E offers four ways to post on product pages |
| February 6, 2010 |
A few days we told you about how you can post your own video reviews to our product pages. Now, you can add your performance videos and your pictures.
If you’re a shutterbug, you can take pictures of your favorite Ellusionist cards, clips, T-shirts or whatever, then post them up for the world to see (like Arvind did with that killer bridge pic). If you took a great shot of the Ghost Ace, post it! If one of your buddies caught you in the middle of an epic flourishing session with a deck of Arcanes, post it. If you took a great, artsy, black-and-white shot of the Ringtone gimmick, FOR THE LOVE OF PETE DO NOT POST IT. Keep your shots to things that you would have no problem showing a layman. Then follow the instructions on the product page for posting. We’ll take the best of the best and post them after a couple of days. Check out these pictures of the Ghost deck as an example.
If you have some great performance videos, we want to see those as well. Maybe you dropped some jaws with Serial Biller, or you performed an incredible XCM routine to a few spectators at the mall, and your buddy filmed the whole thing. If the vids are good enough, they will make it to the product pages, where all of our customers can see how much you rock. Check the Masters page for an example video.
In all cases, your video, picture or review won’t appear instantly. They will go through our queue and we’ll post the best of the best.
To recap: There are now four ways you can make your mark on each one of our product pages. You can write a review, record a live performance, publish a video review or submit your own pictures. Let’s see whatcha got!
Auction items restored: Rare Ellusionist items to help benefit Haiti earthquake victims |
| February 2, 2010 |
Our rare auction items have been relisted. Unfortunately, part of eBay’s solution for the restoral of these items was to eliminate all previous bids. However, the mission remains unchanged. 100 percent of the bid price of all of these items will be donated to the American Red Cross for Haiti earthquake assistance. There are also more shipping options listed, so the cost should not be as high as the previous auction.
The links below are the correct ones; if you were watching the previous auctions, you will need to clear those and use these links instead.
Everyone at Ellusionist appreciates your patience with this matter. We have been assured that it won’t happen again — Both Ellusionist and eBay want to make sure your generosity does not go to waste.
An opportunity to snag some of Ellusionist’s rare items will benefit the American Red Cross and help the people of Haiti recover from a devastating earthquake.
We’ve placed some of our more rare items up for bids in a special eBay fundraising auction. 100 percent of the proceeds will go to the American Red Cross Haiti Relief Fund. The items up for auction include five 1st ed. Black Ghost decks, three uncut sheets of the 1st ed. Black Ghost deck and the ultra-new, ultra-rare Red Arcane Porper Clip.
You already know how rare the Black Ghost decks are. Our supply of the run of 5,000 has dwindled over the years, so opportunities to snag them will decrease. The same goes for the uncut sheets: As rare as the decks are, the sheets are even more rare.
As for the red clips: There are only 50 in existence. They are exactly like the silver and gun-metal clips, only they come in a dark red color. They are every bit as durable and functional as any Porper Clip — they will keep your cards flat, crisp and ready to go. Also, even though the hole is cut to match the Arcane ace perfectly, the aces on other deck boxes aren’t too far off the mark. This auction will be the first chance that ANYONE has had to get one of the red clips.
You can find auctions for each of the items below. Your participation will go a long way toward helping Haitians recover and get back to normal lives.
- Red Arcane Porper Clip
- 1st Ed. Black Ghost Uncut Sheet No. 1
- 1st Ed. Black Ghost Uncut Sheet No. 2
- 1st Ed. Black Ghost Uncut Sheet No. 3
- 1st Ed. Black Ghost Deck No. 1
- 1st Ed. Black Ghost Deck No. 2
- 1st Ed. Black Ghost Deck No. 3
- 1st Ed. Black Ghost Deck No. 4
- 1st Ed. Black Ghost Deck No. 5
NEW FEATURE: Post your video reviews on Ellusionist’s product pages |
| February 2, 2010 |
Maybe you’ve seen David Mitchell’s great review of Sinful: A Graphic Novel:
So, what’s different? You can see Mitchell’s great video review, and others, smack dab in the middle of our product pages.
You can review anything you want and submit it. If it’s great, tell us. If it sucks, tell us. The only videos we’ll not publish are ones that don’t meet our quality standards. In other words, be fair and objective. Once you’re done, just follow the instructions at the bottom of the page. It will go through our submission queue and be posted in a few days. Easy peasy.
Oh, side note: If you haven’t subscribed to Mitchell’s YouTube channel, you should.
UPDATED: Haiti auction items to be restored |
| January 29, 2010 |
UPDATE, 9:21 a.m. Feb. 2: As a result of our working with eBay, the auctions will be relisted, but they will start over, meaning that all bids will be lost.
For those of you who had already bid, we realize that is a frustrating answer. Trust us, everyone behind the scenes at Ellusionist is frustrated about this situation. Without going into detail, we feel we were treated unprofessionally by the auction site. However, the auction is for an important reason, and we are going to see it through. Again, thanks for your patience, and we’ll let everyone know when the items are back up for auction.
UPDATE, 9 a.m. Feb. 2: We were informed this morning by eBay that the auctions have become too valuable for our account. The company pulled our auction items this morning. Our staff is working right now to get the items back up and running, with all bids restored. We will update this page with more information as we get it.
Thanks for your patience in this matter, guys. We are working hard to make sure your generosity doesn’t go to waste.
An opportunity to snag some of Ellusionist’s rare items will benefit the American Red Cross and help the people of Haiti recover from a devastating earthquake.
We’ve placed some of our more rare items up for bids in a special eBay fundraising auction. 100 percent of the proceeds will go to the American Red Cross Haiti Relief Fund. The items up for auction include five 1st ed. Black Ghost decks, three uncut sheets of the 1st ed. Black Ghost deck and the ultra-new, ultra-rare Red Arcane Porper Clip.
You already know how rare the Black Ghost decks are. Our supply of the run of 5,000 has dwindled over the years, so opportunities to snag them will decrease. The same goes for the uncut sheets: As rare as the decks are, the sheets are even more rare.
As for the red clips: There are only 50 in existence. They are exactly like the silver and gun-metal clips, only they come in a dark red color. They are every bit as durable and functional as any Porper Clip — they will keep your cards flat, crisp and ready to go. Also, even though the hole is cut to match the Arcane ace perfectly, the aces on other deck boxes aren’t too far off the mark. This auction will be the first chance that ANYONE has had to get one of the red clips.
You can find auctions for each of the items below. Your participation will go a long way toward helping Haitians recover and get back to normal lives.
- Red Arcane Porper Clip
- 1st Ed. Black Ghost Uncut Sheet No. 1
- 1st Ed. Black Ghost Uncut Sheet No. 2
- 1st Ed. Black Ghost Uncut Sheet No. 3
- 1st Ed. Black Ghost Deck No. 1
- 1st Ed. Black Ghost Deck No. 2
- 1st Ed. Black Ghost Deck No. 3
- 1st Ed. Black Ghost Deck No. 4
- 1st Ed. Black Ghost Deck No. 5
Sweep winner takes home $650 worth of magic |
| January 29, 2010 |
Last year at Ellusionist.com, we held our annual holiday giveaway and contest. The grand prize was a race-through-the-digital-aisles, take all you can grab in 5 minutes shopping spree. The lucky winner: Kyle C. Olson, of Pass Christian, Miss. What did he pick up? Just see for yourself:
His spree landed him $650 worth of merchandise from Ellusionist’s shelves. Because his Internet wasn’t very fast, we gave him an extra minute and threw a couple of bricks of cards in for him at the end. Congratulations!
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