Why You SHOULDN'T Make NFTs

[@NFTsSimplified]

Come say hi on Instagram! --> instagram.com/aprilynnealter

[@diamondglitchesava]

Followed on IG! Best wishes on all your endeavors! ❤️❤️❤️

[@NFTsSimplified]

@David Genda Not yet, but I can add that to my list!

[@solomonthilakar.j2234]

Aprilynne Alter: I'm on the lookout for a good, side hustle. Can you please suggest me something genuine and affordable...plz

[@Lilspooxz]

so fine for wha?

[@user-sx1to7zu1o]

did u send me a whatsapp help line number? somebody is pretending to be u.

[@PortersX2Ray]

“Let me tell everyone why you shouldnt make NFT’s so that the competitions stays low for my crappy ones”

[@alamicrodev6526]

LOL

[@marshalljulie3676]

Someone had to say it 😂

[@DrastikkVEVO]

Exactly 🤦🏽‍♂️😂

[@gilbertdaroy6080]

Yeah, bottomline.

[@obijan42]

TL;DR: you need to get people to gamble their money on automatically generated icons, which they don't really care for but hope to make a profit on. Las vegas wants their slot machines back.

[@mindfireart7843]

My brain hurts. This sounds like selling and buying stocks, which to me, is also confusing…😩 I’m an old school artist still getting used to social media competition and now nft’s? I want my mommy…

[@zonderblu]

Lol 😂

[@bodyofhope]

Same!

[@mouparia8448]

Me too🤣🤣

[@jgalvan09]

It’s because the education system robbed people from finance and art.

[@jougen]

nft is the most toxic thing that has ever happened in the creators community

[@jgalvan09]

Lmaoooo sounds like you’re broke in NFTs.

[@theyumandiaz]

April this was so sharp and clear I just flowed through it easily. Keep it up, very well written and executed. So how can we artists and designers participate in this new functional NFT trend? How can we market ourselves into the space and bring value into it whilst making it profitable?

[@NFTsSimplified]

Thanks so much! Honestly, I recommend finding & collaborating with a technical partner - someone who can manage the generative algorithm and help form a smart contract for the functional NFT. You'd be able to contribute to the visual art side of it!

[@prabhukannan4660]

@@NFTsSimplified yes this is a good idea. There's so much work Involved in the marketing itself, better someone else handles it. But how to make a smart contract and what is this ?

[@BantanaAudio]

If you don't think this is stupid chances are you haven't thought it through fully.

[@mertmitm]

Great video! I absolutely hate how a lot of people in the NFT community are so secretive or insincere about their intentions. They say that it's all about art, but it isn't. Money and investment are the primary interest in this business, hence why I'd say that it's actually harder for newcomer artists to start out in the NFT business than the actual art business.

[@NFTsSimplified]

There's a lot of shady sh*t with the NFT world currently. But I'm hopeful for what the landscape looks like 5 years from now!

[@sirsnausages2164]

NFTs are like buying a sandwich and getting the receipt. Go out and buy a new car or something.

[@CryptidMom]

Hi, April!! Thanks so much for such a clear video. It stings a bit, but the truth hurts sometimes. It sounds a lot like, much like with the real world, NFT success depends a lot on marketing and social hype. I was planning to release a small (

[@NFTsSimplified]

Hi!! Thanks so much for watching! You should check out Polygon (I have a Polygon vs Ethereum video) - there's no initialization fee there, and it may be a good option for a smaller collection :)

[@shaanminocha4079]

@@NFTsSimplified Hey April , I do have a 250-300 piece of NFT collection ( All hand drawn , ik it could have been generative but...yea...) Its a trading card project...so what u think if its worth it to make it or let it be ( i just started few days ago with it and after hearing this i lowkey feel to give the project up..

[@darkheliboi]

Being honest I only agree with the audience part in the NFT market, it is really hard and you need to put a lot of effort into it if you want your collection to lift off, but it is easy to make high volume collections(just make a character template and add features to it like clothing and expressions) and there are no direct gas fees when using polygon as your blockchain for selling

[@ctg9]

Agreed. I honestly regret listening to the wave of people discouraging not to get into NFTs early last year. Hell, I didn't want to jump in to make a profit at a start. But, as a digital artist working w/ procedural art tools, it's a really exciting frontier to explore and become an expert in. TLDR: If you're interested, just go. Go learn about it , observe and research it. Hold off on doing anything until you really get how that ecosystem works.

