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Aug 21, 2021Liked by Etta Tottie

I know how much you love NFTs and talking about them. Me as well. I really care about your opinions.

I love design and art, I can say that this is my job. When I first heard about NFTs, I was very surprised and even the idea that such a thing could happen excited me. This is the perfect opportunity for both art lovers and artists! Looking from the side of the artist and designers, their communication with users has really accelerated.

When we look at it from the point of view of users and collectors, everything has become easier for them as they are also a part of this communication.

NFT technology is a great incentive to artists who want to be present with it. Anything that encourages art is beautiful!

The market place is very important here. It is very important for new collectors to have the option to pay with a credit card. The first NFTs I personally bought were NBA Topshot's NFTs. Of course I knew about crypto, but the ease of getting it with my credit card made it easier for me to get things done. I think this is a very important option.

Another important thing is the interface. User experience is getting more and more into our lives every day. Ease of use encourages more use of whatever is used. Everyone cares about simplicity these days. If the important thing is art and glorifying art, everything else should be in its favour. Simply.

May art and NFTs always be in our lives! Many thanks for the article.

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Aug 20, 2021Liked by Etta Tottie

I think it is the simplicity what leads the way as not depending however complex the art and artists are. If you were able to attract one user, by designing both interface and purchasing/viewing options simpler, you can attract 5 users.

I get how much hard is it for an outsider to create a wallet in several networks and link them to marketplaces like Opensea and Rarible. So the example I can give is NBA Topshot, its currency is based on $ and you can either use your credit card or crypto currencies to load money. Their wallet is easy to create and use, plus it's directly connected to the website, so beginners wouldn't have difficulties.

Other than that, sadly, I think influence is the main thing here, more popularity you have more users you will attract. So it would be good to take attention of influencers and make a contact with them. However, I think self-influence and community plays a high role. Let's think about the global contest of Finney. We started showing up Finney posters all around the world in historical places or the places we think are alive. If 100 people crosses over and 10 of them notices the poster, I think it is enough for us to take interest of at least 1 of them.

Thanks for the article and leading us to make a brainstorm!

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Aug 21, 2021Liked by Etta Tottie

As a female art lover, I loved that you set your heart on this idea. You support art on all platforms with great devotion. Your effort to grow and spread NFT is actually very valuable to all of us.

NFT art is still not in the place it deserves in my opinion. But as long as there are people like us, I see no reason why it shouldn't get the place it deserves.

I love NFTs and want them to spread to a wider audience. You mentioned about everything that needs to be done to make this happen.

Thank you for the article.

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Aug 20, 2021Liked by Etta Tottie

Excellent article!! A perspective that I think is missing in the NFT space is that the markers of marketplaces are makers of shopping sites, and we know a tremendous amount about building shopping sites in the non-crypto world. There is no need to reinvent the wheel. There is a desperate need for sites to step up to a basic level of functionality - powerful search, categories, filters, payment options, sorting options, bookmarking options, etc. Amazon, eBay, Etsy - they have given you the model and trained most of us to be online shoppers. The artists are your supply chain, and they are critically important - I'm an artist and I want platforms that respect and empower me - but the collectors are your customers. It is your job to eliminate any source of friction that hinders their shopping experience.

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Aug 21, 2021Liked by Etta Tottie

As always, an inspiring article. thank you for that.

There are difficulties in attracting a collector to the NFT market in the new era.

You know old people, art lovers, they like to go to a gallery and buy art, that's their habit.

So how can we attract these people to the world of nft?

You explained it really well in this article.

I can understand from his suggestions that he thinks a lot about this and works.

I try to do most of the things you mentioned in the article as best I can.

I considered it my duty to support and share all artists, especially in social media networks such as twitter and instagram.

I have felt since day one that this is necessary for all of us.

Thanks to this nice article, I learned what I can do more.

yes, it comes by learning the new generation cryptocurrencies and blockchain.

this promises a great future for the whole ecosystem.

But the thing we must not forget is that there is much we can do.

we can start by sharing this great article with all nft communities.

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Aug 20, 2021Liked by Etta Tottie

The world of NFT is evolving and even many celebrities have joined this community.

This will have even more positive effects for the community going forward if artists follow certain guidelines as guidelines when trading NFT.

I believe that NFTs will gain the value and position they deserve in the world.

It is very important to research what will appeal to collectors and what kind of art they like and buy.

There are still a lot of people who haven't even heard of NFTs yet, I think new people should step in so that everyone will be positively affected as the market volume will increase.

Your emphasis on interaction in the NFT world was very good.

I agree with you that we can achieve success this way.

I think one of the biggest problems in the Nft world is the number of artists and collectors.

I still don't think enough people know that.

We have to do this and we can.

Thanks for the article.

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Aug 23, 2021Liked by Etta Tottie

I totally agree that nfts are addictive. whenever i have money i immediately go and open finney vol.1 package. If I wasn't lucky, I would have already lost money.

Let's not fool each other, most of us buy nfts for investment purposes, but if you ask me whether to invest in a coin or invest in nft, I will answer nft because it is fun.

It hasn't even been a year since I discovered the nft ecosystem. I learned what NFT is from social media because there was no one around me who knew what it was. It was thanks to halalensana that I discovered this community. He talked about the future of the project from the telegram group, thank you very much.

I don't think nfts are still reaching their potential. I saw a photo recently. Bill Gates' describing the internet in 1995 is likened to stockbrokers describing nft in 2021. a very true analogy, we are at the beginning of the road

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You've said some very important things about the NFT market and its sale.

Actually, they're beautiful, but they have an illegal vibe. I feel like I'm doing something illegal. And they're all very free. Independents.

