The Witch Economy Is Booming

巫术经济正蓬勃发展

The Journal.

2025-11-01

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The Etsy witch trend has taken witchcraft into the mainstream. These online witches are making their magical services available to anyone willing to pay for them. Want a job? Or a boyfriend? There’s a spell for that. WSJ’s Chavie Lieber explains why it pays to be a witch. Jessica Mendoza hosts. Further Listening: -Etsy: Big Commerce or Crafters' Community? -Lady Gaga, Low-Rise Jeans, and the Next Recession   Sign up for WSJ’s free What’s News newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  • My favorite witch, don't we all have one, is probably Hermione from Harry Potter.

  • It's Leviosa.

  • Not Leviosa.

  • But there is a witch for every personality.

  • There's the kooky sisters of Hocus Pocus.

  • I put a spell on you.

  • And now you're mine.

  • Or for our more sophisticated listeners, how about the three witches in Shakespeare's Macbeth?

  • For the most part, witches are known to be scary, nightmarish.

  • And this has had some very real consequences throughout history.

  • Tens of thousands of people, mostly women,

  • have been burned at the stake or otherwise executed for being accused of witchcraft.

  • But today, in this economy, witchcraft is back.

  • It seems like the business of witchcraft is pretty mainstream at this point.

  • I think people are really interested in magic as a whole.

  • My colleague, Javi Lieber, recently wrote about witches, and she says that these days,

  • you don't need to go into the deep dark woods or to Hogwarts to find one.

  • Just like everyone else, they're online.

  • They are on Instagram or Shopify or TikTok, but I think Etsy is really the go-to.

  • I hired an Etsy witch and it 100% worked and here is my true story.