How we write and check our pages

Who writes

Drew, a UK collector and the founder of Galar Alerts, writes our guides: the in-store drop and queue guides, the shop guides and the pages about big release days. They come from what he sees in UK shops and queues, from his own photos (marked “Photos: Galar Alerts”) and from our own records: the alerts our Discord sends, the UK RRP of every product and the release calendar we keep.

The Galar Alerts news desk covers news as it breaks. When The Pokémon Company, a UK shop or collectors post something new, our software writes it up in our own words. Each page says who wrote it.

How we check facts

• Every news story is compared with its original post before it goes out. Anything the post doesn’t support is corrected or the story is dropped.
• A final check reads each new page before it is published.
• We never invent dates, prices, stock levels or quantities. When a shop or The Pokémon Company hasn’t confirmed something, the page says so, and rumours are labelled as rumours.
• Pictures show the real product or card (Pokémon’s own images, the box, the card itself) and are checked before they are used. An illustration is only used for a story that isn’t about one product or card, and it is always labelled.
• When something changes, the page says what changed and when, under “Updates”.
• Drew reads the pages and sends corrections; each correction also becomes a rule for the pages written after it.

What we ask search engines to show

We only ask search engines to show pages that add something of our own: first-hand reporting, our photos or our own data. Short news write-ups and single card-show listings stay on the site for our members but are marked not to be shown in search results.

Prices and RRP

UK RRP figures come from our own product list. We never make up a price: prices on this site come from the shop’s or marketplace’s own data, and live prices say when they were checked. Always check the shop’s own page before you buy.

Affiliate links

Some shop links on this site are affiliate links. They are marked #ad and tagged rel="sponsored" for search engines. If you buy after tapping one, Galar Alerts may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Commission never decides what we cover or which alerts are sent, and alerts are free for everyone: never behind a payment.

Independence

Galar Alerts is run by fans. It isn’t affiliated with, endorsed or sponsored by Nintendo, Creatures, GAME FREAK or The Pokémon Company.

Corrections

Spotted a mistake? Join the Discord and open a ticket in #support, and we’ll fix it. About Galar Alerts