Product design question

An e-commerce platform wants to enable its users to buy and send gift cards to their loved ones. How would you go about building that feature?

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What this question tests

Product design for a gifting flow: can you design the send and redeem experience end to end, including the recipient who has no account yet.

Define both users: the sender who wants an easy, personal way to gift, and the recipient who may not have an account or app installed.
Identify the core friction points: choosing an amount or product, personalizing the gift, and making redemption effortless for someone new to the platform.
Design the send flow: pick a card value or specific item, add a short personal message, and choose delivery by SMS, email, or in chat.
Design the redeem flow for a non user: a simple link that lets them claim the gift and optionally create an account afterward, not before.
Add a safety net: expiration reminders and an easy refund or reissue path if a gift goes unredeemed or undelivered.
Define success as redemption rate and new account creation rate among recipients who were not previous users.

Designs specifically for the recipient's no-account state, which is the part most candidates skip.
Treats redemption rate, not just gifts sent, as the real success signal, since an unredeemed gift is a failed experience.
Uses new account creation among recipients as a growth metric, tying the feature to platform acquisition.

Designing only the sender side and assuming the recipient already has an account.
Measuring success by gifts purchased instead of gifts actually redeemed.

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