Podcasters
A podcaster records, publishes and grows a show.
YouTubers, streamers and video creators
You read your script from a teleprompter, record and trim the take, then upload it. Your audience supports you monthly and buys your merch.
A creator working alone uses Magpie in Personal. A channel with an editor and a producer can work in one Magpie team.
Get started free
This combination of six Magpie areas fits a video creator.
- Screen Recorder
- Screen Recorder records your screen and camera, with a teleprompter, and trims the take.
- Supporters
- Supporters lets your audience support you monthly, with posts for paying supporters.
- Store
- Store sells merch and downloads, such as presets, from a shop of your own.
- Link-In-Bio List
- Link-In-Bio List puts your channel, shop and supporters page on one page.
- Social Media
- Social Media schedules posts for each new video.
- Newsletter
- Newsletter tells your list about new videos and drops.
You read the script from a teleprompter, and trim the take before you download it.
Screen Recorder records your screen, a window or a tab, with your camera beside it. The teleprompter scrolls your script from a Document as you talk.
The editor trims the start and end, cuts out mistakes and adds images over the video. The download is an MP4 with your edits, ready to upload.
Your audience supports you monthly, and paying supporters see more.
Supporters gives you a public page with a free tier and monthly paid tiers. Supporters pay by card, and the money goes to your own Stripe account.
You post updates, photos and videos for everyone, or only for paying supporters. A poll lets them choose the next video's topic.
Your merch and presets sell from a shop of your own.
Store is your online shop. A hoodie comes in sizes, each with its own stock. A preset pack or a guide sells as a download.
A drop can go live at the hour you announce. Buyers pay by card into your own Stripe account, with no Magpie fee.
One link in your channel's description leads to everything else.
Link-In-Bio List is a page of links. YouTube, Twitch and Instagram show as icons. A block links to your shop or supporters page.
Analytics shows the page's views and the clicks on each link. It can use your own domain.
Each new video gets its posts, at the times you choose.
Social Media posts to Bluesky, Mastodon and LinkedIn at their time. For Instagram and X, Magpie reminds you and opens the post filled in.
A campaign holds a video's posts, from the teaser to release day. Design Canvas has a video thumbnail starter at 1280 by 720.
Your list hears about each new video and each drop.
Newsletter gives you a sign-up page with double opt-in, and checkout can ask buyers to join. You write each issue, send yourself a test and schedule it.
A sent issue has a web copy, which can start a social media post.
Five more areas cover scripts, the content plan, thumbnails, ideas and a fans' board.
- Notes
- Notes keeps video ideas and rough scripts, written in Markdown.
- Kanban Boards
- Kanban Boards holds your content plan, from idea to published, as cards.
- Image Converter
- Image Converter crops and resizes stills to 16:9, and converts them.
- Idea Boards
- Idea Boards lays out a video's shots and references on one canvas.
- Message Boards
- Message Boards gives your audience a public board to talk on.
A video goes from a script to an early look for paying supporters.
Each step starts from what the last one made.
The script
You write the script in a Document.
The take
You record, reading the script from the teleprompter.
The edit
You trim the take, cut the mistakes and download the MP4.
The early look
Paying supporters see the video in a post before you publish it elsewhere.
The release
A campaign of posts and the newsletter announce it.
The drop
The new hoodie goes live in the shop the same hour.
Setting up takes four steps.
Record your first take
You choose your screen, camera and microphone, and record. Help: Record your screen.
Open your supporters page
You set your free and monthly tiers. Help: Set up Supporters.
Open your shop
You add your merch and downloads, and publish it. Help: Set up and publish a Store.
Connect Stripe
You connect your Stripe account, so your audience can pay by card. Help: Connect Stripe to receive money.
Plans
A creator working alone fits Pro, for your own work in Personal. Recordings run up to 30 minutes on a paid plan, and 3 minutes on the free plan.
Magpie adds no fee to your shop's sales. Magpie's fee on supporters' payments is 3%. Stripe's processing fee is taken from each card payment. Prices are on the Pricing page.
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Questions video creators ask
Can I read my script while I record?
Yes. The teleprompter scrolls your script from a Document, or text you type. You set its text size, its pace and a target length. It can be mirrored for a glass teleprompter, or popped out.
Can I record my screen and my face together?
Yes. Your camera can sit in a corner bubble, or beside the screen in a split view. The microphone and the tab's audio are recorded too.
Can I cut out my mistakes?
Yes. You split the timeline at a mistake and remove the segment. Trimming the ends and adding images over the video work the same way. The original file is never changed.
Can I upload straight to YouTube?
You download the MP4, with your edits, and upload it to YouTube yourself. A recording's own share page also has a link anyone can watch.
How long can a recording be?
Up to 30 minutes on a paid plan, and 3 minutes on the free plan.
Can paying supporters watch videos first?
Yes. A post can hold a video for paying supporters only, or for chosen tiers. The video is a recording or an uploaded file from Screen Recorder. Others see the post's title and excerpt.
Can I sell presets or a guide?
Yes. A download product holds the files, each up to 500 MB. Buyers download them from the order page and the confirmation email.
Can I make thumbnails?
Yes. Design Canvas has a video thumbnail starter at 1280 by 720. It has a photo and a bold title to change. Image Converter crops stills to 16:9 and converts them.
What does Magpie take from my income?
Magpie adds no fee to your shop's sales. Supporters' payments carry Magpie's 3% fee. Stripe's processing fee is taken from each card payment.
Record your next video in Magpie.
Create a Magpie account and record your first take.