Oddities, curiosities and mystical shops

Magpie sells your crystals, tarot decks and oddities online and at the counter. It books readings with your readers and takes RSVPs for your classes.

The shop, its readers and its counter staff work in one Magpie team.

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  2. ReadingsTermine
  3. Moon circlesKalender
  4. Fair vendorsFormulare
The Gilded Moth’s products: tumbled stones by stone and size, an amethyst cluster, a tarot deck, a Victorian brass apothecary scale and three antique bottles each with a stock of one, beeswax candles and dried lavender, each with whether it is live, its stock and its price.

This combination of five Magpie areas fits a curiosity shop.

Store
Store sells your crystals, decks, candles and one-off oddities online and at the counter.
Appointments
Appointments gives customers a page to book a reading with the reader they choose.
Calendar
Calendar lists tarot classes, moon circles and the fair, with RSVPs up to a capacity.
Forms
Forms takes vendor applications for the fair, and the fee for a paid class.
Newsletter
Newsletter emails your regulars the new arrivals and the month's classes.

You sell crystals, decks and candles online and at the counter, from one stock.

Store is the shop's online shop. Tumbled stones can be one product, with Stone and Size as its options. Each stone in each size has its own price and stock. Candles and dried herbs sell by size the same way.

A sale at the counter is recorded as an order, and takes from the same stock. When a stone falls to its reorder point, you will get an email.

Stock of The Gilded Moth’s medium tumbled stones by stone: on hand on the shop floor and in the back room, held for checkout, each stone’s reorder point, the labradorite on order, and the cost per stone.

You list each oddity and antique once, with a stock of one.

A one-of-a-kind piece is a product with a stock of one and its own photos. Specifications describe it, such as Era: Victorian or Material: brass. Once it sells, online or at the counter, its page shows Sold out.

A collection can gather every curiosity by a rule. A new piece joins it as you add it. A live piece's page can start a social media post with its photos.

Customers book a reading with the reader they choose, at a time that reader is free.

Appointments gives the shop a booking page for its readings. A 30-minute tarot reading and a birth chart reading each have a length and price. Customers choose the reading, then a reader by name or Anyone available.

They book without signing up first, with a name and an email address. The confirmation email lets them move or cancel until the notice you set. The booking page shows each price, and the customer pays at the shop.

The Gilded Moth’s public booking page for a 30-minute tarot reading at CA$45.00 in the shop’s reading room, with Anyone available, and the day’s free times, each with Delphine Arceneaux or Wren Tamura.

Each reader keeps their own days, and Magpie never books the reading room twice.

Each reader has their own weekly hours, such as Thursday evenings and weekends. Each reading names the readers who offer it. A time is offered only when that reader's hours and calendar leave it free.

A reading can need the reading room. Magpie offers a time only while the room is free, and each booking reserves it. Each reading also goes on its reader's calendar, named after the customer.

The Gilded Moth’s readers in Appointments: Delphine Arceneaux, Wren Tamura and Marcus Hale accepting appointments, each with their own days and hours and the readings they offer, and Isolde Marsh not taking readings.

Tarot classes and moon circles go on your public calendar, up to the seats you set.

Calendar gives the shop a public calendar of its evenings. You turn on RSVPs and set a capacity, such as twelve cushions in the back room. The event's page says when it is full.

People RSVP while signed in to Magpie, and can change their answer. Each date is its own event, such as each month's full moon circle. Sharing an event starts a social media post about it.

The Gilded Moth’s full moon circle in the new event drawer: on the shop’s public calendar with RSVPs up to 12 places and the attendee count shown, beside the month with the beginners’ tarot class, the book club and the night market.

Vendors apply for a table at your fair, with a photo of what they sell.

Forms builds the fair's vendor application. It asks what each vendor offers and the table they need. A File question takes a photo of their table. Each application is emailed to you and kept in one list.

You mark each one Reviewed or Archived, and close the Form when the tables are gone. A paid Form takes a tarot class's fee by card. Each response shows Paid.

The Gilded Moth’s night market vendor application in the builder: the vendor’s name and email, what they offer, the table they need, whether they need power, a question for a photo of their table, and a link to their work.

Your regulars hear about new arrivals and the month's classes by email.

