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Connect to our network of small business peers and experts. They understand the big challenges that you face every day. Get ideas and insights on services and tools that can help your business thrive.

COVID-19 Small business resources

To simplify your search for help, this page contains links to FedEx and external resources and is updated reguarly. Information and resources cover everything from financial relief to operational assistance.

Tech Chat

Platform management

Social media

Operations

Website optimization

Marketing

Fulfillment

TECH CHAT HOME

What platform do you use? Which tools help your business be more efficient? Get answers to these questions and more directly from other small businesses facing the same challenges and opportunities as you.

E-Commerce Center

Start your online business

Grow your online business

Fulfill and ship orders

Support your customers

E-COMMERCE CENTER HOME

From small to large, e-commerce businesses share a unique set of challenges and opportunities. Visit the E-Commerce Center to get resources to help you ship online orders, surpass customer expectations and grow your business.

Grant contest

Contest overview

Meet 2020 winners

The 8^th annual FedEx Small Business Grant Contest has ended. We awarded more than $250,000 to 12 businesses across the U.S. Learn more about the 2020 winners.

Podcast

About Making It Work

Featured guests

We meet a lot of entrepreneurs on their business journey and have great conversations about what it's really like running a small business. The Making It Work podcast lets you be a fly on the wall while a team of savvy entrepreneurs share techniques and best practices with our small business support team.

How can we help?

Whether you've been operating throughout the pandemic or you're getting ready to open back up, look to our Small Business Center for practical advice to help you steer your company through this changing landscape. Here you can tap into a network of small-business peers and experts who understand your everyday challenges and the new obstacles you're facing. Get insights on everything from efficient packaging and shipping practices to money management and marketing. Choose a topic below and find new ways to help your business thrive.

We have special offers and resources to help during COVID-19 and beyond.

From white papers to podcasts, shipping FAQs and a collection of helpful external links — we have resources to help you navigate your business through the impacts of COVID-19.

covid-19 resources

From white papers to podcasts, shipping FAQs and a collection of helpful external links — we have resources to help you navigate your business through the impacts of COVID-19.

covid-19 resources

Who advises us on small business?

Our peer insights come from small business owners who’ve faced the same challenges you have. They’re FedEx Small Business Grant winners and/or a part of our Entrepreneur Advisory Board (EAB). Meet them and learn more about their products.