Thisiswhyimbroke.com vs Amazon by Luke Susko

Thisiswhyimbroke.com is site that features items that appeals to my demographic.
However does it make it easy to find something you are looking for.
Upon first entering the site you will see featured products flash across the screen
Some image and a search box on the left hand side. The first thing I found myself asking
Is why isn’t it at the top of the page it would be easier to find. It is also hard to tell if you can click on the categories at the top of page until you hover over them. Let’s try to search for something. Well I noticed there is no drop down box to separate the categories. When I clicked on one of the categories, the search completely disappears.
There is no clear way back to the main page where I was before other than the back button.
So now lets try actually searching for something. Let say I searching for a wallet.
This is an actual improvement. It shows me option to buy and actually has the search option to search still. However it seems that the site is more a link website for other sites that sell the actual products.
Despite that oversight, let’s compare this site to one that actually sells things professionally. Lets go with amazon.com. There are clear and concise differences between the two. First and foremost the search box allows the separation of categories.
I going to search for the same thing and use that drop box item and select clothing and accessories. I find this difference staggering, Amazon allows you to limit you results even further down by different things like company, and even price, even better there is a clear way back to page before.
When it comes down to it Amazon is better site for finding a general variety of items, wile thiswhyimbroke.com is for finding more unique items that may not be features on sites like Amazon. In the end Amazon makes it easier to find what you are looking for and make you think a lot less the Thiswhyimbroke.com