How to mint and sell NFTs freely on OpenSea

You have likely heard about OpenSea if you have ever attempted to learn more about the non-fungible token (NFT) world. The platform is most likely the most well-known entry point to the NFT market, and you may be thinking of it as the market you’ll use to research and begin interacting with the NFT space. 

OpenSea has emerged as the most popular marketplace for purchasing and selling NFTs. It stands out among the comparable platforms because it processes more than a million transactions each month.  

How to Mint an NFT 

OpenSea is the best place to sell your digital artwork today. There are numerous benefits to doing this. For example, you maintain genuine ownership of your work while still gaining additional publicity. Besides, you get paid a commission every time someone resells your NFT. You get more from your NFT the more its value rises after being sold.

Also, before starting to mint an NFT you must have a crypto wallet. You can create an account in any of the wallets like Math, Alpha, Trust, or MetaMask. In this article, we will be using MetaMask for reference.

Steps to Mint an NFT

Step 1: Create a MetaMask account

Initially, you don’t need a username and password or an email. Instead, one can log in by connecting the account with a crypto wallet.

MetaMask is one such wallet that can be used to create an account for free. Also, if you do not want to install the application over your device, then you can just add the MetaMask extension to your Chrome browser, and you are good to go.

Once done with adding the extension, now follow the instructions to get your MetaMask account by creating your passphrase and writing it down in a safe place.

Step 2: Connect Polygon Network

You will be surprised to know that the MetaMask wallet, apart from the primary Ethereum network, enables users to retain tokens on multiple networks (Ethereum mainnet).

As we are aware, Ethereum has a very high gas fee, and we are in favor of burning a huge amount of money as a gas fee(cost of minting) while creating an NFT; we will use the Polygon network to avoid that expenditure of extra money. You can do that by following the below-mentioned steps.

Select the dropdown box that mentions Ethereum Mainnet and then click on Add Network. Now fill in the details given.

Network Name: Polygon Mainnet
New RPC URL:  https://polygon-rpc.com/
Chain ID: 137
Currency Symbol: MATIC
Block Explorer URL:  https://polygonscan.com/

Now click on save and select the recently added network from the dropdown. Earlier, it showed Ethereum Mainnnet; now, it had Matic Mainnet.

Step 3: Open an OpenSea Account

Finally, now that we have the MetaMask wallet ready let’s link it to our Opensea account.

Choose the recently created MetaMask wallet and provide the necessary information to create an Opensea account. Your Opensea account will be set up after this step. Now go to your OpenSea profile and tap on My Collection, and select Create to make a new collection.

Step 4: Mint NFTs

Once you are done with the first collection, adding an NFT to it is very effortless. Follow the steps below:

1. Open the collection you just have created.

2. Click on Add Item 

3. Upload an NFT and name it as per you. 

4. Include the description of the item’s characteristics, levels, and other details.

5. Now click on Create when finished.

Congratulations, you are done now! Your NFT is now shown in your collection. Adding further, you have the option to keep it for display or sell it to the highest bidder.

STEP 5: Sell NFTs on Polygon without Gas Fee

1. Find the NFT you want to sell and click Sell in the top right corner of the screen.

2. Click and set the selling price, currency, and potential fees.

3. Click on Complete Listing.

4. Sign the transaction.

You are done now! Your NFT will be listed; you can copy its link and paste it wherever you like to increase visibility.

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