[@Jg8jewetwwhcastelw3]

Nft are extremely bad for the ENVIROMENT

[@Ishikaaaaaaaaaaaaaa]

Hye, how much did u earned till now by selling NFTs?? I'm just asking because I'm interested in it?

[@amirbahrami8076]

Aprilynne ! I completely agree with you on the subject of having a community behind your art collection , but there are some people on the Opensea who doesn't even have a twitter account linked to their profile and still made some sales ! I believe if your art has potential the investors will come eventually.

[@pitbrand]

There are some that may be selling to friends or even to themselves with other accounts to artificially increase the value of an NFT so that an unknowing buyer may pay too much for something that has very little actual value. There is much more to learn and understand for all on this topic. She starts this clip suggesting the image is what makes the NFT unique, but it's actually the token in the blockchain with a unique code that really makes the difference. The image is just a gimmick, imo.

[@eyeswideopen6492]

@@pitbrand that would be very costly to the individual considering the gas fees they would hgave to shell out. Fees for creating it, fees for putting it up for sale, fees for the selling of it, then that same person would be paying fees for recceiving it so i doubt its the same person buying their own NFT.

[@zhihongzhuzi]

The investors only care for the potentials of the art’s future sales. It’s pretty much like the stock market, rug pull, pump and dump, and wash tradings happen a lot.

[@occultya]

You can also put it that way: If you don't like twitter don't bother NFT's as 90% of the nft community is on twitter If you're planning on selling nft art Instagram/artstation/facebook etc won't do anything for you especially if you're just a digital artist who just makes art you might even get hated for trying to put your art on the blockchain good example of that is artist named WLOP who has a huge patreon follower count and made his patreons really angry by putting out an nft. The thing is nft artists doesn't have too good of a opinion in the community outside of twitter I'd reccomend everyone to stay awyay from nft's unless you're really set on twitter and can make it work or you're someone like beeple.

[@yuriajones]

The Twitter connection is very important. I've made that observation myself. However, I have seen some artists on Instagram promoting their work on that platform.

[@occultya]

​@@yuriajones Yes indeed there are some small nft communities around instagram but those are usually closed circles of friends supporting friends outside of that nft's are a hated concept when it comes to instagram due to large pandemic of bots shoving nfts in everyones face and as u can guess everyone hates it

[@jayti6828]

Playable 🎮 nft's make a whole lot of sense to me. "Even if the nft looked sorry, being able to play with it makes up for it a ton." I can understand why someone would pay big bucks for it for that reason.

[@bland9876]

The only reason people are buying nfts is to hope to sell them for more money later than this is exactly like the tulips. Aka history repeating itself.

[@DjNoRequests]

Hi Apprilynne, thank you so much for this video! You've outlined my exact experience with launching an NFT project, and I've been trying to sum it up for another artist friend of mine, but this explains everything so clearly! I gave myself a month to promote my project on social media, starting from fresh accounts with no followers, and I quickly realized: A. How over crowded the space is, and B. How many other projects have teams of people and investors promoting and creating anticipation for the drop. It's an art form all unto itself! I didn't know anything about the importance of "community building." I say that in quotes because, as an older person, I can't for the life of me understand what it is about Discord that gives anyone a sense of community, but I'm learning! (the hard way - Haha)

[@NFTsSimplified]

The deeper I dive into NFTs, the more I realized how much goes into a successful project! For many, it's all about the marketing/promotion, which can be quite difficult if you're a team of 1

[@avarice4556]

As a younger person here I'll give you an inch of my knowledge/experience and someone whose somewhat interested in marketing as well. Discord initially started off as a platform for gamers and a way to talk to friends while playing games. It's still largely that but the anonymousness of it is more of why it's a big social environment now. If you struggle with making friends in the real world you can more easily make a friend in discord. There's a lot to explain with it as well, because the emoji self expression culture of discord is pretty important as well this is why every discord has them.

