BFCM 2026 Readiness Worksheets.xlsx

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1	BFCM 2026 Readiness Worksheets
2	Blank worksheets for Shopify store owners preparing for Black Friday (Friday, November 27, 2026) and Cyber Monday (Monday, November 30, 2026). Type directly into the empty cells, or print the tabs.
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4	Store Details
5	Field	Your Entry
6	Store Name
7	Store URL
8	Operating Mode (Growth Starter, Scaling Operator, or Enterprise-Ready Brand)
9	Readiness Lead
10	Start Date
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12	Instructions
13	• Work through W1 to W8 in order the first time. Return to them before every major campaign.
14	• Name one owner for every fix and give each fix a due date.
15	• Score your current state, not how confident you feel. If you cannot point to evidence, it is not a 2.
16	• Retest after every change. A promotion edited after testing is an untested promotion.
17	• Starting late? Go straight to W8, the two-hour sprint.
18	• Each worksheet is its own tab, named W1 to W8. Supporting sheets S1 to S5 sit with the worksheet they belong to: S3 in W1, S5 in W2, S2 in W3, S1 and S4 in W5.
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20	Worksheet Schedule
21	Worksheet	Use It For	Window
22	W1 Readiness Scorecard	Setting your baseline, then rescoring to see what moved	Oct 12 to 23, rescore after Nov 6
23	W2 Issue Register	Ranking every problem the scorecard finds	Oct 12 to 23, update through Nov 20
24	W3 20-Product Cleanup Sheet	Fixing information gaps on your priority products	Oct 23 to Nov 6
25	W4 Checkout Test Matrix	Testing each major promotion end to end	Build Oct 23 to Nov 6, retest Nov 6 to 20
26	W5 AI Discovery log	Running the same shopping queries the same way	Weekly once P1 issues are fixed, through Nov 27
27	W6 Peak-Week Command log	Recording incidents and actions during peak	Nov 20 to Dec 1
28	W7 Post-BFCM Decision Memo	Judging results and deciding what to do next	First week of December (block 90 minutes)
29	W8 Two-Hour Sprint	Minimum viable readiness for a small team starting late	Any time before the change freeze
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