Shipping coral

[ZachR32]

trying to figure out how to ship corals from a relatives to place to my current location. What provider ships overnight the cheapest? Or what would you guys recommend?

 

[Krzydmnd]

trying to figure out how to ship corals from a relatives to place to my current location. What provider ships overnight the cheapest? Or what would you guys recommend?

The community seems to prefer fed ex overnight. It's typically $50 or less and a 10:30 am guarantee in most locations.

 

[Jerome Woodward]

I ship with Fedex.

 

[Som1else]

Check out Shipnex

 

[Cherub]

bumping an old thread. I went to fedex to ask about shipping and they are saying 90-120 dollars to over night? How are people getting 50 dollar shipping? Is there something special I need to do or is the FedEx I went to just shady?

 

[Cherub]

tt

 

[LiveRockmia]

$50 overnight fedex is not an accurate quote at all. The quote you got is much more accurate. Not even usps will overnight a package for that cheap. Some big vendors get shipping discounts because they do volume

 

[Cherub]

$50 overnight fedex is not an accurate quote at all. The quote you got is much more accurate. Not even usps will overnight a package for that cheap. Some big vendors get shipping discounts because they do volume

So all these hobbyists are getting vendor prices somehow?

 

[TopShelfAquatics Verified Sponsor]

So all these hobbyists are getting vendor prices somehow?

Some people use vendors to ship or for labels, others use third party shipping companies. Some just eat the additional shipping cost depending on how much it is.
An average shipment without our discount would be $90-120 so that estimate was fairly accurate

 

[AcroNem]

Get a ShipNex account, that's where you'll see those better numbers.

Also make sure to use a good solid styro box lining, cold or warm packs, something like newspaper to insulate, and double/ triple bag everything.