# PaymentMethod - Schema.org Type

> Source: https://schema.org/PaymentMethod
> Extracted: 2026-02-16T18:52:47.767Z

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-   Canonical URL: https://schema.org/PaymentMethod
-   Equivalent Class: fibo-fbc-pas-fpas:PaymentMechanism  
    Equivalent Class: unece:PaymentMeans
-   [Check for open issues.](https://github.com/schemaorg/schemaorg/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+PaymentMethod)

A payment method is a standardized procedure for transferring the monetary amount for a purchase. Payment methods are characterized by the legal and technical structures used, and by the organization or group carrying out the transaction. The following legacy values should be accepted:

-   http://purl.org/goodrelations/v1#ByBankTransferInAdvance
-   http://purl.org/goodrelations/v1#ByInvoice
-   http://purl.org/goodrelations/v1#Cash
-   http://purl.org/goodrelations/v1#CheckInAdvance
-   http://purl.org/goodrelations/v1#COD
-   http://purl.org/goodrelations/v1#DirectDebit
-   http://purl.org/goodrelations/v1#GoogleCheckout
-   http://purl.org/goodrelations/v1#PayPal
-   http://purl.org/goodrelations/v1#PaySwarm

Structured values, or [UNCE payment means](https://vocabulary.uncefact.org/PaymentMeans) are recommended or for newer annotations.

Property

Expected Type

Description

Properties from [PaymentMethod](https://schema.org/PaymentMethod "PaymentMethod")

`[paymentMethodType](https://schema.org/paymentMethodType "paymentMethodType")`

[PaymentMethodType](https://schema.org/PaymentMethodType "PaymentMethodType")

The type of a payment method.

Properties from [Thing](https://schema.org/Thing "Thing")

`[additionalType](https://schema.org/additionalType "additionalType")`

[Text](https://schema.org/Text "Text")  or  
[URL](https://schema.org/URL "URL")

An additional type for the item, typically used for adding more specific types from external vocabularies in microdata syntax. This is a relationship between something and a class that the thing is in. Typically the value is a URI-identified RDF class, and in this case corresponds to the use of rdf:type in RDF. Text values can be used sparingly, for cases where useful information can be added without their being an appropriate schema to reference. In the case of text values, the class label should follow the schema.org [style guide](https://schema.org/docs/styleguide.html).

`[alternateName](https://schema.org/alternateName "alternateName")`

[Text](https://schema.org/Text "Text")

An alias for the item.

`[description](https://schema.org/description "description")`

[Text](https://schema.org/Text "Text")  or  
[TextObject](https://schema.org/TextObject "TextObject")

A description of the item.

`[disambiguatingDescription](https://schema.org/disambiguatingDescription "disambiguatingDescription")`

[Text](https://schema.org/Text "Text")

A sub property of description. A short description of the item used to disambiguate from other, similar items. Information from other properties (in particular, name) may be necessary for the description to be useful for disambiguation.

`[identifier](https://schema.org/identifier "identifier")`

[PropertyValue](https://schema.org/PropertyValue "PropertyValue")  or  
[Text](https://schema.org/Text "Text")  or  
[URL](https://schema.org/URL "URL")

The identifier property represents any kind of identifier for any kind of [Thing](https://schema.org/Thing), such as ISBNs, GTIN codes, UUIDs etc. Schema.org provides dedicated properties for representing many of these, either as textual strings or as URL (URI) links. See [background notes](https://schema.org/docs/datamodel.html#identifierBg) for more details.

`[image](https://schema.org/image "image")`

[ImageObject](https://schema.org/ImageObject "ImageObject")  or  
[URL](https://schema.org/URL "URL")

An image of the item. This can be a [URL](https://schema.org/URL) or a fully described [ImageObject](https://schema.org/ImageObject).

