How to do Magic Tricks

Advice and Support for Magicians

How to Return Magic Tricks That You Don’t Like

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How to return magic tricksUntil you start learning a new magic trick, it’s very hard to know if it is going to be right for you.

The magic shop already has a 365 day magic trick return policy, where you have up to one full year to return an unused item to them for an online credit to choose something else.

The old way:

The standard 365 day return policy has some seriously big limitations:

  • The item has to be unused and returned in A1 condition.
  • It excluded magic DVD’s and digital media.
  • You get an online credit to choose something else instead.

Now, that’s still better than any other magic shops we know about, but sometimes you order a magic trick, play with it, test it out and then decide it’s not for you. It may not be right for your style, it might be above your current level of technical skill, or you might simply think that it sucks..

So, we had a team meeting, and Dominic suggested that they pick a few items, and let customers just play with them at home to make sure that the magic tricks really are right for them. Everyone on the team thought that would be awesome, but when we discussed this a magician visiting the shop, he raised this point:

Magician: ‘That’s all well and good, but isn’t the purpose of a magic shop to sell magic secrets? Once a secret has been shared it can’t be ‘unshared’ and therefore, can’t’ be returned.’

Dominic: ‘That’s a very good point, BUT our magic shop doesn’t just sell magic tricks. The purpose of The Merchant of Magic is to teach, train and support magicians to become better.’ 

 

The new way:

When you browse through the magic shop website, you will see some magic tricks that show this logo:

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That’s our invitation for you to order the trick and give it a good try out. Practice it, perform it, even take it home to meet your parents!  If you don’t like it for any reason, just post it back to us within 30 days and we will refund the item price back to you.

More details about our 30 Day Money Back Guarantee here

Who Are The Best Magic Shops in the UK? (Reviews/Ratings)

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Best Magic Shops in the UKEach month, the Merchant of Magic helps a few thousand beginners and professional magicians learn magic and discover the most highly recommended magic tricks and tuition material produced around the world. However, sometimes we may have an item out of stock, we discontinue an item, or refuse to stock one we don’t feel is up to scratch. We aim to be one of the best magic shops in the UK, and part of that is helping people find an item even if we don’t stock it.

Because so many magicians know we give our honest and up front thoughts, feelings and advice (right from this website) on all aspects of how to learn magic, they sometimes ask us who are some of the other magic shops and competitors we have in the UK.

We feel it’s very important to be totally honest with respect to our competition, so here is a list of some of the best magic shops in the UK that also supply magic tricks in the UK.

1. MagicBox: Based in Newcastle Upon Tyne, Magic Box retails magic from their three bricks and mortar shops. They also sell ‘none magic’ related items from the shops and have manufactured a range of magic tricks.

2. Alakazam Magic: Having been around for many years, Alakazam is located in Ashford in Kent. Owned and run by Peter Nardi, they specialize in manufacturing their own range of magic tricks as well as stocking magic from others. The company also attends many magic conventions around the UK.

3. World Magic Shop: Based near Birmingham, World Magic Shop manufactures magic tricks and is noted for producing the Wizard PK ring, under it’s manufacturing name Wizard FX. They produce a popular promotional review show online: The Wizard Product Review, hosted by magician a changing range of magicians  together with one of the shops directors, David Penn.

4. Davenports: Davenports is based in central London and is one of the oldest magic shops around. They retail online and attend many conventions around the UK.

5. MagicTricks: MagicTricks is a website that offers a wide range of magic tricks. They produce and manufacture a range of their own tricks and have a good selection of magic for young children.

That’s 5 alternative magic shops within the UK to consider if you’re looking to order your magic supplies.

As we have advised many times in the past, the key to a great experience with a magic dealer is threefold:

  • Do they have a full range of magic to choose from?
  • Will they give you honest, unbiased advice?
  • Do they offer first class customer service?

To find the Best Magic Shops in the UK, It’s important that all of these factors are of the highest quality. You deserve the magic training and support you receive from the magic dealer you build a relationship with, to be exceptional.

Dominic Reyes

How to Sell Magic Tricks on Your Website

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Many magicians, website owners, or YouTubers would like to sell magic tricks on their channels but don’t know where to start.

One solution is to team up with a magic shop to look after that side of the process for you. Many magicians have a magic website promoting their services, but would also like to be able to offer some magic tricks on their site too. The problem is the time, money and work involved to do it right and give great customer service. As a performer, you want to spend your time following up leads for bookings and performing shows.  How can you provide this service but not have to do any of the work involved?

Use a magic shop referral link
MagicShop.co.uk provides a personal link which will earn you commission for every visitor that clicks on it and orders from the shop! It’s a great way to earn an extra income, fund your magic hobby, pay for the upkeep of your site and help your visitors access a full range of magic items. Oh.. And it helps support the magic shop by getting the word out about them.

It’s super simple to set up
You don’t need to know any programming code or HTML to sell magic tricks online. The site automatically gives you a unique referral url link to use and you can create clickable product images and banner ads to use in seconds. The only computer skills you need is how to copy and paste!

You can add any of the thousands of products on magicshop.co.uk directly to your website or blog and the shop takes care of the checkout, shipping and customer care process for you. You can automatically generate product images to add to your own site to help you sell magic tricks automatically. The link goes to a product on magicshop.co.uk and pay you a commission when your visitor orders them. Your visitors get to find out about the magic products you like and you get an income from any sales they make, without having to handle the process.

 

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Great for children’s entertainers.
It’s very popular with children’s entertainers who want to sell magic items to parents wanting magic related party gifts. You can create a whole section on your site, showing magic sets and small ‘pocket money magic’ items your clients can order for their party, and you know the whole process will be automatically looked after by the shop and you don’t have to lift a finger. Nice!

Your email signature can work for you.
It’s really quick and easy to create an email signature recommending the magic shop with a link to the main page or the beginners section of the site. You only have to do it once and you could be generating an income every time you send an email.

Ideal for YouTube channels, Twitter and Facebook.
If you post videos on YouTube, why not add in your referral link in the video description. If you are reviewing magic tricks, you can include a link for your viewers to find out more about the item and you get a commission if they place an order.  Want to recommend a trick to your twitter followers or Facebook friends? Send them a link that refers back to you.