A/B Experiment Design: New Payment Method Rollout
Context
You are evaluating whether to launch a new payment option across a country. Before launch, you can run an A/B experiment to estimate business impact. The payment option may change both conversion rate and average order value (AOV), and it may carry different payment processing fees and risk.
Tasks
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Design an A/B test to assess whether the new payment method should be launched.
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Define hypotheses, experiment unit, eligibility, randomization, and exposure.
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Specify primary, secondary, and guardrail metrics.
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Outline instrumentation, sample size/power, duration, ramp plan, and analysis approach.
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Suppose the experiment shows higher conversion rate but lower AOV. Explain how you would trade off these conflicting metrics.
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Describe how you would communicate the recommendation and decision to the product team.