How to Handle Customer Support During the Holiday Season
Guide to managing support during peak seasons: Black Friday, Christmas. Volume spikes, staffing, chatbot automation, and maintaining quality under pressure.
In brief
What to know first
Guide to managing support during peak seasons: Black Friday, Christmas. Volume spikes, staffing, chatbot automation, and maintaining quality under pressure.
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Prepare Your Support for Peak Season
Volume spikes 3-5x during Black Friday and Christmas. 60% of questions are about shipping and returns. A chatbot can handle 80% of these automatically.
Your Holiday Prep Checklist
- 2 months before: plan staffing and chatbot setup. 1 month before: test chatbot with seasonal questions. 2 weeks before: train team and set expectations. During: monitor dashboards and adjust. After: analyze data and document lessons.
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