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# Pickups

You can schedule a carrier pickup to have your parcels collected by a delivery driver. When you schedule a pickup via the Sendcloud API, the sender address is dynamic, which means that you can request the pickup to take place at an address of your choice.

You can only schedule a **one-time** (incidental) pickup using the v3 [Pickups API](/api/v3/pickups/create-a-pickup). If you ship large volumes of orders every week and would like to schedule a recurring pickup on a weekly or bi-weekly basis, you can [contact your sales representative](https://support.sendcloud.com/hc/en-us/articles/360046514071-Contact-us-) to arrange this on your behalf.

## How to schedule a pickup

Pickups can be scheduled by making a `POST` request to the [Create a pickup](/api/v3/pickups/create-a-pickup) endpoint. You can specify a time window for the pickup to take place when you make the request.

<Note>Tip: You should schedule your collection at least 2 working days in advance to allow for processing time.</Note>