Frequently Asked Questions

We’ll be adding these as the site grows, so feel free to submit your own questions.

Why did you guys  abandon your other sites?

That’s an easy one!  We all agreed that having all the financial content under one banner would be better than many disparate sites, and decided to combine forces.

Will the site be 100% free, or will it cost money?

As explained in our announcement/introduction, we’ll have free content and paid content.  An Insider subscription will help support us in producing weekly content. so if you love what we do, consider signing up.  If not, or you just don’t have the means at the moment, please enjoy the free content for as long as you wish!

When will the Insider subscriptions become available?

We want to give everyone a good taste of what we’re about before we start hawking our wares for money.  Thus, for the initial launch period, all of our content will be free.  This way, everyone can get a good idea of what we’re doing and decide if it’s worth it for themselves.

Why will we have to pay for content?  Wasn’t QS and MTG Metagame free?

Another good question.  Paying contributors is an important part of ensuring quality content, and there are costs associated with running the site.  The money from the Insider subscription and any sponsorships or affiliations we may take on will go towards paying our contributors, expenses, and towards developing the site.  Either that, or we’ll just go blow it all on beta Dual Lands.

I want to write for Quiet Speculation!  How do I get started?

Email us with as much information about you as possible, including some links to where you’ve been published before.  Sell us on you as a writer.  We’re always looking for great talent to add to the team, so if you think you bring a unique financial point of view to our site, we’d like to hear from you.  There’s a link on the home page that will direct you to the appropriate avenue for submissions.

Are you investment professionals, or associated with Wizards of the Coast?

No and No.  While some of us have experience in the financial industries, none of us are registered or licensed investment professionals.  Our advice is good-natured, well-intentioned, but should not be considered an investment strategy or investment advice.  Consult a  non-Magical investment professional before undertaking any investment strategy.  We’re not associated or affiliated with WotC; we’re just avid fans of the game helping others take their collecting and trading to the next level.

That’s such a freakin’ cool ticker.  Where did you get it and how does it work?

Ain’t it great?  That was hand-coded by our friend Ross over at Black Lotus Project, which is a site that charts MTG prices using historical eBay data and the Google Finance API.  The data is pulled from eBay by Magic Online Trading League and fed into the ticker by Ross’s computer sorcery.

FTC Disclosure

Bloggers (and other kinds of online media) are now required to disclose potentially relevant interests that could conflict with the integrity of their work.  Rather than list every potential interest the owners and writers of the site could have, take a look at this list.  It’s possible (but not guaranteed) that the contributors to this site could have:

-Received financial compensation from a mentioned party

-Received non-financial consideration, such as amenities, food, drink, or otherwise from a mentioned party

-Engaged in a reciprocal publicity agreement

-Own one or more copies of cards mentioned in articles.

If you have and specific questions regarding our potential interests, feel free to contact us.  We always operate honestly, and the opinions of the writers are their own.  In simple terms, it is bad business to sacrifice one’s integrity to make a quick buck, so trust that we will be speaking with the best interests of our readers in mind.  It only makes sense that we put our money where our mouth is; if we believe a card to be a good investment, we’re going to buy them up just as you would!