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DETOMI
NTYOURNFT

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det
oMi
nti
ngNFTs(
Usi
ngOpe
nSe
aasa
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ampl
e)

Thi
scompl
etegui
det
omi
nti
ngNFTsexpl
ai
nswha
titme a
nstominty
ourownNFTa
ndhowt
oge
t
s
tart
edwitht
hemint
ingproc
ess
.

NFTshaveexplodedinpopul
ari
tyinrece
ntmont hsamongs omea r
tc ol
lec
torsandi
nv e
stor
s.Digi
tal
a
rtworkha
ss oldformil
li
onsofdoll
ars
,caus
ings omespecula
tor stos c
oopupNFTsi nthehopeof
get
ti
ngric
hquick.Thev er
dic
tissti
l
loutonwhe t
he rthi
sisaflee
tingfadoral egit
imat
einvest
me ntcl
ass.
However
,NFTsa reane s
peci
all
ypromisi
ngdevel
opme ntforart
istsandc reat
ors.Her
e'sastep-
by-st
ep
guideonhowt oturnyourworkintoanNFT, apr ocesscall
edminti
ng.

Howt
omi
ntNFTs

NFTs tandsf
or"non-f
ungi
bl
et ok
en,"atypeofdi
gita
lcer
ti
fi
catebui
ltonabl
ock
c hai
n--usual
ly
Et
hereum(CRYPTO:ETH)--thatguar
anteesowners
hipofauni
quedigi
talas
set
.Minti
ngdigi
tal
asset
s
(
ever
ythingf
roma r
ttomusictoart
icl
es)asNFTsisonewayforart
ist
stomonetiz
ethei
rwork.

Ofcourse,se
lli
ngdigi
talfil
esisn'tnew.Butoneoft hemoreinnovati
veusesforNFTsi stheabi
l
ityto
guaranteethatyougetcreditfortheorigina
lcreati
on.Beca
useNFTsa r
erecordedonabl oc
kcha
in,the
c
reatoroftheNFTi srecordedint hepublicl
edger.There
cordintheledgergi
vesy outheabil
i
tytoseta
fe
e( knowninthebusine s
swor ldasar oyal
ty)forwhenevert
hedigit
a la
sseti
ss oldi
nt hef
utur
ea nd
earnpassi
v eincomeov ertimeifyourworkissol
dont hesecondaryma r
k e
t.

Here'
showy ouca
ngoa boutmi nti
ng.EachNFTma rk
etpl
acehasas l
i
ght
lydif
fer
entmethod,
so,fort
he
sa
keofs i
mpl
ici
ty,
I'
mt urningapictureItookofaFrenc
hbulldogwear
ingsungl
asse
s(whic
hI
uni
magina
tiv
e l
ynamedFrenchieGoest oHolly
wood)intoanNFTonOpe nSe a
,whichcl
ai
mstoha vet
he
lar
ge stNFTma rket
pla
cearound.

1.
Conne
cty
ourwa
ll
et
Togetsta
rted,you'
llf
ir
stneedtoopenacr
yptowal
le
tandthenconnectittot
heNFTma r
ketpla
ce.
On
OpenSe
a,cli
ckeithe
rthewall
etic
onorthe"Cr
eate
"butt
oninthetoprightcor
nertoge
tstar
ted.Ot
her
ma r
ketpl
aceswil
luseasi
mila
rpr
ompttoconnec
tyourwa l
l
eta ndcr
eateapr
ofi
l
e.

Dependingonthewal
letyou'r
eus i
ng,
suchasMe t
aMa s
korCoinbas
e(NASDAQ: COIN)Wall
et,
andt
he
de
vic
ey ou'r
eworki
ngfrom( desk
topormobil
e),
you'l
lbeaske
dt oei
therc
onnectyourwal
l
etusi
ngaQR
codes
cannerony oursmart
phoneordownloa
dy ourwal
le
ttoyourcompute
r.

Onc
eyourcrypt
owall
etisconnec
tedandy ourmarke
tpl
aceprofi
lecre
ated,i
t'sti
met ocomple
teyour
pr
ofi
l
e.Tel
ltheNFTworldaboutyour
s e
lf,
inser
tli
nkstoyourwebsit
eors oc
ialmediapages,
andspeci
fy
whi
chc
ryptosyou'
ll
acceptaspa y
mentwhens omeonepurchasesyourNFTs.

2.
Cre
atey
ourf
ir
sti
tem

Fromt hehomepa geoft

hema r
ketpl
ace,c
li
ckthe"Cr ea
te"butt
onintheupperrightcorne
r.Fromt here
y
ou'llbepromptedtoupl
oadadigi
tal
fil
eandgivey ourNFTana me.Opti
onalf
ieldsincl
udeade sc
ript
ion
f
ory ourwork,anext
erna
lli
nktomoreinfo(l
ik
ey ourwe bs
ite
),andwhi
chbloc
k cha i
ntobasetheNFTon
(
likeEt
hereumortheEther
eum-basedprot
ocolPolygon(CRYPTO:MATIC)ify ou'
reonOpe nSea).

Thi
sisal
sowhereyoucanse
tuphowmuc hyou'
llbepai
dinroy
alt
iesi
fyourNFTget
ssolda
gai
nlat
er
on.
Fivepe
rcentto10% oft
hes
econdar
ys a
lespri
ceisc
onsi
deredastanda
rdr
oyal
typa
yout
.

Cl
i
ck"
Compl
ete
,"a
ndy
ourf
ir
stNFTha
snowbe
enmi
nte
d!

