Balance between automation and manual control
Our waitlist is not a necessary evil but a revenue protection buffer. When a place becomes free, the system can automatically notify the next candidate – but only if the admin has not blocked it. Automation does the work while fine tuning remains in our hands.
When a program was full we learned quickly that a simple list is not enough. We needed to see where a person came from, what service they signed up for and what status they were in. This is how we created a waitlist that is more than a name list – it is a decision support tool.
The scheduled offer sending exists to make sure free places do not stay empty for days. The applicant hears from us in time – exactly as we would expect if we were on the other side.
The system looks at who is the next relevant candidate, how long they have been waiting and what type of service they applied for. The goal is that the right person gets the right place, with targeted offers instead of mass messages.
If the admin blocks automatic offers, the process stops and waits. This is made for operators who like to keep time sensitive or delicate bookings under personal control.
Bookings coming from the waitlist go through the same financial process as primary bookings. There are no side paths and no manual invoicing – this is why we are willing to entrust part of our own sales to it.
Before release, the waitlist behaviour goes through a dedicated testing flow. We do not ship features that we have not tried ourselves.
The admin interface shows everything: who applied, how many offers went out, who booked and who was notified by the system. There is no need to guess.
New functions can be switched on gradually – you do not have to hand over everything to the system in one step. The waitlist automates while still giving a sense of safety.
Because a free place has value. When someone cancels, the next applicant can receive an offer in minutes, so revenue does not slip away.
The system makes decisions based on capacity, so only as many offers go out as there are real places.
Offer conversion rate, time spent on the waitlist and rate of manual interventions. These are the same numbers we watch ourselves.
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