[@avarice4556]

Definitely need more time spent in one to moreso get it

[@user-mishasmp]

Remind me people who can tell you why you shouldn't do anything because everything is so hard, good luck loosers who will listen to this, keep watching KZbin

[@stretchstrength6751]

Aprillynne! Great video. Love that you are bridging the gap here and saving some from seriously wasting their time while inspiring some to jump on board because they are ready. For myself I have an audience to build and paintings to paint first before sign up for OpenSea down the road. Making more money doing what I love is the goal and dream by retirement. I'm 50 years in. Slowly but surely we arrive alive!

[@NFTsSimplified]

You have so much time! There's absolutely no rush to jump into it before you're ready :)

[@BrainFogDanellesReviews]

What's the point of buying art that you can't display for people to see? Ohhh. U wanna post it on your ig? Then I'll screenshot it and everyone sees it for free. This is so dumb. Do you have any idea how much energy these computers take just to send numbers? It's disastrous. Just stop.

[@wealthbringer]

I love the clarity and simplicity of your tutorials. Great content for bringing new people into the space.

[@NFTsSimplified]

Thank you so much, I really appreciate it!

[@INVICTUSSOLIS]

Good Educative and Informative Video and you absolutely smashed it 100% in explaining what NFTs are. However on if people should create them or not, on the contrary I advise every artists to imediately turn their work into NFTs once made. They are immiately authenticated and deemed original and there are thousands of art communities being formed because of NFTs creating somewhat of a digital art renaissance. You get a chance to join a community and immediately start creting value. Lastly every object in web3 will be owned as an NFT by someone or some organisation and many NFTs collected today will be in-demand Antiques when we move on to the metaverse. Be part of this new renaissance if you are an artisist. Immortalise your work on the blockchain.

[@wdhduquisimo]

"digital art renaissance" such advanced concept I love it

[@KOKSMA]

What platform do u recommend

[@609897783]

Crypto Punk was manipulated by Gary and 30 of his billionaire friends. NFTs is market manipulation in a nutshell, but without any regulation or anyway to get your moneyback. You’ll notice how most high art projects has low volumes and these pfp projects has huge volume. It’s easy, its greed. People quit their jobs to flip NFTs. This is like ICO 2.0. Be very careful, every dollar you throw at NFT should be money that you don’t care about.

[@CosmoSimpDragon]

gary vee?

[@tyraa531]

Thank you so much for all this information! I’m a new artist. I thought I could sell my art as NFT but after watching this video which was so well explained, I’ll look for another way to sell it! Great Video

[@NFTsSimplified]

I'm so glad it was helpful!! Best of luck in selling your art!

[@sequioajones8215]

Same here. Looks like its back to the salt mines for us artists lol

[@precious4982]

But what other way would that be? @Tyra A

[@jn9336]

If your not famous celebrity, influencer or big corporations , like nike,adidas ,yeezy , you will lose money in the long run if your buying no name general low quality nft , if your selling unique high quality artistic nft, like beeple, you could make a lot of money. This is basically a worse form of hypebeast culture in digital realm. At least In hypebeast culture you get real product you can use . Ppl are making money now because this is new . When everything settles only the top 10 percent will make money just like the stockmarket . My advice don't buy , sell and take the money and run .

[@thomasparsons4871]

Gas fees are meant to be used to offset the environmental impact of NFT blockchain verification, which is a more than substantial amount of greenhouse emissions generated from the amount of power it takes to keep the servers running. They’re intentionally inefficient to make it harder to alter the blockchain data. But gas fees aren’t covering it. Not even close. A blockchain that doesn’t have these fees has no infrastructure whatsoever for offsetting environmental impact.

[@yumyumfoodshorts]

Haha wut?

[@DimezEntertainment]

Use polygon chain to avoid gas fees..

[@thegreatone9022]

I'm only 2 mins into the video and you're already slaying it with loads of info. Keep up the great work I just subscribed 😁

[@WestMeetsEastIndonesia]

Super informative! Thanks for sharing your knowledge and experience. I am watching your video for the simple reason of trying NFT'S out and possibly selling some art work. However, you have given me something to think about. I wish you lots of success in the future 🙏🏻

[@Orgotholik]

Very informative and well made video! I was watching this video while working on my very first NFT collection & took your experience to heart!

