The first step is to create a wallet with Metamask(cryptocurrency wallet) which is used to store your funds so it is vital to store your login credentials on a piece of paper somewhere safe as if you was protecting your bank account, once created you can then visit the Opensea market website on the Metamask apps browser section or using any browser of your choice once it is connected to your wallet you can then access the NFT marketplace from the wallets browser.
The next step once it is all linked and connected to one another is too then visit the create section of the homepage on Opensea, it should then take you to the page pictured on the right which allows you to upload whatever it may be you’d like to turn into a NFT once you have decided and uploaded whatever it may be you will then need to iron out the details of your non-fungible token.
You must then categorize your NFT into a collection that suits it and also adds any properties to it such as earning a percentage of royalties after each resale of it, so the creator and original person with the idea is always rewarded and rightly so for creators of art and memorabilia. You can also add the aspect of unlockable content like it offers as a unique feature to your non-fungible token. Along with this it also allows for you to set it as explicit or sensitive content meaning those who then search for NFTs to buy can choose when using the search engine to filter out this kind of content or not. The properties show up underneath your item, are clickable, and can be filtered in your collections sidebar.
Unique items have a maximum supply of just one copy meaning only one copy can be ever minted. This is what a non fungible token refers to. A value higher than one makes your item ownable by multiple wallets, and each wallet can own more than one copy. This is the meaning of `fungible’.
The maximum supply(hard cap) of your token will be encoded with its unique ID. This allows the smart contracts on either the Ethereum application or polygon network to check wether anymore can be minted.
The last two steps are up to you whether you would rather use the Ethereum blockchain or polygon network to run your NFT on. Lastly, the decision of freezing your metadata will allow you to permanently lock qnd store all of the content of this item in decentralized file storage. Once locked, content cannot be edited or removed as it is permanently integrated into decentralized file storage, which will be accessible for other clients to view and use.
Quick disclaimer:
You can use any of the following wallets to connect to the NFT marketplace Opensea, we have preferred to use Metamask for this tutorial however the steps are the same for all of the wallets.
