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# Why Artblast?

## Lower Risk, Frictionless Minting, and Trusted Contracts

Artblast's contracts are battle-tested, audited, and designed to avoid many common human errors. You don't need technical expertise to deploy them through our easy-to-use factories.

For minters, Artblast offers a trusted platform from an established team and community. Random dApps require trusted verification of contract safety. But with Artblast, people know what to expect - no risk of compromised third-party code. This lowers minting friction.

## Affordable Deployment and Minting

Our contract factories enable affordable deployment without sacrificing ownership. The contract cryptographically belongs to you — your art, your terms, your keys.

Artblast optimizes contracts to balance features and low fees, for deployers and minters alike.

## Easy to Use Testnet

Experiment safely before your mainnet launch. Get free test ETH from faucets.

## Unmatched Feature Set

We continually add new minting features so creators can tailor the perfect experience:

* Affiliate fees 
* Possibility to mint in different staged for different address lists (WLs)
* Each list can have different price/mint time

## Zero Upfront Fees

Only a 4% platform fee taken from paid mints. Covers all services like support and custom work.

Free mints are welcome too. We facilitate claims and airdrops, only paying gas.

## Custom Support

Plans beyond a basic NFT mint? Want custom contracts or dApps? Our team helps creators realize technical and creative visions. Let us know how we can assist!