You said all bitcoins are the same in crypto. Very true.

In the NFT, the situation is different. Even if it's 500 from an NFT, the Mint number is different. So it's different again. It sometimes gets valuable according to the mint number.

While everything is so beautiful, the bad thing is that it can't be sold easily. This kind of diversity prevents the sale a little bit.

The Market remains a little weak. Or low demand. But it's just evolving. And the NFT wind is a very strong wind.

Thanks for the nice post.

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Aug 20, 2021Liked by Etta Tottie

To us, the NFTS see a lot of value right now. But in fact it is not.

Someone who works at the grocery store knows the crypto. But he still doesn't know the NFTS. The grocery store is just an example. Someone walking down the road, a ceo, an officer.

NFTs are the most beautiful person-to-person.

Something like a manual can be prepared for artists. Be successful and by a person who knows the job. I'm sure a lot of artists want to do nft, but they can't because of a lack of information. So all artists can do it.

I think growth and spread can happen in two ways. With ads of people that people follow and love. Or by introducing people like me to their environment.

It hasn't been a long time, but I introduced 5 of my friends, and they introduced 2 of their friends to nft. It's a great way to grow up.

Diversity, demand, art and blockchain. How nice would it be.

Thanks for the article.

Have a nice day.

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Aug 21, 2021Liked by Etta Tottie

Spending all of your cash on a business you love is an admirable undertaking.

The NFT category suddenly gained value and then fell.

This is because of those who enter this market just to make money. In other words, they want to win in a short time. When they don't get what they want, they sell cheap and reduce the market.

We need to get rid of people with this mentality and recruit people like you.

I care a lot about art. I don't have many opportunities in the country I live in, but thanks to the people I follow on social media, I can be in a museum in Paris with them.

I have plans abroad in the future, I hope I realize it.

I would like to share a good news about the NFT world.

"Alibaba, one of the important companies in China, announced that it has established a marketplace where it can sell its copyrights as NFT.

Alibaba has named a new marketplace “Blockchain Digital Copyright and Asset-Trade” that allows trademark holders to sell tokenized licenses of copyright. Users can access the new NFT market through Alibaba's auction platform.

According to the information shared by the company, NFTs will be published on the “New Copyright Blockchain” platform, which is centrally operated by the Copyright Committee of the Sichuan Blockchain Association. Alibaba's NFT marketplace targets writers, musicians, artists, and game developers.

With this market, users will be able to easily sell the copyrights of their products and content as NFT. Buyers will be able to view their collections through Bit Universe, the crypto portfolio app integrated into WeChat."

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Aug 22, 2021Liked by Etta Tottie

You are one of the best writers of the NFT Section

We all have to learn many things and stuff's from your guidance and love your way of explaining and i believe it excites you more writing this types of article and i am saying truly that i love reading these awesome Article

There are many difficulties in the way / path of success and everyone who Wants to achieve something has to cross it in there life some fail some succeed and some may keep trying to get there and same is with the artist it takes alot ideas and many night's of work and i know some artist who don't stay at there home when they prepare an art just to Focus on it and bring something which can attract a huge crowd and i am not myself a artist but i can say that being an artist is not easy thing

Many people things that artist just make some drawings on iPads and sell them in market for 200-500 bucks sometimes but it's not like that my friends

I will suggest you to just go and ask one of your Artist friend about their daily routine and you will get to know that how much hardwork is behind a single art/nft

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Great article, NFT world continues to develop with new projects, and arts fascinate us.

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Aug 22, 2021Liked by Etta Tottie

To be honest, I don't see how, even if I make my grandpa to be interested into nfts, if I had to tell him to make a bank transfer to the P2P Binance to buy Bitcoin, then trade for stellar, then transfer to huobi, then trade again to btc, so he can trade that to wax and finally transfer to his wax account to buy an nft, he would never do it.

So it's too hard for regular people to get into nfts, someday most of the ones who are into crypto will be at nfts, but that's it, the max public reached, and I feel we are already just trading with each other.

"There has to be an easier way"

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Aug 21, 2021Liked by Etta Tottie

I really think the most important thing in here that you hear all the time but really is important is "only buy art you like". Gambling on value is fun, but in the end of the day you need to be able to fall back on something you really like, or it gets really depressing.

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Aug 20, 2021Liked by Etta Tottie

NFTs and crypto art has changed the lives of many digital and traditional artists and many of them no longer have to sit and wait for commissions, while collectors have also been enjoying the massive range of creativity.

However, NFTs can be very hard to sell because of the low liquidity which in turn exists because collectors are not nearly enough. I have noticed that gaming NFTs fair better though because of their loyal fan communities.

For collectible NFTs and pure NFT artworks, the marketplaces need to do more while the blockchains also need to ramp up their marketing and build more partnerships.

Having alternative purchase options (with fair transaction fees) will also go a long way as you stated. Just look at Veve (ECOMI) to see the huge effect this has had on their success apart from their high profile partnerships with major mainstream brands.

I have always held the opinion that NFTs have a greater chance for mass adoption because of their many use cases but the market is currently sort of closed to non-crypto enthusiasts because there hasn't been substantial noise to draw in new collectors (and speculators).

This lack of awareness is probably connected to the small marketing budgets of most NFT projects and the fact that crypto artists generally hardly even have any such budgets.

Beyond marketing budgets and partnerships, your approach is the next best thing and if we all do the little we can, the NFT space will grow exponentially to the benefit of all stakeholders.

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Aug 22, 2021Liked by Etta Tottie

I believe that an easy to use marketplace which accepts multiple forms of payment and supports multiple blockchains is crucial to get more people into NFTs. It should be a seamless experience.

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