Circle magnets · 8 min

Set up and sell circle magnets.

Round magnets pull a different kind of photo — pets, headshots, profile shots, single subjects. Set up the product once with the diameter you stock and the Packs you want to sell, then let your customers crop, pick, and pay on their phone.

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1. Add the product

One product, one diameter, your Pack tiers.

Products → New → Circle Magnets. Pick the diameter you stock, set your Pack tiers and prices, save. Teal numbers below match the badges on the screenshot.

Vixie vendor app: Edit Product page for Circle Magnets, with Magnet Size set to 2.25" Circle, and a Packs list showing Single CA$6, 3-Pack CA$17, 6-Pack CA$32, and 9-Pack CA$45.123
Edit Product → Circle Magnets. Each row in Packs is a tier the customer can pick at checkout. Prices are per Pack, not per magnet.
1

Magnet Size

Set it to
Pick the diameter for this product — 1.5", 1.75", 2", 2.25", 2.5", or 3".
Worth knowing
One product is one diameter. If you stock more than one size, make a separate Circle Magnets product for each — Edit Measurements saves per size, so they stay independent. Custom sizes get added in Print Studio.
2

Packs

Set it to
Each Pack is a sellable tier — Single, 3-Pack, 6-Pack, 9-Pack. Set the count on the left and the price on the right.
Worth knowing
The price you set is what the customer pays for the whole Pack, not per magnet. A 6-Pack at CA$32 sells as one $32 order with six photos, not six $32 orders.
3

Add

Set it to
Tap + Add to drop in another Pack tier — a 12-Pack for keychain orders, a 4-Pack to match your most-asked-for set, whatever fits your booth.
Worth knowing
Tiers you add show up at checkout the same way the presets do. Customers see your Packs in the order you list them.

2. Turn it on for an event

Tick the box. Change Pack prices if you want.

When you create a new event, every product has a checkbox and a Packs row. Open Packs to bump or drop prices for this event without touching your saved product.

Vixie New Event screen with the Products section showing Circle Magnets, Classic Squares, and Puzzle Magnets all checked. Circle Magnets is expanded to show Single, 3-Pack, 6-Pack, and 9-Pack with editable prices.
Open Packs on Circle Magnets to change prices for this event only. Your saved product keeps the prices you set up.

Run a market discount on the 6-Pack, push the 9-Pack at a wedding fair, or skip Singles altogether for one event. None of it touches your saved Pack prices.

3. What the customer sees

Pick a Pack, crop in a circle, pay.

On the customer's phone, the crop frame is a circle. Whatever sits inside that circle is what prints — anything outside is wrap, not visible on the magnet face.

Customer view of the circle magnet edit step on a phone: a sleeping cat photo inside a round crop frame, with Rotate / Flip H / Flip V buttons and a row of filters (Original, B&W, Vintage, Cool, Warm, Vivid).

The crop frame is round

Drag to position, pinch to zoom. The dashed line shows what wraps around the edge of the magnet — anything outside the circle.

  • Round crop, every time. The frame locks to a circle — customers can't send a square photo by mistake. Subjects end up centred without thinking about it.
  • Live preview at the right diameter. What they see is sized to the magnet they picked. The dashed ring marks the wrap edge so they know where their photo gets cut off.
  • Same buttons as your squares. Rotate, Flip, Zoom, and the filter row work exactly the same. You don't have to teach customers a new flow at the booth.
  • Pet and portrait friendly. Round crops do most of the centring work for headshots, pets, and single subjects — the photo just sits in the circle.

4. Print day

Circles share sheets with squares.

In your event's order table, a circle order looks like any other — queue number, status, total. The print queue mixes circles, squares, and rectangles on the same sheet to fit as many as the paper allows.

Event queue table row: Circle Magnets order #115, 9-Pack at $45, status Printing, customer Amelia Scott. Three round magnet thumbnails and a +6 indicator show the nine pieces in the order.
In the event queue, a 9-Pack of circles reads as 9-Pack · $45. The thumbnails are round, so you can spot a circle order at a glance.
Print Batch #56 — Sheet 1 showing two large circle magnets at the top (a moody mountain landscape and a child blowing out birthday candles), a smaller circle of a sleeping cat, and three square magnets sharing the rest of the sheet.
Open a print batch from Prints and you'll see the real sheet — circles and squares packed together by the queue. Edge wrap is already in place on every magnet.
  • Each magnet tracked on its own. Queue number, status, and pickup all live with the order — but every magnet has its own thumbnail and edits saved.
  • Edit Measurements saves per diameter. A 2" cut isn't the same as a 3" cut on the same machine. Each size has its own Photo Size, Edge Width, and Cut Offset — see the size measurements guide.
  • Mixed sheets are fine. The queue fills each sheet with whatever fits — a circle next to a square next to another circle. You don't lay anything out by hand.

First-event checklist

Run a test sheet for every diameter you stock before your first event. Cut Offset and Edge Width drift size-to-size, even on the same press — see the size measurements guide.

Frequently asked

Circle questions vendors actually send us.

Which diameter sells best at a market booth?+
2" and 2.5" do most of the work — small enough to stack on a fridge, big enough that a face still reads from across the room. 1.5" and 1.75" do well in 6-Packs and 9-Packs, often as keychain or party-favour sets. 3" is your portrait size — pets, headshots, single-subject photos that deserve the room.
Can circle magnets share a print sheet with squares?+
Yes. The print queue mixes circles, squares, and rectangles onto the same sheet to fit as many as the paper allows. You don't lay anything out — drop the order in the queue and it packs itself.
Do I need separate Edit Measurements for each diameter?+
Yes. A 2" cut and a 3" cut land in different spots on the same machine, so Edit Measurements saves per size. Run a test sheet for each diameter before your first event — the size measurements guide walks through every field.
Can the customer change diameter mid-order?+
Not after pay. Before pay they can go back, pick a different Pack, and the round crop frame keeps the photo — they just reframe inside the new circle. Once the order is paid, the Pack and diameter are locked.

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