How does the Carrier Pickup API work?

Packed and ready? Call the parcel handover endpoint with your origin location and shipment IDs to retrieve available pickup options. Select your preferred time slot and book. If anything changes, cancel or reschedule and receive confirmations directly to your account.

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Create a new shipment including origin address
Retrieve available pickup windows for that carrier
Book slot, cancel, reschedule or update as needed
Sync shipment pickup results across all your workflows

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Predictable parcel collection and scheduling

Sort carrier pickup windows by earliest availability, warehouse hours, daily cutoff logic, or any carrier prference. The API returns structured parameters that your system can use to automate the entire dscheduling process.

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Embeded carrier pickup scheduling for warehouses

Whether you're running an eCommerce storefront, two-sided marketplace, or specialised logistics platform, you can embed pickup scheduling into your workflow. Display available pickup slots, confirm handovers automatically, and keep fulfillment aligned with real-time courier commitments.

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What is a Carrier Pickup API?

Easyship's Parcel Pickup API automates carrier pickup requests, time-slot retrieval, handover scheduling, and cancellations. It provides a direct link between your platform and pickup operations, eliminating manual coordination and ensuring more reliable dispatch and on-time delivery performance.

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Built For Developers & Enterprise Brands

The Carrier Pickup API is built for high-volume operators that can't dely deliveries with pickup uncertainty. Get clean responses, consistent schema, and predictable timings for seamless schedyling.

eCommerce Brands

Instantly save on shipping and fulfillment costs with one unified shipping solution for every sales channel worldwide.

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Global Marketplaces

Offer a completely integrated global shipping experience for buyers and sellers with transparent rates, duties, insurance and discounts.

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Technology Platforms

Connect and embed global shipping services directly into your application for seamless shipping, returns and payment flows.

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Fulfillment & Warehousing

Automate shipping workflows, rate shopping, manifests, pickup scheduling, and analytics while reducing complexity and overheads.

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Power every shipping workflow—from startups to global enterprises—with a developer-first API built for performance, reliability, and scale. Clean JSON, predictable calls, and full flexibility mean you integrate once and ship anywhere.

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Shipping Carrier Pickup API FAQs

What does the API return when a pickup is confirmed?

When making a booking through the Carrier Pickup API, you'll recieve a pickup ID, confirmed time window, carrier details, and shipment list—all returned in a structured JSON response for easy syncing.

Can I cancel a pickup after scheduling it?

Yes. One API call cancels the pickup in real time and updates your system immediately.

Does this API work alongside label generation and tracking endpoints?

Yes, of course. The Parcel Pickup API is part of our modular shipping API suite that includes multi-carrier label generation, global tracking, tax and duty calculation, and address validation. Everything you need in one integrated shipping API.

Can I restrict pickup options to specific hours or couriers?

Yes, absolutely. You can filter or apply business rules to available pickup windows before selecting one. Manage all your automations with simple rules and scheduling guidelines.

Does this work with every carrier?

Yes, for the most part. If the carrier offers pickup services for the shipment type selected (not all services are created equal), then you will see the ability to schedule a pickup. If not, this will be clearly labelled. In general though, carrier pickups are available in all supported markets across all major carriers and are commonplace for Easyship business customers looking to find more efficient ways to schedule and fulfill their orders.

What is the cost for a carrier pickup?

There is no cost for carrier pickups for most services. Please ensure to check the exact carrier and service selected in the create a shipment workflow to confirm the price or inclusion of carrier pickup services.

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Carrier Pickup API For Parcel Collection, Scheduling & Booking Availability

Schedule, change or cancel a carrier or postal pickup in real-time

Why Brands Trust Easyship's Carrier Pickup API

How does the Carrier Pickup API work?

Predictable parcel collection and scheduling

Embeded carrier pickup scheduling for warehouses

What is a Carrier Pickup API?