The Anti-Toad Alliance's badges had barely been produced before they became wildly popular, especially since they were handed out free to members of the Anti-Toad Alliance. Many students who hated Umbridge, upon learning that buying one cost a Galleon, hurried off to find the Weasley Twins and pin a badge to their chests.
As for needing to sign their names to get a badge, that was no problem at all. Most members of the Anti-Toad Alliance were actually members of Dumbledore's Army and had already signed once. Besides, the signature merely entitled badge holders to a ten-percent discount.
For a time, Hogwarts students took to wearing such badges on their chests, making it easier to identify one another's Houses and affiliations.
Whenever they saw someone wearing a badge from their own House, they exchanged knowing smiles, leaving the students without badges utterly baffled.
In order to fit into this mysterious group, many people began asking where they could get House badges.
As a result, some students joined the Anti-Toad Alliance simply by following the crowd.
The Anti-Toad Alliance was no longer an organization that existed only in name. It had become a genuine anti-Umbridge club and swiftly grew into the largest club in all of Hogwarts.
Students who had initially worried that joining the club might bring trouble soon discovered the benefits of joining the Anti-Toad Club.
There, they could obtain all sorts of secret information, buy prank items from Fred and George before they were officially put on sale, and get issues of Wizarding World Daily magazine at relatively low prices—even back issues.
Among them, the relatively expensive Magical Candy made by Albert, such as Calming Draughts, Brain Boosting Potions, and Vitality Potions, became items that fifth- and seventh-year students rushed to buy.
Many students now liked to pop