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FedEx Third-Party Billing Ignored – API Issue

  • Jun 23, 2026 6:53 AM UTC
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Rounak

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Hi Team,

 

I am integrating ShipStation API (v2/labels) with my connected FedEx account.

 

I am trying to use third-party billing by passing the following in my request:

 

"billing": {

   "type": "third_party",

    "account_number": "238569381",

    "postal_code": "36526",

      "country_code": "US"

}

 

However, I am seeing that:

 

1. The label is successfully created

2. Even when I intentionally pass an invalid account number, the label still gets created

3. The shipment is always billed to the shipper account instead of the third-party account

 

This suggests that the billing object may not be applied at all and is being ignored.

 

My details:

- Carrier ID: se-613832

- Service: fedex_ground

 

Could you please confirm:

1. Whether third-party billing is supported for this carrier_id?

2. If there are any configuration requirements for enabling third-party billing?

3. Whether the API is correctly forwarding billing details to FedEx?

 

If needed, I can provide request/response payloads for debugging.

 

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