[@NFTsSimplified]

Thank you! Best of luck in your own collection!

[@Orgotholik]

@@NFTsSimplified Thank you very much!

[@ongakuwo]

So you are aware that you are not selling any digital asset right? the only thing ur selling is a url...lol...that nobody owns..It owns you basically...

[@synth-_-5093]

I wouldve dont it if it werent for gas/initiative fees, since i have free time and im really interested in the space but lets be honest there is a very very small chance that my collection will pop off so spending $100+ on initiative fees and hours of work just isnt worth it

[@NFTsSimplified]

Polygon would be a great alternative for you! It doesn't require initiation fees. My most recent video (ETHEREUM vs POLYGON) goes more into depth on the topic if you're interested!

[@chrishagens7386]

Great video April! Function NFTs are the future. Even if you have less than 10000 nfts and a small audience. It only takes one investor willing to see the potential in our art with a goal or mission behind it, not just trying to sell art. Keep the vids going. Just subbed

[@NFTsSimplified]

Thank you so much Chris! I agree - utility is huge!

[@tylerkwong4947]

I have never traded any NFTs. However, I certainly agree on your point that when people are buying them for speculative purposes, not for art appreciation, they won't risk buying NFTs from unknown artists. Less well-known artists are perhaps better off selling physical artworks instead. If an artist does not succeed in the physical market, the chance of succeeding in the NFT market (by creation) will be even slimmer. I'm not an artist myself, but it's distressing to hear that this game of NFTs does not help freelance artists at all, making the originally unfavorable competition from bad to worse.

[@wendykngo3769]

OMG✨ this video is gold! For someone new to NFT, this save me BIG from time strategizing, money upfront, and set realistic expectations! Keep up the great work! Thank you thank you!

[@kathypinyerd3084]

The problem with NFT's beyond the huge waste of electricity to run, is the lack of accountability. As an artist if your work is stolen and sold as an NFTs nothing will be done about the theft. It is the perfect marketplace for Art thieves, and if you're a Artist why support a community that has no regard for anything but the profit line?

[@adam_kano]

The analogy with the dollar for fungible. I understand the point BUT each dollar note will have a serial number so won’t be exactly the same, in the same way an ‘NFT’ collection can have 100 copies of the same picture with different contracts against them, if you swapped one for another it would look exactly the same but have a different ‘serial number’. Down to the creator of the NFT to make it unique completely I guess

[@SilentNSly]

Could you do a video on how to market/advertise for a collection of 10,000 generative digital art NFTs

[@NFTsSimplified]

I should definitely do a video on marketing! Thanks for the suggestion :)

[@Ray_eddi]

I have to say this was exceptional! The ease and flow of delivery took me by surprise. Well done

[@NFTsSimplified]

Thank you so much Ray! I really appreciate it :)

[@FrankySus]

What about a functional nft that guarantees 1% of total profits. Like when I hit 1 million $ the owner of that 1% nft gets 10k$. An investment that pays if I succeed and they keep supporting me. Is that possible?

[@NFTsSimplified]

There are definitely NFT projects out there that give a percentage of the profits back to the NFT holders!

[@FrankySus]

@@NFTsSimplified sick! Thanks! Im a puppet worm hoping to become an nft as well. Hybrid type thing. Franklin puts the F in nft lol

[@thinklist]

Get video BUT… GAS fees on Polygon are virtually nothing and with more side chain and L2 solutions on the way massive GAS should be a thing of the past.

[@NFTsSimplified]

My next video is going to be all about Ethereum vs Polygon!

[@GeoCONeXion]

If you look the history of art the most great and rich artists always has excellent marketing project to.

[@NFTsSimplified]

Marketing/promotion is a HUGE factor and is often neglected in typical NFT discussions!

[@JohnBelley86]

Got to edit your audio, i had to tap out half way through. Just a tip: take your audio track and run 4-band compression and a De-esser on it, bring down the 4 bands until you hear the peaks even out. That sound of ceramic tiles sliding around on S's T's P's it's not your voice, it's the mic picking up your voice and since different pronounciations in reality come out at different volumes the mic peaks. You can fix this by compressing and evening out the lows and highs of spoken words and then removing the SSSSS with the de-esser. It's very easy to do, a few clicks and you'll sound a million times better.

