About MysteryPresent
MysteryPresent.com is a Gifting-as-a-Service (GaaS) platform that delivers curated, personalized mystery gifts through a gamified e-commerce experience.
What We Delivered
MRC Ventures architected and implemented the entire platform to meet demanding requirements for personalization logic, operational automation, and seasonal traffic spikes.
✅ Architecture & Deployment:
Designed a containerized, cloud-native architecture deployed on AWS ECS with auto-scaling groups, ensuring resilience and elasticity during peak periods.
Implemented CI/CD pipelines for zero-downtime deployments and rapid iteration.
Configured CDN and application-level caching for low-latency global delivery.
✅ Backend & APIs:
Developed RESTful and webhook-based APIs to integrate with multiple third-party logistics (3PL) and payment gateways.
Built a highly configurable rules engine for gift recommendation logic, extensible to support machine-learning models.
Implemented distributed job queues (RabbitMQ) for processing asynchronous tasks such as inventory syncs, notifications, and fulfillment triggers.
Achieved idempotent and ACID-compliant order processing to maintain integrity during retries and failures.
✅ Frontend & UX:
Engineered a responsive, SPA (Single Page Application) using React and Redux with SSR for SEO and fast initial paint.
Integrated gamified UI components to create a dynamic reveal experience.
Designed a real-time order tracking module leveraging WebSockets for instant status updates.
✅ Monitoring & Observability:
Integrated Prometheus + Grafana dashboards for real-time monitoring of API latency, queue depth, and error rates.
Configured log aggregation with ELK stack for end-to-end traceability and debugging.
Results & Metrics
Delivered production-ready platform in 12 weeks, meeting Black Friday deadlines.
Sustained >2,000 concurrent users at <200ms p99 response time under load tests.
82% of fulfillment operations fully automated via our orchestration layer, cutting ops costs nearly in half.
Conversion rates on gamified checkout tested 3.2x higher vs. baseline flows.