[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":334},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-\u002Fblog\u002Fblack-friday-monitoring-checklist":3},{"id":4,"title":5,"author":6,"body":7,"category":307,"date":308,"description":309,"extension":310,"faqs":311,"image":324,"meta":327,"navigation":108,"path":328,"readingTime":329,"seo":330,"seoTitle":331,"stem":332,"updated":331,"__hash__":333},"blog\u002Fblog\u002Fblack-friday-monitoring-checklist.md","Black Friday Monitoring Checklist for Stores","Monitoristic Team",{"type":8,"value":9,"toc":297},"minimark",[10,14,17,22,25,60,68,87,93,97,137,141,180,184,210,214,229,233,285],[11,12,13],"p",{},"Black Friday is Friday, November 27. Cyber Monday is November 30. If your store has a bad hour that weekend, it costs more than any other hour of the year, and every fix happens under pressure.",[11,15,16],{},"The good news: almost everything that protects you can be set up now, six weeks out, in an afternoon. Here's the checklist, week by week.",[18,19,21],"h2",{"id":20},"what-to-monitor","What to Monitor",[11,23,24],{},"Keep the list short and focused on the pages that make money:",[26,27,28,36,42,48,54],"ul",{},[29,30,31,35],"li",{},[32,33,34],"strong",{},"Homepage",": the first thing ad and email traffic lands on.",[29,37,38,41],{},[32,39,40],{},"Your best-selling product page",": if one page carries the weekend, watch it directly.",[29,43,44,47],{},[32,45,46],{},"Cart",": customers who can't add to cart leave.",[29,49,50,53],{},[32,51,52],{},"Checkout",": the most expensive page to lose.",[29,55,56,59],{},[32,57,58],{},"Your store's API or webhook endpoint",", if you run one (inventory sync, order webhooks).",[11,61,62,63,67],{},"Set each monitor to expect a ",[64,65,66],"code",{},"200"," status code, so a server error or a misconfigured redirect counts as a failure.",[11,69,70,71,76,77,81,82,86],{},"Also bookmark your platform's and payment provider's official status pages. When something breaks, the first question is \"is it us or them?\" Our guides cover what to watch for ",[72,73,75],"a",{"href":74},"\u002Fmonitor\u002Fshopify","Shopify",", ",[72,78,80],{"href":79},"\u002Fmonitor\u002Fwoocommerce","WooCommerce",", and ",[72,83,85],{"href":84},"\u002Fmonitor\u002Fstripe","Stripe",".",[11,88,89,92],{},[32,90,91],{},"One honest limit:"," an uptime check confirms your checkout page loads and answers correctly. It can't complete a purchase. Place a real test order yourself each morning of the sale weekend.",[18,94,96],{"id":95},"six-weeks-out-now","Six Weeks Out (Now)",[26,98,101,115,124],{"className":99},[100],"contains-task-list",[29,102,105,110,111,114],{"className":103},[104],"task-list-item",[106,107],"input",{"disabled":108,"type":109},true,"checkbox"," ",[32,112,113],{},"Add the monitors above."," Use the fastest interval your plan allows on checkout and cart. On Monitoristic that's every minute on Business, every 2 minutes on Pro, and every 5 minutes on Lite.",[29,116,118,110,120,123],{"className":117},[104],[106,119],{"disabled":108,"type":109},[32,121,122],{},"Send alerts somewhere you'll actually see them."," Telegram on your phone for you, a webhook into your team chat for everyone else. Email at 2 AM doesn't count.",[29,125,127,110,129,132,133,86],{"className":126},[104],[106,128],{"disabled":108,"type":109},[32,130,131],{},"Set a slow-response threshold on checkout."," A checkout that takes eight seconds loses sales just like one that's down. See ",[72,134,136],{"href":135},"\u002Fblog\u002Fthe-true-cost-of-a-slow-website","the true cost of a slow website",[18,138,140],{"id":139},"two-weeks-out","Two Weeks Out",[26,142,144,157,171],{"className":143},[100],[29,145,147,110,149,152,153,86],{"className":146},[104],[106,148],{"disabled":108,"type":109},[32,150,151],{},"Publish a status page"," and link it from your footer, so customers can check before they email you. Here's ",[72,154,156],{"href":155},"\u002Fblog\u002Fhow-to-set-up-a-public-status-page","how to set one up",[29,158,160,110,162,165,166,170],{"className":159},[104],[106,161],{"disabled":108,"type":109},[32,163,164],{},"Agree on a deploy freeze"," for sale week. If you must ship something, schedule a ",[72,167,169],{"href":168},"\u002Fblog\u002Fhow-to-use-maintenance-windows","maintenance window"," so planned work doesn't trigger alerts.",[29,172,174,110,176,179],{"className":173},[104],[106,175],{"disabled":108,"type":109},[32,177,178],{},"Run a fire drill."," Take a staging page down on purpose, confirm