[@DstrokeTV]

These comments are suspicious

[@TheMeatwade]

So people are buying a png photo that i could just screenshot? I really do not see why people are spendimg thousands on art that i could find free on google?

[@SOBEYOND]

Your videos have been so informative & down to earth - THANKS SO MUCH 🙏🏾

[@NFTsSimplified]

Thank you so much!! I'm so glad :)

[@DuceLeeTV]

Had to save this video, cant wait to watch this after work! This is my nft girl! 🔥💯

[@NFTsSimplified]

Haha, I hope I don't disappoint! Let me know what you think after you watch!

[@DuceLeeTV]

@@NFTsSimplified dude, u killed it! This is so good for anyone who just wants to understand the game of nfts. And since i saw your last video, i know you have a good inside point of view. Yea so basically, nfts are more like celebritiy novelties, or like sports items, or like you said, maybe tickets, or nft characters for meta games. Like ive heard of nft horses 🐎. But yea the gas fees, and u always hear all the stories and hype about nfts right? But the reality is its really expensive, and your odds of competing with a taylor swift nft dont exist, lol. U def, have to have like a million follows if u wanna drop a nft and make some kind of profit 📈 🤪. But this dosent mean im not interested in nfts, maybe the game will open up, and other block chains will have cheaper fees. Who knows? 😜 awesome video, cant want for the next one! Road to 1k ! Lego!!

[@NFTsSimplified]

Thank you so much!! It's hard to believe that 1K happened already! Thank you for watching :)

[@DuceLeeTV]

@@NFTsSimplified were commin for u 2K!! 😜👏

[@teehlfx5238]

This is the only video I’ve seen that explained NFTs in a way I could understand. Not sure if I’m better for it but I appreciate the effort.

[@silviefojtik6320]

Thank you for this series of videos! I’ve been grappling with it myself to mint my photos as NFTs while gas fees are so high. It’s hard for me to discern, but did you notice if that one time fee on open sea, for your first listing, is for your whole account or for every collection you create?

[@NFTsSimplified]

It applies to every collection you make in the future - you just need to do it once for your account!

[@silviefojtik6320]

Sweet 😍 thanks for the confirmation :)

[@silviefojtik6320]

Also good luck with your channel!!!

[@ryanmcgowan3061]

"The supply side is static." Uh, only if you ignore the entire market, in which the supply side is expanding rapidly. If I make 100 bead bracelets, and no other bead bracelets are like them, that doesn't mean the supply of bead bracelets is fixed. There's still millions of bead bracelets being made. That is WHY creators are finding themselves having to produce thousands of works of art: Because it's the only way to compete when supply is growing too fast (and prices fall fast as a result). You would be far better off using NFTs to enforce copyrights and prove you are the creator of a work of art. It's a great replacement for watermarks, and you can also use NFTs to digitally sign a contract granting rights to a buyer.

[@sammyjoze]

Well technically, USD is nonfungible if your put it that way [ 1:28 ] specifically due to the same reason you specified for the NFTs... It is irreplaceable and USDs have serial numbers in which differentiate each and every bill. and aswell, their is rare USD bills relating to the general mentions you've implied.

[@jugernault85]

Great video. I have only one question. How much do you need to spending to mint 10.000 nfts? I would like to learning more about nfts and how can I made a valued collection. But I think fee is highly expensive

[@nikfadzlie560]

You can use lazy minting, just pay for deploy the contract on blockchain. Of course cost to deploy on Ethereum is quite high

[@I-Dophler]

Unless you are well known, you will find it hard to sell any NFT's.

[@JeanLucCaptain]

basically just convinced me not to do NFT's despite requests on DA for sales. Every time i try and get into this whole Crypt thing its just immediately repulses me with how insanely multi-layered and complex it is.

[@vsam4621]

Very good video! thanks for sharing with us! I've recently learned about a project called 'Women Unite' . They said they 300x their last launch and now they are launching another collection. Looks very different as it's real human NFTs. Have you seen this project? Or could you do a review on your thoughts, not seen any videos about it but don't want to miss it?

