Givvo
Overview
Givvo was created to help others find the language and ease to give gifts to people that matter to them. A digital product that eases the mental burden of selecting a gift and reduces the awkwardness of asking for one.
Focusing on men who tend to struggle with finding meaningful gifts that mean something to those who matter – or not.
Categories
Product Ownership
Product Design
Service Design
Date
12 May, 2026
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A personalised gift discovery product built from scratch:
Defining the problem, designing the experience, and architecting the system.
6
quiz questions to a curated result
8–12
gifts per discovery session
6+
core product flows
Full
social gifting network layer
Read details below
Discovery
The problem with gift-giving isn't choosing.
It's starting.
| "I think every gift discovery (product) asks you what you want. But I don't even know where to start so I always try to begin with what I notice or remember about them."
12+
men interviewed
2
Co-creation sessions
Wishlists solve a distribution problem. They don't solve the problem of knowing someone well enough to surprise them. Givvo was built on a different premise: the giver already has the information they need, they just need a structure to act on it.
What do men currently do:
•
Google "gifts for him" and scroll Amazon for hours
•
Ask the recipient directly and then they lose the surprise
•
Buy something safe and feel vaguely guilty about it
•
Leave it until the day before and panic-buy
•
Overspend to compensate for not knowing what to get
What Givvo does instead:
•
Asks what you've observed and not what they want
•
Surfaces curated gifts with a personalised case for each one
•
Gives you confidence when they hand the gift over
•
Reminds you before occasions sneak up on you
•
Builds a social layer so connections can find each other easier to shop for
Givvo
Overview
Givvo was created to help others find the language and ease to give gifts to people that matter to them. A digital product that eases the mental burden of selecting a gift and reduces the awkwardness of asking for one.
Focusing on men who tend to struggle with finding meaningful gifts that mean something to those who matter – or not.
Categories
Social Innovation
Product Innovation
Product Innovation
Date
12 May, 2026
Jump to:
(Content under Construction, Check back soon!)
A personalised gift discovery product built from scratch:
Defining the problem, designing the experience, and architecting the system.
6
quiz questions to a curated result
8–12
gifts per discovery session
6+
core product flows
Full
social gifting network layer
Read details below
Discovery
The problem with gift-giving isn't choosing.
It's starting.
| "I think every gift discovery (product) asks you what you want. But I don't even know where to start so I always try to begin with what I notice or remember about them."
12+
men interviewed
2
Co-creation sessions
Wishlists solve a distribution problem. They don't solve the problem of knowing someone well enough to surprise them. Givvo was built on a different premise: the giver already has the information they need, they just need a structure to act on it.
What do men currently do:
•
Google "gifts for him" and scroll Amazon for hours
•
Ask the recipient directly and then they lose the surprise
•
Buy something safe and feel vaguely guilty about it
•
Leave it until the day before and panic-buy
•
Overspend to compensate for not knowing what to get
What Givvo does instead:
•
Asks what you've observed and not what they want
•
Surfaces curated gifts with a personalised case for each one
•
Gives you confidence when they hand the gift over
•
Reminds you before occasions sneak up on you
•
Builds a social layer so connections can find each other easier to shop for
Givvo
Overview
Givvo was created to help others find the language and ease to give gifts to people that matter to them. A digital product that eases the mental burden of selecting a gift and reduces the awkwardness of asking for one.
Focusing on men who tend to struggle with finding meaningful gifts that mean something to those who matter – or not.
Categories
Product Ownership
Product Design
Service Design
Date
12 May, 2026
Jump to:
(Content under Construction, Check back soon!)
A personalised gift discovery product built from scratch:
Defining the problem, designing the experience, and architecting the system.
6
quiz questions to a curated result
8–12
gifts per discovery session
6+
core product flows
Full
social gifting network layer
Read details below
Discovery
The problem with gift-giving isn't choosing.
It's starting.
| "I think every gift discovery (product) asks you what you want. But I don't even know where to start so I always try to begin with what I notice or remember about them."
12+
men interviewed
2
Co-creation sessions
Wishlists solve a distribution problem. They don't solve the problem of knowing someone well enough to surprise them. Givvo was built on a different premise: the giver already has the information they need, they just need a structure to act on it.
What do men currently do:
•
Google "gifts for him" and scroll Amazon for hours
•
Ask the recipient directly and then they lose the surprise
•
Buy something safe and feel vaguely guilty about it
•
Leave it until the day before and panic-buy
•
Overspend to compensate for not knowing what to get
What Givvo does instead:
•
Asks what you've observed and not what they want
•
Surfaces curated gifts with a personalised case for each one
•
Gives you confidence when they hand the gift over
•
Reminds you before occasions sneak up on you
•
Builds a social layer so connections can find each other easier to shop for