by Jing » Feb 16th, '13, 15:06
How are you ensuring that the tricks released on your site aren't ripped off from other magicians products? Your site says that "Any such breaches of copyright are the sole responsibility of the person submitting material" This is what The Pirate Bay said, and the three founders of that got convicted of copyright offenses.
Why have advertising to other sites on a site where you are trying to sell products? That just takes away from the people submitting tricks and hoping to sell them.
Lastly "All of your own sold products are paid out in a 50/50 split after costs and tax have been deducted " This is plus £10 a year fee if you have more than 3 videos... Theory 11's THE WIRE gives 60% of the total sale price, and then then use their own 40% to cover their costs and bandwidth.
A user generated content marketplace is an ok idea, but the Terms and Conditions are a bit dodgy.
My advice for any magicians who have created an idea is to 'sit on it' and use it to impress your audiences. The magic community certainly doesn't need any half baked, reinvented ideas and if it's a great idea then likewise keep it for your audiences involvement. Magic isn't (or at least shouldn't be) for magicians!