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Show HN: Learn Magic Tricks Online
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#32Or watch one of the many free channels on youtube? Why would I pay for the small amount of content here when I could watch Scam School( https://www.youtube.com/user/scamschool ) for free with a host who's other work I really enjoy?
Saw that guy on Penn and Teller: Fool Us. He actually fooled them, IIRC. Thanks for the pointer to the yt channel!
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#33I'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 "behind the scenes" of movie making and special effects. It takes the magic out of everything and removes illusion from the imagination much like spoilers do.
Learning the secrets to a trick and learning how to perform a trick are two very different things. Looking through the videos it appears to be oriented around teaching you how to perform a trick (how to shuffle, use of flourish, etc) which is definitely geared towards learning to be an artist.
Most people who want the spoilers won't be interested in all this extra stuff, nor would they pay for it.
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#34Or watch one of the many free channels on youtube? Why would I pay for the small amount of content here when I could watch Scam School( https://www.youtube.com/user/scamschool ) for free with a host who's other work I really enjoy?
Saw that guy on Penn and Teller: Fool Us . He actually fooled them, IIRC. Thanks for the pointer to the yt channel!
here's the youtube link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJEYtEo7c-c
was he on twice?
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#35A 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.
100% true. I wouldn't even consider it without this.
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#37A 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.
Great feedback. We will look into allowing the tricks to be viewed sans explanation for free. Thanks!
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#38I gotta be honest, I was super stoked to see this, and was immediately thinking "SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY". But after watching the two "free" videos... I'm actually less inclined than I was before. Watched both and there's actually no "free" lesson at all. Just two infomercials about why I should learn all the beginner lessons that you're now doubt about to hook me in to. That leaves me feeling like you're being dis…
Thanks for the feedback. We agree that our value prop is weaker until we have more videos in the backlog. We are shooting more videos now, and hope to have a large library of videos to offer our customers very soon.
Also, the $9 rate is for life, so when the price increases, early adopters will always be at the $9 rate.
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#39The concept sounds good. My son likes magic so I thought this would be fun for him to watch and learn. But it's over $100/year. That's a lot of money for only a few tricks. Right now you only have about 1.5 hours of video. That's very expensive.
Thanks for the feedback. We agree, it will be a better value with more videos. We plan on a minimum of 2 videos a week, and over time that will build quite a library. We are filming more lessons now, and are populating the site as quickly as we can get through production.
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#40While 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.
Thanks for the feedback. We will open up a full video as FREE very soon to address this.