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Let’s start off by explaining what we mean. What is a “serious” magic trick? Aren’t magic tricks supposed to fun? Well, yes, of course they are. But when you start to learn magic tricks or sleight of hand there will come to a point in your journey where you want to level up. You want the next stage. You’ve mastered the card magic basics and want more. That’s what we mean when we say “serious” magic tricks. A lot of mentalism is serious naturally. That’s not what we mean. You can do funny magic tricks that are “serious”. What we mean is material to tackle after basics.
Finding an online magic store you trust to help you with this is really the same as finding any online store. You need to be able to trust the site before you put your credit card details in. There’s a lot of things to look for to check the validity of the business. Anyone can sell you a deck of playing cards, but who will help take you to the next stage of your magical journey?
You can find this out quickly with the search engine of your choice. You can check local business records and find out how long someone has been trading, you can find out when the domain was registered because all of that information is public record. If you’re looking for coin tricks and find a site with a domain that is only two weeks old, maybe try looking for someone a little more established.
The best way to ascertain trust is a reputable review site. You can see our ratings on Facebook, or on Trustpilot. These are from people who have chosen to let the world know their opinion about us. If the magic shop you’re thinking of dealing with has no reviews, or very bad reviews, it might be worth trying someone else.
In this day and age, it’s essential to have a wide variety of payment methods. Paypal and Apple Pay make it super easy for a customer to shop, because address details etc are not needed. Click and go. But it’s important to make sure all manner of different payment methods, especially ones that are popular locally.
You can quickly find out how “serious” a magic store is when you test out their customer service. Here at Vanishing Inc. we try to respond to all emails within two hours of receiving them. 24/7/265. When you read our reviews, you will see our customer service praised constantly. We are very, very proud of this. And one thing that sets us apart is that every single person that works here is a magician. The warehouse team, the marketing department and our Support Wizards. If you have any questions about anything to do with magic you can fire an email to wizards@vanishingincmagic.com and someone will be able, and happy, to help you out. When you want serious magic tricks, you want seriously good customer service. And that’s exactly what we aim to deliver.
We’re joking, of course, but also not really joking! If the owners of a website are secretive about who they are, you need to wonder why. Here at Vanishing Inc., our founders are both professional magicians. 11 years ago, they just wanted to make a better magic store. And they have! The pride Andi Gladwin and Joshua Jay have in running this place is tangible. You can see they can walk the walk and trust that we’re not going anywhere.
This is an interesting one. As a magician shopping for magic you want to see a store with a huge range of magic tricks. But you also want to make sure they’re not peddling garbage. Most magic stores will carry the full range of the wholesaler with little to no pruning going on. Here at Vanishing Inc., we refuse to carry more magic that we actually carry! That’s because we want to only sell items we think are of a sufficient standard. Sure, you’ll find things here you don’t like personally, but you won’t find “hot trash”. In the unlikely event that you do end up with something you think is subpar, send it back to us and we’ll give you a full refund or store credit. We offer a 100% Satisfaction Guarantee.
So if you think you’re ready to move on to more intermediate or advanced magic, and you want to become “serious” about what you;re doing, there’s a few things to check about where you buy your magic tricks.
