How to create a collection (ERC721)
A step-by-step guide on how to create a collection contract on Freee.
Freee provides an easy-to-use, no-code-required solution to launch and manage NFT project. A collection provide full-fledged solution for NFT launching, by allowing multi minting stages, collection reveal experience, disable collection secondary market trading before mint out and etc. Creators will be able to have full control on how they gonna launch their collection.
Want to test out your collection?
We recommend using our testnet before setting your collection live. Testing on the testnet provides a risk-free environment where you can ensure that your collection functions correctly and identify any potential issues before they occur on the mainnet, saving your time and ETH.
Creating your Collection
Follow the step-by-step guide below to get your collection setup on Freee in no time.
Connect your wallet on freee.xyz
Click the "Create" Button on the top right corner.
Select "Collection" from the drop-down menu.
Alternately, you may follow this link to get started: https://freee.xyz/create/collection
Step 1: Fill in Collection Info
Fill in the details of your collection:
*Required Fields
Fill in your collection Name. *
Select and upload a Collection Thumbnail image for your collection. This image be use as cover image for your collection on Freee. *
Enter the Symbol for your collection. The symbol acts as a token name for your drop and cannot be changed once your contract has been created. *
Add a description, any information you want to share about your collection. You may include an external links. *
Set your Collection Size, this is the total NFT supply in your collection. Please note that this is not edit-able after you deploy your contract. *
Fill in the Royalty, the royalty is set by creator sets in the creation process to suggest a fixed percent value sent to you on every sale of your collection. *
Input a Payout Address, wallet address to receive withdrawals & royalties, It will be default to connected wallet; however, you can change it to a multi-signature wallet or an external split contract. *
Select Network where you want to deploy your collection contract. *
Step 2: Setup Sale Stages
Most of the times, an NFT project will include multiple sale stages, including an Presale phase (sometimes called a “pre-mint”, “allowlist mint” or “whitelist mint”) that gives early access to those who are on the allowlist. Freee collection comes with 2 types of sale stages (minting stages).
Presale Stages: Allocate your collection to a specific groups of audience, called an “allowlist” who get the privilege to mint earlier or at a special price. A collection can setup up to 5 presale stages.
Public Sale: Everyone can mint your collection until mint out.
Important: Do note that if you haven't confirm your decision on sale stages, both Presale and Public Sale, you are till able to proceed by click on Continue button and set it up later in Collection management page.
2.1 Setup Presale Stage
Click on the Add a Presale button to start setting up.
*Required Fields
Enter Stage Name for your presale. *
[Optional] Set a Stage Supply if applicable. This limit the number of NFT that can be mint during this stage.
Set a Stage Price, enter your desired amount in ETH (or other selected chain currency). The price can be updated after your collection has been created.
Decide Start & end time of current presale stage. This is optional during contract creation, but you are require to setup afterward, else your collection Presale stage won't start.
Fill in Mint limit per address for current stage. This is required, presale stage need to have a default limit of number of NFT an allowlist address can mint. *
Setup Allowlist for current stage, setup list of wallet addresses that allow to mint at current stage. You have option to upload an CSV (follow specified format) or enter all addresses manually. This is optional during contract creation, but you are require to setup afterward, else your collection Presale stage will be inactive.
2.2 Setup Public Sale
Set a Price for public sale, enter your desired amount in ETH (or other selected chain currency). The price can be updated after your collection has been created.
Decide Start & end time of public sale. This is optional during contract creation, but you are require to setup afterward, else your collection Presale stage won't start.
Fill in Mint limit per address for public sale. This is optional, leave empty if don't want to limit number of NFT a user can mint.
2.3 Lock trading before mint out
It's up to project owner to decide whether to disable trading of collection's NFT on secondary market before collection mint out. This option is default tuned ON for collection.
Step 3: Prepare for Reveal Experience
What is a reveal experience?
Sometimes, creator/project owner don’t reveal their artwork until after the project mint out. When user participate in the collection mint, the NFT everyone mints will at first look the same, which is placeholder pre-reveal artwork. The “real” NFT metadata and artwork will be “revealed” afterward when the creator/project owner updates the collection NFT’s metadata.
Freee provides 2 options for creator/project owner, where you get to decide whether you want a reveal experience for your collection or rather not to have.
3.1 Setup Reveal Experience
Select I want reveal experience, setup pre-reveal option.
*Required Fields
Select and upload a Pre-reveal Image, this will be the image user get when the participate in mint before creator/project owner reveal the collection artworks. *
Enter Pre-reveal Description, this description will be displayed as individual NFT description on secondary market before collection revealed. This is optional.
3.2 No reveal experience
Select No reveal needed, upload collection artworks option.
Creator/project owner are provided with 2 ways to upload collection artworks.
Refer How to upload collection artworks? section for more details.
Step 4: Review and Create
This is the last step for creating a Collection on Freee. You are required to review all the setup you done in previous steps and if no problem found, proceed to click on the Create button.
Once you click the "Create" button to finish creating your collection. This will prompt you to accept a gas fee, refer steps below:
An upload process will start automatically once you’ve approved the transaction within your wallet. This process is there to upload setup related to artwork onto decentralised storage.
After upload done, a message will appear within your connected wallet for you to approve the gas fee to complete the creation of your drop. Review and approve it, then wait for your transaction to complete.
Once the transaction has been confirmed and collection created, you're set to launch your NFT collection on Freee.
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