Hey! This post is part of a larger series geared toward helping ecommerce sellers understand, engage with, and love more customers this holiday season. After all, that’s exactly what the holidays are about, right?

You have a lot going on in your world before the holiday season comes crashing in. Your personal life might be stuffed with your own gift buying, late-night wrapping sessions, and festive decorating frenzies. And if you’re running an online store, your to-do list runs the gamut from ordering inventory to site maintenance to, well, what we’re doing right here at Drip.

The more you can plan for the impending onslaught of holly jolly, the better. An easy way for your store to be forgotten during (and after) Black Friday is to toss out a hurried and impersonal email at the last …