[@itstoniy0]

Glad that I saw this comment! I saw their promotions and huge giveaway! They looked legit and I'm tempted to invest but a review video would be amazing please!

[@Pulse2AM]

Great stuff thank you. I just started an Open Sea account with a small number of pieces, I used Polygon. Now I'm re-thinking it all if want to go down this road! Ha I'll watch more of your videos, so far I'm not out any money, just a little time. By the way I'm a independent musician, I would love to see a video on how independent musicians can use NFT's to further their careers! My listing on Open Sea is art work not music related. I have a feeling this trend of flipping NFT's that is so in vogue will be short lived when people stop being able to sell them, it seems to me it's a bit of a feeding frenzy at the moment as many of them really aren't that great from an art point of view. The people making 10K NFT's are just playing the numbers game and they'll do well while the market is hot but the buyers may be left with nothing they can sell.

[@nocap249]

You are doing a great job by educating people here. But i disagree with you on few things. You dont have to have 10k items to start. Right now only reason people generate 10k is number of buyers is less, so by having a large collection they wont help their owner make money. But if you look at Adam Bomb squad they have 100k items, but they are already establish brand. Which doesn’t harm to their reputation. Lately more more nfts are expanding their number eg CloneX recently minted 20K nfts. More and more project will start doing it because of the benefit of having large audience. Secondly i disagree where you say by having 30 piece you wont make money. Which is right and wrong. Let me explain, if you have 30 items for sale with great art and utility and community. You will actually make more money because of its scarcity when more and more collector come across your art piece. They will pay more due to its scarcity. You are right if the person fails to execute on the roadmap which will lead to death of project. Adding one more reason why starting with 1 to 1 or 30 piece why it is better. You can always create more art if your project seeks eyeballs. But genesis token holder will be rewarded for believing in you before any other collector.

[@sw23ae]

So if you make a 10,000 collection of NFTs and sell them on opensea the user pays for the fees not the creator?

[@abranquinonez4845]

Was just curious what a nft is and ended up watching this video. Young lady you did a great job articulating such a new subject in a manner that even a newbie like myself understood it.

[@Alphain]

Thanks for such a wonderful Explanation! I had Request...Can you make a video on KZbin growth because Recently you're channel has been Doing very well and I would love to learn from you!

[@NFTsSimplified]

Ooh interesting idea! Maybe I'll make one when I get monetized!

[@BrainFogDanellesReviews]

I just screenshot it and therefore it's not nft. It's messed up. Can't yall flex some other way that doesn't destroy our earth!?

[@thenewsletterroom]

This was really helpful! Thank you so much. It helped me so much in understanding my purpose for why I want to use NFTs and overall, your explanation was straightforward and clear cut. Not a second was wasted at all in your delivery and so, thank you so much for that.

[@NFTsSimplified]

Thank you so much for the kind words! I really appreciate it :)

[@lahrah3633]

Thanks for this, it was necessary because of allllll the nft videos lined up that speak of none of this.

[@NFTsSimplified]

I'm trying to give a broader perspective on NFTs as a whole!

[@Driver2Pilot]

What do you think about NFTs that allow the holders to be submitted into a weekly giveaway? A project like Thortles NFT Club is a good example. This project is on the Avalanche network.

[@yudag]

You gotta be careful about other chains it is possible to make money as a trader and a creator but its much harder.

[@tonyhtran]

killed it and linked to other videos! Aprilyne is finee and feeling fine and her content is fineee!

[@NFTsSimplified]

Haha thank you so much Tony! I appreciate it :)

[@tonyhtran]

@@NFTsSimplified I really should say that I learnt a good deal on NFt, how many you need and other factors and gas rates! Such wonderful content

[@CosmoSimpDragon]

oh my god, (note : i havent watched the vid yet) wow your channel grew up from 567 to 1.75k in what? about a month damnn this is good all the best for your future journey to 568k or million lmao

[@CosmoSimpDragon]

never ming its judt 8 days LOL

[@CosmoSimpDragon]

568*

[@NFTsSimplified]

Haha, thanks so much!! It's definitely been a crazy week. I'm so grateful that the KZbin gods are smiling down on me ;)

[@Lionsgala]

Some of them are selling out overtime releasing the collection making a lot of sales but not selling everything of course like you said marketing is very very important

[@guaromiami]

It's nice to get a perspective from someone who's not just all head in the clouds about NFTs.

