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I hope this doesn't seem harsh. Instead of stark and minimalist, your site seems a little bland and generic. It suggests just another foreign and probably a scam site rather than the sort of arty and hip, cutting edge look (that I think) you may have been going for.

Also, nothing jumps out to me. You list the names of items and the pictures are smallish. Say why they are cool and/or make the picture larger so I see the detail.

Finally, your description says they are from Amazon, so why wouldn't I just go there myself? Your response is that you are curating the list for me, making it easier. However you haven't proven any trustworthiness or authority, so I have no desire for you to curate for me. I'd rather just go to Amazon directly or find one of the dozens of other already well established Amazon curating sites.

Hope I wasn't too much of a Debbie-downer. Despite my critique, you've got a project out there, so props to that! Good luck!

Hey @thekevan: thanks for the detailed comment. I appreciate the suggestions (more details, bigger pictures, something to convey authority) and your interpretations on the minimalistic design. And you're right, you are definitely free to just browse around on Amazon for cool stuff -- the idea here is that if need some inspiration or are not sure what you want, this could be a nice starting place of pretty cool, well designed products are already laid out for you. I should try to communicate this value better - thank you for the feedback!

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