Mint on the Verisart contract or create/use your own custom contract.
Verisart contract vs Custom contract
What is the Verisart Contract?
The Verisart Contract is managed by Verisart and other creators can also mint NFTs on this contract.
If you mint NFTs on the Ethereum Verisart contract you need to cover the gas fees for minting the work (Polygon NFTs are free to mint on all our paid plans). Royalties are fixed for OpenSea and distributed by Verisart and variable for Rarible.
What is a Custom Contract?
Available on Individual Premium and Pro plans and all Business plans
Custom contracts provide a single home for all your NFTs or a specific project and a direct provenance from you to your collector.
Why create a custom contract?
Complete ownership and full control - only you can mint on the contract
Choose your own contract name and token ID
Each NFT gets minted with your branded token ID
Manage Royalties on OpenSea
Manage the contract details on other marketplaces like OpenSea and Rarible
Custom contracts on Polygon: Gas fees for creating a custom contract on Polygon are covered by Verisart.
Custom contracts on Ethereum: Gas fees for deploying your own custom contract on Ethereum generally cost around 0.2 - 0.5 ETH. The price of deploying a custom contract can vary significantly due to amount of activity on the network at the time. Check gas fees before deploying the contract.
Creating custom contracts
Create contracts by going to the 'Contracts' tab and clicking 'Create' or directly from the Minting form, under ‘Contract’, select ‘Custom contract’
On dashboard, click on the 'Contracts' tab
Click on 'Create'
Select blockchain: the blockchain you want to create the contract on.
Enter your contract details: these don’t need to be unique, someone can use the same name and contract symbol as your contract.
| Description | Requirement |
Contract Name | Name of your contract (appears on chain, Etherscan/ Polygonscan and marketplaces) | Maximum 21 characters |
Contract Symbol | Token identifier metadata to help you identify your NFT in Etherscan/Polygonscan. | Maximum 6 characters |
Description | Short description to help you distinguish between different contracts (does not appear on chain) |
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Contract name or symbol cannot be changed after your contract is created.
Click ‘Create’
Confirm the transaction in your wallet
Polygon custom contract: Deployment fee covered by Verisart (paid plans)
Ethereum smart contract: Transaction fee for the deployment of the contract must be paid directly by the creator
Success
After the transaction is confirmed the new custom contract appears in the minting form.
You are ready to mint!