[@NFTsSimplified]

I appreciate it :)

[@pixelb0i255]

@Aprilynne thanks for covering in suh great detail. Imma hitch a ride on this channel :)

[@NFTsSimplified]

Thank you so much! I really appreciate it :)

[@theroyalone7588]

Question:So when you announce that you are going to drop A NFT collection, is it being announced to all the NFT members or what ? Please help with this answer

[@GraceNcube]

Yesssss so much clarity and value from your vids! Thank you!!!

[@NFTsSimplified]

Thank you so much! I really appreciate it :)

[@JUSTMANUPMOTIVATION]

If you have roughly 15k for marketing , hiring a freelancer, website developer and discord creator you’re good to go man. The nft market is absolutely crazy right now and definitely worth creating your own NFT’s.

[@Ekruger7]

you're writing this as if it's normal to drop 15k as an artist to just market your work

[@DinodogJr]

Only if Artists have this amount of big money to spare. Even a few hundred USD would takes effort to earn. USD15k to invest an unfamiliar NFT market is a 'suicide' plan to Artist. Unless you are lucky enough to have Big Agency handles your artwork minted into NFT. Then you earn some profit after the NFT sales. This one is more secure for your own peace of mind as Artists need to take care of their Creation work and Investment in NFT is already a stressful lifestyle.

[@samuelzev4076]

What would be your advice for newbies who is just getting started in making NFTs? I just started my collection on opensea consisting of nature photography NFTs i haven’t made any sales so far despite advertising my work on Facebook, how can I improve?

[@beatweezl]

Wow, your demeanor and delivery is so professional but you look so young. Like you've been doing this your whole life but your life can't be that long at what, 22? You're really good and your explanations are so clear that even I can understand them LOL!!! Just followed you on IG.

[@s0c0urt]

Do you need to set up your own website for nfts? Or is that only if you want to promote it?

[@NFTsSimplified]

You can sell your NFTs directly on OpenSea or other NFT trading platforms - you don't need your own website!

[@MapleJokerRofl]

The cartels laundering money are in love with NFTs right now 😍😍

[@acutecloudd7970]

They could launder money any other way. They don't care about NFT

[@thetaeater]

So are these things trademarked? What is stopping someone from replicating "digital" art into physical objects like t-shirts, wall art or even logos for a biz?

[@-DannyFathom-]

Hi April! New to the channel, I'll be looking to start minting NFTs on the Cardano blockchain and just wanted to say thanks for the insightful video!

[@citrusgoldfish]

Thank you for this , been having a hard time navigating all the NFT trend and how to start.

[@NFTsSimplified]

I hope this was helpful!

[@TheDaneTV]

What if I had a part in the NFT “free to screenshot!”?

[@TheDaneTV]

In the name of it

[@TheDaneTV]

I don’t wanna make money of it

[@TheDaneTV]

I have plenty of money

[@ease7142]

By selling an NFT, am I also selling ownership of the Image im using? Can I use an Image multiple times? Do I actually need to own the Image my self?

[@Sparkyj89]

Nice video!! Jw, do you have any veve nfts? From the veve app? I’m sure the veve community could use some of your knowledge 👍

[@tokyowarfare6729]

everytime I heard a comparison between a phyisical piece of art vs NFT I really find it inonsense. If the real word copy was the very same at atom level as a digital copy is, both paintings would be valued the same bcause they're the same thing. And TBH, for me the NFT point would be the point of being the sole popietor of a particular piece of art, more like a global trademark thing

[@MrJfizzle11233]

Your video is underrated. You gave me the information I wanted in a confident and expedient manner. Also, you should consider voice acting or voice over work in general. Do you sing by any chance?

[@NFTsSimplified]

I have the worst singing voice in the world haha. But I appreciate the kind words!

[@EL_PLAGA]

Couple tweaks. One there are literally a hand full of protocol one can make and deploy nfts on. Solana, Avalanche, Terra Luna, Cardano, Polygon, and many other others.

