Shopping online has opened so many doors for both the customer and business owner.

All of a sudden, the commission of a sale can be processed and complete within seconds-online (C8FS9C7AG).

This instantaneous convenience has been extended to so many services-for one: shipping.

Of course, you cannot ship an item online-but you can order it to be shipped, and track it from its departure location to its final destination-again all with the touch of a couple of buttons.

While this automated shipping and tracking process that is now available to all parties involved with a package has streamlined business as we know it; of course, it has not ruled out the potential for shipping problems that could occur to halt the process of a package making it from one location to another.

Most often, the couriers at FedEX get your package to its destination without incident; but as is true of any business, there must be room for som kind of error-as couriers are only human, and computers not error-free.

This said, if you have sent a package or are expecting a package, there can be a lot of stress and grief associated with a shipping problem-and here are the best tips on how to get in touch with the people who can resolve your shipping concern.

Finding The Phone Number

You need to be able to find the right phone number of the contact that can troubleshoot this problem. There are a number of resources you can use to do this:

• Physical Phone Book-Though many of us have traded in our phone books for online tools it doesn't mean they still don't have value.

For FedEX, you'll want to look them up in the yellow page section-and either look for departmental numbers and/or a toll free number that will offer you a number of contacts to choose from.

• Online Yellow/White Pages-Most often, what we have in print-we have online as reference. This said, you can easily lookup the yellow or white pages online for FedEX listings.

• Google Search-Another popular and efficient means of search is to try a search for the information through a search engine, such as Google.

Here you can search by FedEX: contact number, local number, phone number, or your town's phone number for FedEX. Not only will a search of this kind bring up the official FedEX contact sites but also sites from others who have compiled this information for your search.

When it comes to the livelihood of your business and products, you need to be able to know how to maintain the administrative aspects of your business-because without things like, accurate and dependable shipping, the rest of your reputation and business goes by the wayside. Knowing who to contact and how to get this information is part of that foundation of knowledge.