services for POB** in **Menu** \> **Options** \> **Shipping**. This setting filters available shipping options to only show those that support delivery to PO Boxes when calculating rates, such as UPS Mail Innovations, FedEx SmartPost, etc.

### Third-Party SmartPost Accounts

Some channels may instruct you to ship using their **FedEx SmartPost** account, which is different from standard third-party billing (where you use your own account and charge the shipping to a third party). If this is required, set up a separate [Per-Company Configuration](https://descartessystems.aha.io/pages/7630858788640690072) to handle orders that must ship under the channel's account.