Events that don't fill
League night should be the busiest night of the week. Most stores rely on a Facebook post and hope — and seats stay empty.
From Friday Night Magic to release-day allocations to the lapsed player you haven't seen in two months — Reactor is configured around the rhythms of a real game and hobby store.
League night should be the busiest night of the week. Most stores rely on a Facebook post and hope — and seats stay empty.
A singles order or a miniatures pre-order sits in a box behind the counter for three months. The customer forgets. The cash sits there.
New set drops, phones ring all day, allocations are tracked on a clipboard, and somebody's pre-order gets missed. Trust takes a hit.
The regular who came every Friday hasn't been in for two months. Nobody noticed. Nobody reached out. The community shrinks one player at a time.
Reactor for game and hobby isn't a retail CRM with an "events module." It's a full operational system built around the rhythms of organized play, release cycles, and the loyal players who make your store their second home.
What it actually looks like to run a game and hobby store on Reactor — capture to community, special order to satisfied pickup, lapsed player to win-back.
A new player walks in for Friday Night Magic, asks about the league, and drops an email at the counter. Reactor captures the signup, tags them by format and skill, and sends a welcome with next week's schedule before they're out the door.
League nights, prereleases, and tournaments push to SMS and email on a cadence tuned to each format. Waitlists fire automatically when seats open. Table reservations and entry fees are collected before the player arrives.
Pre-orders and case breaks are tracked per customer. The moment a set drops, Reactor texts everyone on the allocation list with pickup windows — first-come, first-served, no spreadsheet.
Singles, miniatures, paints, accessories — every special order generates an automated status thread. Arrived, ready for pickup, gentle nudge at 7 days, final reminder at 14. The customer never wonders where their order is.
After a tournament wraps or a big purchase clears, the review request goes out by text first, email backup. Loyal players get a referral nudge with store credit on the line — the community brings the community.
Sixty days without a visit triggers a soft reactivation — a heads-up on a new release in their format, the next league night, or a paint workshop. Most lapsed players just need a reason to come back.
Multi-touch reminders plus auto-waitlists fill seats that used to go empty. Bigger events, deeper community, more reasons to walk through the door.
Special orders that used to go stale on a clipboard turn into picked-up sales. Automated status threads do the chasing for you.
Loyalty, league reminders, and release-day allocations bring the same customers back more often — the engine of every healthy specialty store.
Most stores jump from a handful of Google reviews a quarter to a dozen or more a month once the request engine is in place.
Directional ranges based on operators we've worked with. Real numbers depend on where your business is starting from — we'll walk that through on the strategy call.
Single-location store, owner-run. Need: capture every walk-in inquiry, automate event reminders, get reviews, sell online for in-store pickup.
Established store with weekly leagues, organized play, and staff. Need: full event + membership engine, special-order follow-through, reactivation of lapsed customers.
Multi-location or store + event-venue operation. Need: full operational orchestration across retail, events, and community, with multi-pipeline reporting.
A 30-minute strategy call. We'll listen, look at how your store actually runs, and tell you honestly whether Reactor is the right next step.