Your first artwork, from draft to creator page

Use this walkthrough to prepare an NFT, review it, and build a home for your work. Start on a supported test network while NFTFactory is in release testing. Check the network shown in the app every time you connect or sign.

1. Choose artwork you can publish

Open Create an NFT. Choose a PNG, JPEG, or WebP file under 3 MiB. Use work you made or have permission to publish. The initial draft remains on your device; uploading and minting make copies public.

2. Add details and preview

Continue to the details step. Give the work a descriptive title and an introduction that tells a collector what they are looking at. Check the image, spelling, collection, and edition details in the preview. Avoid including private information in the image or metadata.

3. Review the wallet request

Connect your wallet when you are ready. Connecting, signing in, and minting are separate actions. Sign-in proves control of a wallet; minting sends a blockchain transaction and may require network fees. Read the wallet prompt and confirm the network, contract, and total before approving. Reject an unexpected request.

If a publishing service is unavailable, keep your draft and retry after recovery. Do not interpret a pending transaction as a completed mint. Wait for the receipt and indexing before sharing the NFT page.

4. Make your creator page your own

Open creator setup. Add a name, introduction, avatar, cover, and links. Choose Gallery, Midnight, or Paper, then arrange the page sections. Feature artwork after it appears in your loaded collection. Preview images before saving. Your public page includes your wallet address; private studio drafts remain separate.

5. Bring existing NFTs into your studio

Open Import a collection. Select the correct network and enter the collection contract and token information requested. Review the ownership preview before confirming the import. Importing adds a verified reference to existing work; it does not mint another token or require a transfer approval. Ownership can change after import, so check current ownership before listing.

6. Organize work with tags

Use artwork tags to organize your work. Choose public or private visibility deliberately. Tags are offchain records and do not rewrite an NFT's immutable metadata. Private tags require the profile service and your signed-in wallet.

7. Review a listing before sharing

Use Manage listings to review the supported network, price, fees, and seller proceeds. Listings and purchases have their own wallet confirmations. A wallet connection or signature alone is not a sale. Check the receipt and indexed result before announcing a completed purchase.

What an NFT does and does not promise

Owning a token does not automatically transfer copyright. Read any artist-provided license separately. Artwork availability depends on maintained IPFS copies. During an Acer outage, replicated files and some saved public profiles may remain readable, while edits, imports, uploads, and live trading information require recovery. See Storage and outages.