The ultimate guide for peak season
Peak season doesn’t have to be chaotic. Use this hub to get ready—faster. Explore playbooks, checklists, webinars and data-backed guidance to help you meet demand, avoid stockouts and deliver on-time, every time.
What you’ll find here
- Guides & checklists — practical, repeatable workflows
- Webinars & masterclasses — learn from practitioners
- Blog deep dives — shipping, inventory, forecasting, KPIs
and checklist
- Overcoming peak season red flags ebook
A free guide to prevent stockouts, speed up fulfillment, align channels and protect margin during peak season. - Peak Season Survival Guide
Your end-to-end, step-by-step plan from forecasting to post-peak returns. - Little Book of Peak Horrors
Common peak pitfalls—and how to avoid them. - Overcome peak season red flags checklist
Our checklist guides you through planning, forecasting, and preparing for success.
Webinars and masterclasses
Peak Season Unpacked with ShipBob
Dial in inbound, pick/pack, and carrier cut-offs before it’s crunch time.
Masterclass Follow-up: Peak Season—From Challenge to Success
Join Don Philpots, our Client Solutions Consultant for a masterclass on preparing yourself for the peak season.
Masterclass: Unlock the full potential of your peak sales data
Level up your peak reporting: demand signals, exception alerts, and exec-ready views.
From views to revenue: here’s your TikTok strategy for peak season
Increase TikTok Shop sales this peak season with proven tactics on authentic content, micro-influencers, optimized listings, and compliance.
Peak season blog deep dives
Peak Season Shipping: How to Choose the Right Strategies
Balance cost, speed, and reliability without eroding margin.
Peak Season Inventory Checklist for Ecommerce
Cycle counts, buffers, and vendor SLAs to keep stock levels honest.
3 Steps for Better Forecasting Before Peak
Use signals you already have to get demand closer to right.
7 KPIs You Should Focus on for Peak Season
Measure what matters when everything matters.
Editorial mention:Turning Fashion Returns into Revenue
External POV on returns strategy during peak from Linnworks CEMO Georgia Leybourne.
How Linnworks helps during peak
Unify inventory
Real-time stock across channels to prevent oversells.
Orchestrate orders
Auto-route by SLA, location, and margin to hit cut-offs.
Accelerate the warehouse
Paperless picks, intelligent waves, fewer touches.
Ship smarter
Carrier rules and labels that balance speed vs. cost.
See issues early
Alerts for stockouts, aging orders, and SLA risk.
Scale confidently
Proven with high-volume peak operations across regions.
FAQs
Most brands begin forecasting and vendor comms 12–16 weeks out; warehouse and carrier plans typically finalize 6–8 weeks before first promo.
Tighten cycle counts, implement safety stock by SKU velocity, and use lead-time adjusted reorder points.
Set fallback rules by service level and zone. Communicate proactively and offer alternative delivery options at checkout.
Ready to run a smoother peak season with Linnworks?
We connect…
your back-office systems to an expansive network of global marketplaces, direct-to-consumer platforms, shipping providers and third-party logistics partners using powerful integrations. This enables you to be where your customers are, effortlessly enabling you to thrive on every channel. By unlocking the true power of a connected commerce operation with Linnworks, you can achieve unrivaled ecommerce accuracy.
We automate…
your ecommerce operations, including inventory management, order processing and multi-channel synchronization. This automation increases accuracy, speed and efficiency of your online business, enabling you to fulfill large volumes of customer orders quickly and accurately.
We centralize…
your operations using our unified dashboard, which consolidates data from multiple sales channels to create a single view of listings, inventory, orders and shipments. We unify this data, consolidating it into a single, accessible repository.
We deliver…
a scalable solution that grows with your business, accommodating new product lines, sales channels and increased order volumes. We also use data analytics to help your business scale, platform integration to grow your ecosystem, customizable plans to cater for your business needs regardless of your size, and automated processes which handle an increasing volume of orders and products as you grow.
Take your next step
Take your peak season performance to new heights with Linnworks. Connect channels, sync inventory, orchestrate orders, and ship globally—without the chaos.
Get a demo
Book a no-obligation demo to see how Linnworks will help simplify your commerce operation.
What you’ll leave with (in the demo)
- A prioritized region/channel shortlist
- Routing, shipping, and returns approach you can operationalize
- Clear next steps, timing, and owners for go-live
Find your next marketplace quiz
Take our quick quiz to get personalized recommendations based on your goals, product types, and target audience.
Linnworks product tour
Sync inventory, create listings on the top marketplaces, automate fulfillment routing, and lots more with Linnworks Advanced, the all-in-one IMS platform for multichannel retailers.
