For most retailers, the Avurudu season means double the orders in half the time — and it’s also when small mistakes get expensive: a stockout on your bestseller, a waybill written for the wrong district, a payment left uncollected because nobody had time to follow up.
The businesses that handle the season well don’t work harder during it. They set up before it. Here’s a short checklist to run in the weeks before the rush.
1. Sort your stock early
Reorder the products you know will move, and clear the ones that won’t. Use low-stock alerts to catch problems before they become “sorry, we’re out” messages to customers.
2. Make dispatch one action, not a ceremony
During the rush, hand-written waybills are a bottleneck. Connect your courier account in BizRavana, and dispatch becomes: select the ready orders, generate the waybills, hand them over. Bulk dispatch turns what used to take an evening into a few minutes.
3. Decide your payment rules now
Will you take advance payments this season? How long is credit valid for? Set the expectation before orders come in, and mark each order with its payment method and status as it lands — pending balances stay visible, so nothing gets forgotten in the noise.
4. Pre-write the messages you’ll send
Customers expect an order confirmation the moment they buy. Set up your WhatsApp templates for order confirmations and invoices before the season, so every order gets the same clear message automatically.
The rush rewards preparation, not panic.
A busy season is a good problem to have. A little setup now means it stays one. Ready to prepare? Start your free trial and set up your products, couriers and templates in an afternoon.