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Free Guide to NFTs for Artists
  • Welcome Artists!
  • Quick Start Guide to NFTs
    • 3 Essential Steps to NFTs
      • Creating a crypto wallet
      • Buying Ethereum
      • Minting your first NFT
  • SECURITY BASICS
    • Protecting yourself in crypto
      • Protecting your crypto wallet
      • Using a Cold Wallet
      • Protect your Artwork Online
  • Understanding NFTs
    • NFT Terminology
    • Choosing your direction
    • Quotes
  • MARKETING
    • Basics of Marketing
      • Don't sell your product
      • Defining your brand
      • Who is your audience
      • Your Audience / Your Investors
    • Promotional Marketing
      • Giveaways
      • Cross Promote w Others
  • DISCORD
    • Designing your Discord
    • Discord Security
      • Discord Suggestions
  • Twitter
    • Twitter Tips & Hacks
      • Branding your Profile
      • Twitter Banner Design
      • Status Update / Title Alerts
      • Pinned Tweet Formatting
    • Twitter Marketing & Promo
    • *Twitter Marketing Scams
      • Promotional scams
      • Engagement Scams
    • Twitter Spaces
  • Blockchains
    • Choosing a blockchain
      • Etherium
      • Solana
      • Polygon
      • Tezos
  • NFT Platforms
    • Choosing a Platform
      • Foundation.app
      • Mintable.app
      • Knownorigin.io
    • Editions / Scarcity Tactics
    • Pricing your NFTs 1/1
  • Website Development
    • Website tools & resources
    • NFT Project Tools
      • Developer resources
  • NFT Market Development
    • NFT Analytics
    • Contracts
  • Suggestions
    • Share your knowledge
  • mindset hacks
    • Unsolicited Advice
  • Management Tools
  • Management Tools
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  1. Quick Start Guide to NFTs
  2. 3 Essential Steps to NFTs

Minting your first NFT

Minting is the process of uploading your digital asset to the blockchain network in a way that is distributed and secure, forever being associated with your unique Non-Fungible Token (NFT)

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Mintable.app has exhaustive resources for 1st time minting

Why re-invent the wheel here when is a great place to start for 1st time artists to the NFT space - they also offer a free minting option that you can .

Open Sea is the most common minting option

Although the NFT marketplace is fluctuating very quickly OpenSea.io has the greatest marketshare and is the most common site for minting NFTs.

but be sure to have your wallet ready.

Get started here
Mintable.app
learn more about on their site
LogoNFT Creators 101: Minting an NFT - Mintable EditorialMintable Editorial - Everything you need to know about NFTs
Mintable has a great tutorial
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