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Intermediate

Scheduled Gift Delivery

Design a thoughtful scheduling flow for sending flowers or gifts on future occasions without losing control of the final choice.

Mobile, Responsive web2 to 4 hours

The brief

Understand the problem

Background

People remember important dates but still miss the ordering window. Automated gifting can help, yet substitutions, changing addresses, personal taste, and price shifts make fully automatic purchases risky.

User context

Elena wants to arrange birthday deliveries for three relatives over the next two months. She knows their preferences but wants to approve each final item before payment.

Product problem

The service must reduce repeated setup while keeping consent, budget, delivery details, and substitutions visible at the right time.

Objective

Design a future gift schedule with recommendation review, recipient details, approval, and delivery updates.

What to design

Define the experience

Required experience

  • Occasion and recipient setup
  • Gift recommendation review
  • Scheduled order status

Screens and states

  • Gift calendar
  • Recommendation and customization
  • Approval reminder
  • Delivery tracking

Core user flow

Follow the critical path

  1. 01

    Elena adds an occasion and budget

  2. 02

    She records the recipient's preferences

  3. 03

    The service proposes options before the order deadline

  4. 04

    She approves a gift and tracks delivery

Product rules

Requirements and constraints

Requirements

  • Make automatic purchase settings explicit
  • Show cutoff dates and delivery windows
  • Allow no-substitution preferences
  • Support a private gift message and hidden price

Constraints

  • Inventory can change before fulfillment
  • Recipient addresses may be outdated
  • Delivery dates cannot always be guaranteed

Reality check

States worth considering

The user misses the approval deadline
An item is unavailable
The recipient has moved
A payment method expires

Ready-to-use content

Mock data

Use this content to test hierarchy and realistic data states. You can expand it when the concept needs more depth.

Upcoming gifts

  • Mum's birthday, 12 October, approval due 7 October
  • Ari's graduation, 29 October, preferences incomplete
  • Sam's birthday, 18 November, not started

Finish line

What to deliver

  • Four responsive screens
  • A clear approval and substitution policy component

If you want more

Optional extensions

Add shared family occasion planning
Offer charity donations as a gift option

Optional direction

Visual resources

Use these as a starting constraint if you want one. They are not part of the required solution.

Font pairing
UbuntuOpen Sans

Ubuntu & Open Sans

Clear interface writing gives people the confidence to understand what changed and decide what to do next.

Icons
Illustrations

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