DeliveryMethod - Schema.org Enumeration Type

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Delivery methods are characterized by the means of transportation used, and by the organization or group that is the contracting party for the sending organization or person.<br/><br/> Commonly used values:<br/><br/> <ul> <li>http://purl.org/goodrelations/v1#DeliveryModeDirectDownload</li> <li>http://purl.org/goodrelations/v1#DeliveryModeFreight</li> <li>http://purl.org/goodrelations/v1#DeliveryModeMail</li> <li>http://purl.org/goodrelations/v1#DeliveryModeOwnFleet</li> <li>http://purl.org/goodrelations/v1#DeliveryModePickUp</li> <li>http://purl.org/goodrelations/v1#DHL</li> <li>http://purl.org/goodrelations/v1#FederalExpress</li> <li>http://purl.org/goodrelations/v1#UPS</li> </ul>" /> <link rel="shortcut icon" type="image/png" href="/docs/favicon.ico"/> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/docs/schemaorg.css" /> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/docs/devnote.css" /> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/docs/prettify.css" /> <script src="/docs/prettify.js"></script> <script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.5.1/jquery.min.js"></script> <script src="/docs/schemaorg.js"></script>  <script src="/docs/sdotermpage.js"></script> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/docs/sdotermpage.css" /> <script src="/docs/pretty-markup/schemarama-parsing.bundle.min.js"></script> <script src="/docs/pretty-markup/layout.js"></script> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/docs/pretty-markup/style.css" /> <script src="/docs/clipboard/clipboard.min.js"></script> <link rel="canonical" href="https://schema.org/DeliveryMethod" /> </head> <body>   <div class="devnote"><b>Note</b>: You are viewing the development version of <a href="https://schema.org">Schema.org</a>. 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Delivery methods are characterized by the means of transportation used, and by the organization or group that is the contracting party for the sending organization or person.<br/><br/> Commonly used values:<br/><br/> <ul> <li>http://purl.org/goodrelations/v1#DeliveryModeDirectDownload</li> <li>http://purl.org/goodrelations/v1#DeliveryModeFreight</li> <li>http://purl.org/goodrelations/v1#DeliveryModeMail</li> <li>http://purl.org/goodrelations/v1#DeliveryModeOwnFleet</li> <li>http://purl.org/goodrelations/v1#DeliveryModePickUp</li> <li>http://purl.org/goodrelations/v1#DHL</li> <li>http://purl.org/goodrelations/v1#FederalExpress</li> <li>http://purl.org/goodrelations/v1#UPS</li> </ul></div> </div>      <br/><div id="incoming">Instances of <a href="/DeliveryMethod" class="core" title="DeliveryMethod">DeliveryMethod</a> may appear as a value for the following properties</div> <table class="definition-table"> <thead><tr><th>Property</th><th>On Types</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead> <tr><th class="prop-nam"> <a href="/appliesToDeliveryMethod" class="core" title="appliesToDeliveryMethod">appliesToDeliveryMethod</a></th> <td class="prop-ect"> <a href="/DeliveryChargeSpecification" class="core" title="DeliveryChargeSpecification">DeliveryChargeSpecification</a>  or <br/> <a href="/PaymentChargeSpecification" class="core" title="PaymentChargeSpecification">PaymentChargeSpecification</a></td> <td class="prop-desc">The delivery method(s) to which the delivery charge or payment charge specification applies. </tr> <tr><th class="prop-nam"> <a href="/availableDeliveryMethod" class="core" title="availableDeliveryMethod">availableDeliveryMethod</a></th> <td class="prop-ect"> <a href="/Demand" class="core" title="Demand">Demand</a>  or <br/> <a href="/Offer" class="core" title="Offer">Offer</a></td> <td class="prop-desc">The delivery method(s) available for this offer. </tr> <tr><th class="prop-nam"> <a href="/deliveryMethod" class="core" title="deliveryMethod">deliveryMethod</a></th> <td class="prop-ect"> <a href="/OrderAction" class="core" title="OrderAction">OrderAction</a>  or <br/> <a href="/ReceiveAction" class="core" title="ReceiveAction">ReceiveAction</a>  or <br/> <a href="/SendAction" class="core" title="SendAction">SendAction</a>  or <br/> <a href="/TrackAction" class="core" title="TrackAction">TrackAction</a></td> <td class="prop-desc">A sub property of instrument. The method of delivery. </tr> <tr><th class="prop-nam"> <a href="/hasDeliveryMethod" class="core" title="hasDeliveryMethod">hasDeliveryMethod</a></th> <td class="prop-ect"> <a href="/DeliveryEvent" class="core" title="DeliveryEvent">DeliveryEvent</a>  or <br/> <a href="/ParcelDelivery" class="core" title="ParcelDelivery">ParcelDelivery</a></td> <td class="prop-desc">Method used for delivery or shipping. </tr> </table>   <br/> <div id="subtypes" title="" class="jumptarget" title="Value for"><h4>Enumeration members</h4></div> <ul> <li> <a href="/LockerDelivery" class="core" title="LockerDelivery">LockerDelivery</a></li> <li> <a href="/OnSitePickup" class="core" title="OnSitePickup">OnSitePickup</a></li> <li> <a href="/ParcelService" class="core" title="ParcelService">ParcelService</a></li> </ul>     <div id="acks" class="ackblock jumptarget" title="Acknowledgements"> <h3>Acknowledgements</h3> <div class="ack"> <div class="ack-desc"> <div class="ack-head">  <div class="ack-title"> GoodRelations Vocabulary Classes </div>   </div> This class is derived from the GoodRelations Vocabulary for E-Commerce, created by Martin Hepp. GoodRelations is a data model for sharing e-commerce data on the Web that can be expressed in a variety of syntaxes, including RDFa and HTML5 Microdata. 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DeliveryMethod - Schema.org Enumeration Type