Newsletter gives the shop a sign-up page, and each subscriber confirms by email. Checkout can ask online buyers to subscribe too. You write each issue, send yourself a test and schedule it.

One issue can carry the new decks, the next full moon circle and the fair's date. Its web copy can start a social media post.

Six more areas cover table fees, the rooms, your regulars, posts, the rota and the books.

Invoicing
Invoicing bills each fair vendor for their table, with a Pay online button. Reminders follow until it is paid.
Resource Booking
Resource Booking keeps the reading room and the back room. Readings reserve the reading room, and you book the back room for a class.
Contacts
Contacts keeps each customer who books a reading, with every reading they have booked.
Social Media
Social Media schedules posts about new pieces on Bluesky, Mastodon and LinkedIn. It reminds you for Instagram.
Staff Scheduling
Staff Scheduling plans who is on the counter each day. Each person sees their own shifts.
Accounting
Accounting keeps the books, with the shop's sales, class fees and table fees in them.

A customer goes from a deck bought online to a reading booked by name.

  1. The order

    A customer buys a tarot deck online, and ticks the box to hear the shop's news.

  2. The newsletter

    They become a subscriber when the order is paid. The month's email lists the beginners' tarot class.

  3. The class

    They sign up on the class's Form and pay the fee by card.

  4. The reading

    They book a reading with the reader who taught the class. The reading room is reserved for it.

  5. The contact

    The booking adds them to your contacts, with each reading they book.

  6. The books

    The deck's sale and the class fee are in the books.

Setting up takes five steps.

  1. Make a team for the shop

    You create a team and invite your readers and counter staff. Help: Create and manage a team.

  2. Add your readers and their readings

    You choose who takes readings, set each reader's hours and add each reading with its price. Help: Add staff and set appointment hours.

  3. Add the reading room

    You add the reading room with its hours, and choose it on each reading. Help: Add resources and set their hours and rules.

  4. Add your stock

    You add crystals, decks and candles with their options. Each oddity has a stock of one. Help: Create products, options, and inventory.

  5. Connect Stripe

    You connect your Stripe account, so customers and vendors can pay by card. Help: Connect Stripe to receive money.

Plans

A shop with readers fits the Team plan, one price for up to 25 members. Each reader who takes bookings joins the team. A free team has 3 member places, counting you.

The Team plan has room for 5,000 calendar events, and a free team for 100. It has higher newsletter limits too.

Magpie adds no fee to your shop's sales or to invoices. On a paid Form for a class, Magpie's fee is 1% of each payment. Stripe's processing fee is taken from each card payment. Prices are on the Pricing page.

Other shops, studios and fairs have pages of their own.

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Questions curiosity shop owners ask

Can customers book a reading with a particular reader?

Yes. Customers choose the reading, then a reader by name or Anyone available. The booking page offers only the times that reader is free. Anyone available gives the time to the first free reader who offers that reading.

Can each reader set their own days?

Yes. Each reader has their own weekly hours, such as 4 to 9 on Thursdays. A day can be Closed. An event on a reader's calendar takes that time off the booking page.

Can different readers offer different readings?

Yes. Each reading is a service with its own length, price and description. Each service names the readers who offer it. A reader who only does birth charts is offered only for those.

Can two readers share one reading room?

Yes. The reading room is a resource with its own open hours. A reading that needs it is offered only while the room is free. Each booking reserves it. Moving or cancelling the reading moves or frees the room.

Can customers book a reading without signing up?

Yes. They give a name and an email address, and a phone number if they like. They get a confirmation email with the reading, the reader, the time and the place.

Can a customer move or cancel their reading?

Yes. The confirmation email links to a page for that reading. They can choose another free time with the same reader, or cancel. Once the notice you set has begun, the page asks them to contact the shop instead.

Can we book a walk-in or a phone call ourselves?

Yes. You can book a reading for someone at the counter or on the phone. The time is checked like one from the booking page. The customer gets the same confirmation email.

Can a reader give readings by phone?

Yes. A phone reading is its own service, and its location can say By phone. The booking page asks for a phone number, which the customer can leave. The reading is on the reader's calendar like any other.

How does a reader see who has booked them?

Each booking adds an event to the reader's calendar, named after the reading and the customer. The Appointments list shows today's and upcoming readings, with each one's reader. Notes on a booking are for the shop, and the customer never sees them.

