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# Create a Collection

Artblast's goal is to enable creators to accurately realize their vision with minimal friction. Our suite of tools supports diverse collection types, from 10k generative mints to 1/1 auctions.

Our optimized deployer keeps costs low for both creators and minters. Deploying a contract can cost as little as $1-5 with favorable gas prices.

Please thoroughly review our docs and tutorial to understand collection creation, deployment, and post-launch management. 

We highly recommend running through deployment beforehand. More testnet details [here](https://sepolia.artblast.xyz/).

Our creator and deployment tools are permissionless — anyone is free to use them to launch on Artblast. We still encourage all artists looking to launch on the platform to reach out to our [Telegram](https://t.me/+2puf0eXZSK1kZjU6), so we could help in case you run into any issues.

If unsure where to start after reading, don't hesitate to DM us[ on Twitter](https://twitter.com/artblastnft) or visit our [Telegram](https://t.me/+2puf0eXZSK1kZjU6). Don’t be afraid to share and discuss what you're working on with others in the Artblast community!

There are two key interfaces:

* The Creator Panel to manage deployments
* The Launch Panel to configure and publish live

## The Creator Panel

The creator panel is where you'll enter critical information such as your collection name, supply, baseURI, and mint time/conditions. 

* Name: Cannot be changed later. Ex. "Bisou Bijouterie"
* Symbol: Short all-caps version of name. Cannot be changed. Try to be unique but not required. Ex. "BBS"
* Max Supply: Can change later unless below highest token ID minted.
* Token Price: Estimate for Affiliates, not actual price. See List Prices.
* Base URI: HTTPS or IPFS supported. Generic IPFS fine initially. Format: ipfs\://CID/ with trailing slash. Contracts add token ID.
* Custom Withdraw Address: Default sends proceeds to collection owner. Useful if auto-splitting funds.
* Default Royalty: Recommended 5%. Secondary sales can override.
* Affiliate Fee: Optional. Up to 50% of mint price to referrers. eg. If set at 50%, you receive 45%, while Artblast 5%. Can enable later.
* Affiliate Discount: Optional incentive discount % for referrer minters. Up to 50%.
* Bulk Discounts: Optional. Set tiers of bulk mint discounts.

After deployment make sure your mint lists are set up appropriately. 

Creators new to NFTs may be confused by the BaseURI field. You’ll need it when using another interface we’ll cover in the next section, [Content Uploader](https://uploader.scatter.art/)

## The Content Uploader

We choose Scatter as a provider of the IPFS generator, it allows quick and easy art and metadata uploads. It generates the BaseURI that links your creations to tokens on-chain. Think of the BaseURI as telling your contract which token maps to which content.

### File Requirements

You'll need to upload images/media and metadata.

Images/Media - The tool supports png, jpg, glb, mp3, mp4, etc. Name files numerically by mint order (1.png, 2.png, etc.)

Metadata - If having traits, metadata assigns labels, traits, and attributes to each NFT via a JSON file. 

Place all images, media and metadata in one .zip file for upload.

### Storage Options

You must select storage for hosting media. We offer:

NFT.Storage – Free IPFS storage but public so sniping is possible. Use placeholder images initially then update BaseURI post-reveal via the edit collection panel.

ImmediateReveal – Private hosted storage offered to creators free of charge with reveal on-demand with each mint. Addresses sniping concerns by hiding metadata till minted. Available by request.