`[mainEntityOfPage](https://schema.org/mainEntityOfPage "mainEntityOfPage")`

[CreativeWork](https://schema.org/CreativeWork "CreativeWork")  or  
[URL](https://schema.org/URL "URL")

Indicates a page (or other CreativeWork) for which this thing is the main entity being described. See [background notes](https://schema.org/docs/datamodel.html#mainEntityBackground) for details.  
Inverse property: [mainEntity](https://schema.org/mainEntity "mainEntity")

`[name](https://schema.org/name "name")`

[Text](https://schema.org/Text "Text")

The name of the item.

`[owner](https://schema.org/owner "owner")`

[Organization](https://schema.org/Organization "Organization")  or  
[Person](https://schema.org/Person "Person")

A person or organization who owns this Thing.  
Inverse property: [owns](https://schema.org/owns "owns")

`[potentialAction](https://schema.org/potentialAction "potentialAction")`

[Action](https://schema.org/Action "Action")

Indicates a potential Action, which describes an idealized action in which this thing would play an 'object' role.

`[sameAs](https://schema.org/sameAs "sameAs")`

[URL](https://schema.org/URL "URL")

URL of a reference Web page that unambiguously indicates the item's identity. E.g. the URL of the item's Wikipedia page, Wikidata entry, or official website.

`[subjectOf](https://schema.org/subjectOf "subjectOf")`

[CreativeWork](https://schema.org/CreativeWork "CreativeWork")  or  
[Event](https://schema.org/Event "Event")

A CreativeWork or Event about this Thing.  
Inverse property: [about](https://schema.org/about "about")

`[url](https://schema.org/url "url")`

[URL](https://schema.org/URL "URL")

URL of the item.

Instances of [PaymentMethod](https://schema.org/PaymentMethod "PaymentMethod") may appear as a value for the following properties

Property

On Types

Description

[acceptedPaymentMethod](https://schema.org/acceptedPaymentMethod "acceptedPaymentMethod")

[Demand](https://schema.org/Demand "Demand")  or  
[Offer](https://schema.org/Offer "Offer")  or  
[Organization](https://schema.org/Organization "Organization")

The payment method(s) that are accepted in general by an organization, or for some specific demand or offer.

[appliesToPaymentMethod](https://schema.org/appliesToPaymentMethod "appliesToPaymentMethod")

[PaymentChargeSpecification](https://schema.org/PaymentChargeSpecification "PaymentChargeSpecification")

The payment method(s) to which the payment charge specification applies.

[paymentMethod](https://schema.org/paymentMethod "paymentMethod")

[Invoice](https://schema.org/Invoice "Invoice")  or  
[Order](https://schema.org/Order "Order")

The name of the credit card or other method of payment for the order.

#### More specific Types

-   [PaymentCard](https://schema.org/PaymentCard "PaymentCard")
-   [PaymentService](https://schema.org/PaymentService "PaymentService")

#### Source

[https://github.com/schemaorg/schemaorg/issues/3537](https://github.com/schemaorg/schemaorg/issues/3537)

  

### Examples

Example notes or example HTML without markup.

Possible Payment: Cash On Delivery, SplashPay 🌊, SEPA bank transfer and prepayment in all Splash stores 🌊.

Example encoded as [JSON-LD](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JSON-LD) in a HTML script tag.

<script type="application/ld+json">
{
  "@context": "https://schema.org",
  "@type": "OnlineStore",
  "name": "Example Online Store",
  "acceptedPaymentMethod": \[
  {
    "@type": "PaymentMethod",
    "paymentMethodType": "https://schema.org/COD",
    "name": "Cash on Delivery"
  }, {
    "@type": "PaymentService",
    "name": "SplashPay",
    "description": "Pay using the SplashPay app."
  }, {
    "@type": "PaymentMethod",
    "paymentMethodType": "https://schema.org/ByBankTransferInAdvance",
    "name": "SEPA bank transfer",
    "description": "Bank transfer within the Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA)."
  }, {
    "@type": "PaymentService",
    "paymentMethodType": "https://schema.org/InStorePrepay",
    "provider": {
      "@type": "Organization",
      "name": "Splash Store",
      "description": "Pay your online purchases conveniently in any Splash Store."
    }
  }
  \]
}
</script>

Structured representation of the JSON-LD example.