3.
Mak
esur
eyourwa
ll
eti
sfunde
d

Se
ll
inganNFT(rec
ordi
ngthatatr
ansact
ionhastak
enpl a
cebet
weentwopa
rti
esonabl
ockc
hai
n)
r
equi
resthene
twor
ktodos omecomput
ing.Thatt
ransac
tionwi
ll
costs
omemoney,whi
chi
sknownasa
 "
gasf
ee.
" 

Tocompleteyourfi
rstsal
e,makes ureyou'vepur cha
sedsomeEt her
e um( oranothe
rcrypt
oy ouplanon
usi
ng)onac ry
ptotradi
nga ppandde posititi
nt oyourwall
et.Dependingont hemarke
tpl
ace,youcan
thentr
ansferthecr
y pt
ofromy ourwa l
lettoy ourNFTma r
ketpl
acea ccount
.Somema rket
places
,li
ke
OpenSea
,all
owy outopurchasecryptodirectl
yfromy ourma r
ketpl
a ceprofi
l
ebys et
ti
ngupapa y
me nt
methods ucha sacredi
tcard.

I
fyoua
reuns
urehowmuc
hcr
ypt
oyouwi
l
lne
edtobuy,i
twi
l
lbea
utoma
tic
all
yca
lcul
ate
dfory
oui
nthe
ne
xtste
p.

4.
Lis
tyourNFTf
ors
ale

Onc
eyou'
vemi
nte
dyourNFT,you'r
er e
a dyt
osel
litontheopenmar
ket.Cl
i
ckont
he"
Sel
l
"but
toni
n
theuppe
rrightcornerwi
thi
ny ourNFT'
sdes
cri
pti
onpage
.

Now'stheti
met ospec
if
yt hedetai
lsofyoursale
.Pickthetypeofsa
le--af i
xedpricebase
dony our
c
ryptoc
urre
ncyofchoi
ceorat imeda uc
tion.(
OnOpe nSea
,yousettheroyal
typa yout
sforongoi
ng
pas
sivemoneti
zat
ionofyourwor koverti
mei nste
pt wo,butothe
rma rket
plac
esmi ghtmakethatan
opti
onatthi
sstage.
)Thema rketpl
acewil
l al
sodis
closeanyrel
atedf
e e
sforsell
ing.OnOpe nSea,
the
servi
cefee(
thepriceforhandl
ingthelis
ting)i
s2.5% oftheNFTs el
lingpri
ce.

Next,
cli
ck"Complet
elis
ting.
"Themarketpl
acewil
lcal
cul
atethega sf
eebase
dont hecry
ptocurr
ency
net
work'
sact
ivit
yleve
latthetimeofl
ist
ingandrequestpaymentfromyourcr
ypt
owa ll
et.
Forme ,i
twas
a
bout$180,butthefe
eswi l
lvar
yfr
ommi nutetominute.
Onc ethegasfe
eispai
dandy ouapprovethe
fi
nalterms,
yourNFTwi l
lbeli
stedandavai
labl
eforpurchas
eonthema r
k e
tpl
ace.
 5.
Mana
gey
ourNFTbus
ine
ss

Oncey
ourNFTi scr
eat
edandl i
stedforsal
e,it'
stimetostartengagi
ngwi t
hyourpote
nti
alpat
rons.
You
c
anal
soc r
eatemoreNFTsa ndma k
et hempa rtofacoll
ecti
on,whic
hmi ghtat
tra
ctatt
enti
onfromart
col
le
ctorsorspe
cul
ator
s.NFTsc reate
dononema rketpl
acecanalsobetra
nsfer
redandsol
dona
dif
fer
entone ,a
lthoughfe
e smightbeinvol
ved.

Aswit
ha nyonl
i
nea c
tiv
ity
,inter
act
ingwit
hus e
r sandcol
lec
torsonNFTma rke
tplac
esbuil
dsrapport
,
whi
chca
nhe l
pbuil
dyournewNFTbus i
ness
.Moni t
oracti
vit
yony ourc
rea
tions
,lookforf
eedba
c k,
and
k
eepc re
ati
ngmorewor kfordigi
tal
coll
ector
stopur
chase.

Ea
rlyda
ysf
ort
heNFTmov
eme
nt

Althought he rearere
portsofs omedigit
a lcr
eatorsma ki
ngbi g,ea
symone ybyc r
eatingNFTs , be
a rin
mindi t
'ss t
il
le arl
ydaysforthismov e
me nt.Theonlinecreatoreconomywa sane ar
lya dopte rofNFTs ,
andt hea bi
li
tyt opassi
velymone ti
zeworklonga ftert
heor igi
nalsal
ec oul
dbear ealga mec ha ngerfor
a
rti
s t
s ,
mus ic
ia ns,
contentproducers,
videoga mede ve
lope r
s,andthelike.
Howev er
,mi ntinga nds el
li
ng
NFTss houldn'tbevieweda saget-ri
ch-quic
ksc heme.Itwillre
quiresomeupfrontcos tstos ellyour
digi
t a
la ss
et sinthi
sfashion,andthere'
snogua ranteea nyonewillbewil
li
ngtopurcha sey ourwor k
.

Tur
ningy
ourdigi
tal
laborintoabloc
kc hai
n-bas
edasse
tisnevert
hel
essapromisi
ngfie
ldandonetha
t
coul
d(ev
entual
ly)complete
lyreshapethewaycre
atorsgetpai
d.I
fyou'
reana r
ti
stordigi
tal
entr
e pr
eneur,
theNFTwor l
disc
erta
inlywort
hexplor
ing.