Can I sell crystals by stone and by size?

Yes. A product such as Tumbled stones has options, such as Stone and Size. Each combination has its own price, stock, SKU and barcode. Shoppers can filter the shop by an option, such as the stone.

Can I sell one-of-a-kind oddities and antiques online?

Yes. Each piece is a product with a stock of one and its own photos. Specifications describe it, such as Era: Victorian or Material: brass. Once it sells, its page shows Sold out.

What happens if a piece sells in the shop while it is online?

A sale at the counter is recorded as an order and takes the piece from stock. Your online shop then shows it as Sold out. A checkout already in progress holds the piece while it finishes.

How do we record a sale at the counter?

You start a new order, pick the items and record how the customer paid. The order is created paid, and the items leave stock.

How do I know when a crystal or a deck is running low?

Each item can have a reorder point. When it falls to its point, you will get an email. The Stock page lists every low item, furthest below its point first.

Can I order from my suppliers in Magpie?

Yes. A purchase order goes to the supplier by email or as a PDF. Add low-stock items puts everything that is low on it. Receiving the delivery adds the stock at its cost.

Can I keep stock on the shop floor and in the back room?

Yes. Each location holds its own stock, and a product's stock page shows what each one has. A transfer moves stones from the back room to the shop floor. A buyer can buy an item while any location has it.

Can customers pre-order a new tarot deck?

Yes. An item set to sell when out of stock takes orders before the deck arrives. Payment is taken when the customer orders. An expected ship date is shown on the product page and in their order emails.

Can customers be told when a deck is back in stock?

Yes. When an item with counted stock sells out, its page asks for an email address. Magpie sends one email when it can be bought again. You see how many people are waiting.

Can customers collect online orders at the shop?

Yes. You add local pickup with the shop's address and pickup times. When you mark an order ready, Magpie emails the customer the address and times.

Can we sell gift cards?

Yes. A gift card sells fixed amounts and, if you choose, a custom amount. The buyer can have it emailed to someone on a date they pick. The holder spends it in your online shop.

Can people RSVP to the full moon circle?

Yes. You put the circle on the shop's public calendar and turn on RSVPs. A capacity stops RSVPs when the room is full, and the event's page says so. People RSVP while signed in to Magpie, and can change their answer.

Can I charge for a tarot class?

Yes. A paid Form charges one fee by card on Stripe's page. Each person answers its questions and pays, and the response shows Paid. You close the Form when the seats are gone. Magpie's fee on a paid Form is 1% of each payment.

Can I put our yearly fair on the calendar?

Yes. The fair is a public event with its own page, its date, its place and About. It is listed on your public calendar. Sharing it starts a social media post that names it.

Can vendors apply for a table at the fair?

Yes. A Form asks what each vendor offers and the table they need. A File question takes a photo of their table, up to 10 MB. Each application is emailed to you. You mark it Reviewed or Archived, and close the Form when the tables are gone.

Can I bill vendors for their table?

Yes. An invoice bills each vendor for their table, emailed with a Pay online button. They pay by card into the shop's Stripe account, and Magpie adds no fee. Reminders can go out until it is paid. Cash taken on the night is recorded on the invoice by hand.

Can I email our regulars about new arrivals and classes?

Yes. Newsletter gives the shop a sign-up page, and each subscriber confirms by email. Checkout can ask online buyers to subscribe too. You write each issue, send yourself a test and schedule it.

Can I post new pieces to Instagram?

Yes. A live piece's page can start a social media post with its photos. Posts go to Bluesky, Mastodon and LinkedIn at the time you choose. For Instagram, Magpie reminds you and opens the post filled in.

Can I plan who is on the counter each day?

Yes. Staff Scheduling plans the week's counter shifts, and each person sees their own. You type each shift's times as you would say them, or copy last week.

Can I bring in my products from a spreadsheet?

Yes. A CSV file adds products as drafts, one row for each variant. The import lists every change before anything changes. The whole shop exports as a CSV file too.

What does Magpie take from our sales?

Magpie adds no fee to your shop's sales or to invoices. Stripe's processing fee is taken from each card payment. The rest goes to the shop's own Stripe account.

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