delivery tracking

Package location updates

Delivery tracking is the ability to monitor a package's progress from shipment to arrival.

Carriers provide tracking numbers that let senders and recipients check location updates online: I keep refreshing the delivery tracking page.

The term covers both the system and the act of using it: Delivery tracking shows it's out for delivery.

Related

where's my package · courier · ETA · notification · parcel · logistics · shipping label · route · dispatch · confirmation · doorstep · signature · real-time · updates · warehouse · driver · scanning · barcode

Categories
Opposites
information flow

delivery trackingradio silence

Absence of broadcast communication

information blackout · zero visibility

Family

delivery, deliver, delivers, delivered, delivering, deliverer, deliverance, tracking, track

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Top 200,000
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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G