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Run a Season Slot Waitlist for Your Paving Crew

Paving season is finite and weather-dependent. Sell the season as slots, keep a standby waitlist, and backfill instantly when weather or cancellations open a gap.

difficulty Beginnersetup 25 minresult Every pave-able day stays booked because gaps backfill from the waitlist automatically.
  1. 1

    Book the Season in Slots

    Track each crew-week as a slot with its booked job.

  2. 2

    Keep a Standby List

    Add flexible customers to a waitlist with their job size.

  3. 3

    Detect Openings

    When weather or cancellation frees a slot, a Google Sheets Trigger fires.

  4. 4

    Offer the Slot

    Add a Twilio node offering the gap to matching waitlist jobs, first-come.

  5. 5

    Activate and Test

    Activate the workflow and free a test slot. Confirm the waitlist offer goes out.

Frequently asked questions

Why slot-based selling?

Asphalt season is your inventory — treating weeks as sellable slots is how you stop weather from eating revenue.

Do customers accept standby?

Price-sensitive customers happily wait on standby for a small discount — they're your gap insurance.

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