Ellusionist : Magic Beyond Belief

About Ellusionist:

Ellusionist.com is a on-line Magic store that offers “hand selected” effects and accessories that are geared toward “Street Magic.”

Ellusionist was founded on January 1st, 2001 by Brad Christian. His goal was to create the best on-line training environment for people who want to learn high-impact, effective magic tricks. Ellusionist’s growth has been unprecedented. To date, over 60,000 members worldwide participate in their discussion forums.

They offer DVD and instant download training, Special Custom Playing cards printed by the United Playing Card Company, and accessories for Street Magicians.

Who is apart of Ellusionist??

Their advertised teachers include: Brad Christian, Justin Miller, Wayne Houchin, Daniel Garcia, Adam Grace, Rich Ferguson, Devo, Nate Kranzo, Criss Angel, David Blaine, and David Stone.

The Effects:

For a complete list of Ellusionist products (without have to navigate their sometimes confusing site) CLICK HERE.

The effects that Ellusionist create, package, and sell are great effects. They range in difficult and practicality and are usually categorized pretty well.

Some effects and materials to highlight would be their custom playing cards (and gaffs), their Wayne Houchin effects, and David Stone’s effects.

What else about Product Quality?

The DVDs are always shot in high quality. Ellusionist wants you to learn the effects and perform them well. The teaching is always spot on and have many helpful tips in their DVDs along the way.

What else is good?

Their customer support is one of the prized features of the Ellusionist site. They are willing to answer just about any question about their products (except the secrets of course). Shipping options are various in range and are always sent with care. I have never been worried about ordering from Ellusionist or worried about not receiving the package.

The are approved by the Better Business Bureau (BBB) and have a 129-bit safe server encryption with industry standard Verisign, Ellusionist is tested hacker-safe each day. (They are safe to buy from…no scams)

Final Thoughts:

Ellusionist’s professional manner, creative team, and strong passion for magic driven by Brad Christian is an inspiring quality that many on-line magic stores could and do try to emulate. Some succeed and others fall short.

:::ELLUSIONIST FUN FACTS::: (As of September ‘09)

Average Load Time for Ellusionist.com:

—Slow (2.797 Seconds), 63% of sites are faster.

Where people go on Ellusionist.com:

  • 86.9% ellusionist.com
  • 9.3% forums.ellusionist.com
  • 2.6% magic-tricks.ellusionist.com
  • 0.9% magic-videos.ellusionist.com
  • 0.4% blog.ellusionist.com

Ellusionist.com users come from these countries:

  • 42.1% United States
  • 6.8% South Korea
  • 4.2% Indonesia
  • 3.9% India
  • 3.5% Egypt
  • 2.7% New Zealand
  • 2.7% Canada
  • 2.5% Malaysia
  • 2.4% Denmark
  • 2.2% United Kingdom
  • 1.5% Ireland
  • 1.5% Oman
  • 1.5% Italy
  • 1.4% Australia
  • 1.4% Germany
  • 1.3% Singapore
  • 1.2% China
  • 1.2% Poland
  • 1.2% Netherlands
  • 1.2% Mexico
  • 1.1% Sri Lanka
  • 1.1% Thailand
  • 0.9% Belgium
  • 0.7% France
  • 0.6% Estonia
  • 0.6% Taiwan
  • 0.5% Turkey