Overview
Minting sites are indispensable to the NFT artist: they bring an NFT project to life. Essentially, a minting site is the way an artist adds an NFT to the blockchain; it’s the conversion of a digital asset into a blockchain asset. Thereafter, digital art, or other types of NFTs, can be traded and digitally tracked. The digital property or asset is now unchangeable and more secure.
To mint an NFT on Polygon, or any blockchain for that matter, you will need to work through the following steps:
Create your digital asset - this could include collectibles, skins, music, etc.
Select your blockchain - you will need to think about costs, security, transaction speed, popularity and properties of the various blockchains.
Purchase and store funds in a digital wallet, preferably a non-custodial wallet (i.e. not allocated by a crypto exchange)
Use a minting site - many minting sites are attached to big NFT marketplaces. Select the asset/s to be minted, add a description and metadata, and then execute the minting process
Polygon, an Ethereum sidechain, uses the lazy minting method as its standard. This means that the creator doesn’t pay upfront fees. They are instead added to the final price which leaves the mint costs to the buyer. Minting costs on Polygon are very low, usually less than $0.01 per transaction. This is a key benefit of this blockchain.
Key Takeaways For Creators
These service providers help creators benefit by being able to:
Mint as many of your own NFT collections at a fraction of the cost of other blockchains with lower minting and network fees
Create verifiable ownership of your own collection with Polygon’s NFT standards
Leverage robust APIs and tutorials to streamline your workflow and launch your project faster
Include important metadata to help educate buyers on the unique traits each piece in your collection possesses
Find interested buyers on the most well-established marketplaces on Polygon
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