Show HN: Learn Magic Tricks Online

A suggestion: let users view the tricks being performed without having to subscribe. I'd be more inclined to part with my cash if I could see at least one trick that I wanted to know how to perform.

I gotta be honest, I was super stoked to see this, and was immediately thinking &quot;SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY&quot;.<p>But after watching the two &quot;free&quot; videos... I&#x27;m actually less inclined than I was before. Watched both and there&#x27;s actually no &quot;free&quot; lesson at all. Just two infomercials about why I should learn all the beginner lessons that you&#x27;re now doubt about to hook me in to. That leaves me feeling like you&#x27;re being disingenuous and has me reconsider.<p>This is compounded by the unfortunate lack of content. I give you $9, watch the 12 videos...and then what? 1 or 2 new videos a week? This is netflix pricing for a few 5-10 minute videos each month. And when will that go up to $19? All of this adds up to make me super wary. Sorry if I sound very negative... I just went from very excited to very disappointed in a very short period of time :)<p>EDIT: btw... have bookmarked and will check it out again when there&#x27;s more content.

I think this website could be improved by having Europe - The Final Countdown as embedded background music

The concept sounds good. My son likes magic so I thought this would be fun for him to watch and learn. But it&#x27;s over $100&#x2F;year. That&#x27;s a lot of money for only a few tricks. Right now you only have about 1.5 hours of video. That&#x27;s very expensive.

Or watch one of the many free channels on youtube?<p>Why would I pay for the small amount of content here when I could watch Scam School(<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;user&#x2F;scamschool" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;user&#x2F;scamschool</a>) for free with a host who&#x27;s other work I really enjoy?

I&#x27;m genuinely someone into these kinds of tricks and I invest quite modestly into all sorts of magic toys and tricks. However, I have a question - How are you going to make sure your users will keep coming back to you once they learn your trick? Most of the time, your users are going to be interested in only certain categories of these magic tricks and once they learn them, there is no incentive for them to pay for the following month. If you could add an online shop that sells all kind of magic stuff also, and if your courses complimented them, then it would be a good deal, I guess. Otherwise, your CLV would be very low. Just my thoughts.

This is also a really good place to learn magic online <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.penguinmagic.com&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.penguinmagic.com&#x2F;</a><p>Not the same business model.

I wonder if there would be a market to learn how magic tricks were <i>done</i>. You don&#x27;t want to do them, you just want to learn the secret behind them.

Best place to learn magic online is theory11 (<a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.theory11.com" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.theory11.com</a>). They work with David Copperfield, JJ Abrams, and make cool cards with MailChimp. Production quality is great. I&#x27;m also a big fan of Scam School on YouTube (Brian Brushwood).

While it is nice that there are 2 free videos which allow me to judge the picture and sound quality, as well as the speaker, I would have liked a video where I can actually see and analyse his teaching technique, style, camera positioning, et cetera.

this is really cool. I&#x27;m very tempted to sign up, the only thing holding me back is knowing if I have time for another hobby :)

Hey I always wanted to learn magic tricks. This is a cool website. Could it help to have more for freebies like me?

I&#x27;m torn between an artist trying to make an honest dollar on something he knows and revealing the secrets of the craft. For the same reason I never liked the &quot;behind the scenes&quot; of movie making and special effects. It takes the magic out of everything and removes illusion from the imagination much like spoilers do.

Note that this is about illusions and card tricks, not about the Magic: The Gathering cardgame.<p>Did confuse me at first.