the alert arrives, and time how long it takes to reach you.",[18,181,183],{"id":182},"sale-week","Sale Week",[26,185,187,196],{"className":186},[100],[29,188,190,110,192,195],{"className":189},[104],[106,191],{"disabled":108,"type":109},[32,193,194],{},"Every morning:"," place a test order, check overnight alerts, and glance at checkout response times.",[29,197,199,110,201,204,205,209],{"className":198},[104],[106,200],{"disabled":108,"type":109},[32,202,203],{},"If something breaks:"," confirm it from a second network, post an incident update on your status page, fix or roll back, then post the all-clear. Our ",[72,206,208],{"href":207},"\u002Fblog\u002Fwhat-to-do-when-your-website-goes-down","outage checklist"," walks through each step.",[18,211,213],{"id":212},"after-cyber-monday","After Cyber Monday",[26,215,217,223],{"className":216},[100],[29,218,220,222],{"className":219},[104],[106,221],{"disabled":108,"type":109}," Review uptime and response-time history for the weekend. Note what alerted, what didn't, and what was slow.",[29,224,226,228],{"className":225},[104],[106,227],{"disabled":108,"type":109}," Lift the deploy freeze and fix what you postponed, while it's fresh.",[18,230,232],{"id":231},"the-short-version","The Short Version",[234,235,236,249],"table",{},[237,238,239],"thead",{},[240,241,242,246],"tr",{},[243,244,245],"th",{},"When",[243,247,248],{},"Do this",[250,251,252,261,269,277],"tbody",{},[240,253,254,258],{},[255,256,257],"td",{},"Now",[255,259,260],{},"Monitor homepage, product page, cart, checkout, and your API. Route alerts to your phone. Set a slow threshold on checkout.",[240,262,263,266],{},[255,264,265],{},"2 weeks out",[255,267,268],{},"Status page live. Deploy freeze agreed. Fire drill done.",[240,270,271,274],{},[255,272,273],{},"Sale week",[255,275,276],{},"Morning test order. Watch alerts and checkout speed. Update the status page if anything breaks.",[240,278,279,282],{},[255,280,281],{},"After",[255,283,284],{},"Review the history. Lift the freeze.",[11,286,287,288,292,293,86],{},"Stores have the least room for error this time of year. If you want a closer look at what to watch on an online store, see ",[72,289,291],{"href":290},"\u002Ffor\u002Fe-commerce","monitoring for e-commerce",". Plans start at $5\u002Fmonth; see ",[72,294,296],{"href":295},"\u002Fpricing","pricing",{"title":298,"searchDepth":299,"depth":299,"links":300},"",2,[301,302,303,304,305,306],{"id":20,"depth":299,"text":21},{"id":95,"depth":299,"text":96},{"id":139,"depth":299,"text":140},{"id":182,"depth":299,"text":183},{"id":212,"depth":299,"text":213},{"id":231,"depth":299,"text":232},"Guide","2026-10-15","Black Friday is Nov 27. Use this week-by-week monitoring checklist to make sure your store, checkout, and payment providers hold up when traffic peaks.","md",[312,315,318,321],{"q":313,"a":314},"How early should I set up monitoring before Black Friday?","At least two weeks before, ideally six. That gives you time to tune check intervals, confirm alerts actually reach your phone, and run a fire drill before traffic peaks. Setting up monitoring the night before means your first real alert might also be your first test.",{"q":316,"a":317},"How often should I check my store during the sale?","As often as your plan allows for the pages that make money: checkout, cart, and your best-selling product page. On Monitoristic that's every minute on Business, every 2 minutes on Pro, and every 5 minutes on Lite. Less critical pages can stay on a slower interval.",{"q":319,"a":320},"Can uptime monitoring test my checkout?","It can confirm your checkout page loads and returns the status code you expect, which catches outages, server errors, and broken deploys. It can't complete a purchase. Place a real test order yourself each morning of the sale weekend to cover the payment step.",{"q":322,"a":323},"What should I do if my store goes down on Black Friday?","Confirm the outage from a second network, post an incident update on your status page so customers know you're on it, fix or roll back, then post an all-clear. Speed matters more than polish: a short honest update beats silence.",{"src":325,"alt":326},"\u002Fblog\u002Fblog-black-friday-monitoring-checklist.webp","Checklist with green ticks linked by a heartbeat line to a shopping cart icon",{},"\u002Fblog\u002Fblack-friday-monitoring-checklist",4,{"title":5,"description":309},null,"blog\u002Fblack-friday-monitoring-checklist","zd5zQMC1jtPsktqL25ab9D_tRcDM9PsLDUSjphjW78M",1792015718482]