How do you create a POAP and what is the cost involved?
Hello! Interested in learning how to create a POAP and whether you start over in creation each time you create a new POAP. Also, what is the typical cost in generating POAPS (does the POAP app charge a fee)? And, what can POAPS be used for as the creator. THANK YOU!
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Hello Aly, You will need to create a new POAP for every event you would want to do. POAP is a new way of keeping a reliable record of life experiences. Each time they take part on an event, POAP collectors get a unique badge that is supported by a cryptographic record. It's more of a memento or a badge that says you attended a certain event. They are fun to collect and have no utility ( I believe). I found this guide to be very useful with easy steps on how to create some! https://www.startwithnfts.com/posts/how-to-create-a-poap/
Hi Aly! POAPs are completely free to create! You can create your very first POAP by following this link: https://app.poap.xyz/admin/events and clicking the "create new POAP" button. A very detailed break down on how to set up your own drop is offered here: https://intercom.help/poap/en/articles/5802657-how-do-i-set-up-a-poap-drop Before creating the POAP, you'll want to think about what will be the best distribution method. The most common method is via mint links. How mint links work, is when you create the POAP (via the first link above), you have the option to request a certain amount of unique links to be sent to your inbox. Let's say you put in "50" because that's the amount of POAPs you expect to distribute. The POAP curation board will review your petition, and if approved, they will send you a .txt file with 50 unique minting links, each with the ability to mint the POAP you created, and limited to one mint + one unique wallet. You can choose how you wish to distribute these mint links, either manually, or through the many other methods the POAP board offers. You can see details and tutorials on how each delivery method works here: https://intercom.help/poap/en/articles/5812140-poap-distribution-methods-101 Please let me know if you have any other questions, as I distribute POAPs to our lovely CATC community all the time 💜 Please note that mint link requests are usually limited to about 100 mint links (sooometimes you can get away with 200 but even these days that's exceedingly rare).
Thank you so much for the detailed response. I wonder if the POAP mint link numbers have changed (been reduced) over the year, as the article below discusses a projects use of POAPs to onboard community through them. https://guildofguardians.medium.com/poap-success-how-we-got-30-000-new-discord-members-in-48-hours-4c4420c83835
It has definitely been nerfed. You're lucky if you can event request 200 mint links. I've heard you can get higher distributions with other methods that don't involve mint links, but I'm not sure. Also, I'm not sure if POAPs are so successful at getting traffic anymore since they're not as "hip" these days due to not being able to see them on OpenSea and such. There are some POAP hunters out there that join servers just to get POAPs but the vast majority of people don't really bother going too much out of their way to get a POAP these days, in my opinion.
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TY for your response and the link with additional info!