[@NFTsSimplified]

I have a new video about the differences between Ethereum & Polygon! Definitely agree that there are better options than Ethereum for most NFT projects

[@Saderdanjiel]

Aprilynne, I wouldn't consider a dollar as an example of something that is Fungible. While 1 dollar can be exchanged for 1 dollar, this is only an equal exchange of value. Every dollar has a serial number on it that is (in theory) not the same as any other dollar. Hence you can argue that a US Dollar, in physical form, is more like an NFT then not. If NFT art is only known as such because of a unique NFT tag, which is a series of characters, then every paper US Dollar is the physical equivalent of an NFT, just not attached to a blockchain.

[@aligokce7836]

Do NFTs need to be a collection that I should finish, say 1000 of them, and post at once? Can I just post one NFT, say per week?

[@NFTsSimplified]

You can technically post one per week if you want!

[@uppercrust400]

I was considering selling NFTs and appreciate the hard truth of this video. There's no point in activity that isn't going to be profitable. GAS FEES - OMG! I think they're trying to sucker me.

[@JarrisVonzombie]

Explained thoroughly and very well. Great job!

[@NFTsSimplified]

Thanks so much Jarris, I really appreciate it!

[@Lionsgala]

Actually some of these nft collections aren't selling out immediately

[@BrainFogDanellesReviews]

It's a scam, don't buy it. It's destroying humanity

[@user-sx1to7zu1o]

I can just save/screenshot the picture

[@miguelgomez1732]

Yeah so point is if u don’t want to work hard to potentially make a couple thousands of dollars with an NFT, then just stick to a 9-5

[@gbbies]

finally someone who explains exactly what NFTs are and how they work. ty!

[@thutrangnguyen9628]

Appreciate the info man. What do you think about FIWA coin? I'm investing in it and I can see it for a long time

[@blank.9301]

How come I didn't have to pay the "initialisation fee" when starting on open sea?? 🤔

[@NFTsSimplified]

You only have to pay if you're selling NFTs, and if you're using the Ethereum blockchain (not Polygon)

[@blank.9301]

@@NFTsSimplified ok makes sense, thanks 👍

[@michaeldibari2851]

Thank you for this video. It was what I needed to hear !

[@NFTsSimplified]

I'm so glad it was helpful!

[@bubbalo3388]

Good explanation. I get people are making money off of them by buying and flipping them, but the people buying them and thinking that a digital NFT will be like a Van Gogh collector think may be in for a shocker later down the line if they paid big money and hold on to them. And the people that don't cash out will be in for a shocker also. NFTs are nothing like a Van Gogh which are truly one of a kind pieces of art. An NFT is digital art which can be replicated identically. So someone holds a certificate saying they own the rights to the original copy, big deal. It's just a digital image and nothing unique about it like a one of a kind artwork created by an artists own hands, feelings, visions etc. on a canvas or whatever of which cannot be mass reproduced. Sure you can make a digital image of a painting but it is not like the original unlike an NFT. People went crazy and paid lots of money and even fought over Beanie Babies, Cabbage Patch dolls and Elmo's. Now they are worth nothing. The people who made money were the ones who got in early and sold them before the craze died down.

[@mickie001]

Hey April. Let's say I generated 10,000 nfts... But just dropped 1,000 due to low following. Would it be a good idea to drop the rest gradually as the community grows?

[@yudag]

Depends on the project but that would increase the supply hence decrease the price with unhappy owners

[@NFTsSimplified]

I agree with Yudag - keep the supply the same. You can always generate a larger collection in the future!

[@lonburgundy1]

He what’s up, Did you generate 10000 nfts?

[@psychonarwhal9503]

I love your Videos! Keep up the good work

[@PetitFlorals]

I agree that it takes an audience to sell NFT's, but I don't think that is the only factor. I think people who sell NFTs need to think through a collection.

[@NFTsSimplified]

There are definitely MANY factors that go into whether or not an NFT project will be successful

[@wonder7798]

What value would an nft have in reality? Does it cost to create? It seems like connecting with others is becoming more and more superficial and based on consumption. This is a direct hit to the purpose of life. A human beings purposeful journey in real connection attached with an emotion