Need a Black Friday ecommerce checklist? It is a great way to make sure you are ready for the biggest selling time of the year with this handy checklist.
Black Friday / Cyber Monday Checklist
- Host a giveaway on social media, two weeks before Black Friday (so tomorrow) to attract the attention of potential new customers.
- Check product inventory and supply inventory levels.
- Check packaging and shipping supplies inventory levels.
- Update store inventory levels if they are getting low, so you do not sell out and cause listings to deactivate.
- Check all expired, sold out and inactive listings to see if there is anything that needs to be re-listed.
- Update social media shop banners and avatars for Black Friday, Cyber Monday, Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa & New Years products & sales.
- Update store banner & avatar for Black Friday, Cyber Monday, Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa & New Years products & sales. Be sure to add “Last Day To Order By” date.
- Update shop owner photo to a festive one, just for fun.
- Change email signature to show holiday, Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales.
- Consider increasing daily ad budget for the month of November or just for November 25th to November 29th.
- Only run ads on listings that have the highest sales conversion rate to maximize ad dollars.
- Email customers Black Friday offers on November 25th.
- Email customers Cyber Monday offers on November 28th.
- Post to social media daily, and several times a day from November 25th to November 29th.
- Comment daily on popular Facebook and Instagram posts that your target market reads, to get seen by their followers.
- If you sell on Etsy, close orders as soon as they ship, to avoid shop getting paused.
- Check that all links are working. Links from your social media sites to your store, and vice versa.
- Include coupons or gift guides for Valentine’s Day in all packages.
- If comfortable, encourage local buyers to do curb side pickup.
- Email your local business writer(s) today and ask to have either your Black Friday, Small Business Saturday or Cyber Monday special mentioned in any write-ups they are doing.
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