Today is the day. Your friends have talked your ear off about NFTs, and the artwork that resonates with you is an exquisite woman in trendy clothes. Well, we are here to hold your hand; guide you into the digital oasis, and help you start your art collection on OpenSea.
After acquiring Ethereum and setting up your wallet, we get to the fun part.
We are connecting through Metamask for this tutorial. You can use other wallets, and most are just as easy to connect.
When your ETH balance is shown, you are properly connected. I recommend having wrapped ETH (WETH) as well if you want to place offers on any pieces of artwork. You can wrap ETH on Uniswap, and Opensea has a drop-down window to convert it as well.
After the wallet is connected, we can now begin our search. Be aware that most established projects should have a verified checkmark. Always make sure there is a check, or if the project is new, find the project discord and look in announcements for the direct link to the collection to avoid scams.
For this tutorial, we are just going over the basics of perusing Avatar NFTs. Each image has a set number of randomized traits. For World of Women, there are 11 primary traits, and each trait has an additional subset; for example, there are 28 different eye traits. Pick attributes that resonate with you as this is now your online persona! Once you found the WoWNFT of your dreams, you can use the buy it now feature if it is listed. If the one you most desire is not listed, you can place an offer in Wrapped Ethereum (WETH) and see if the owner is willing to part with it. The bid can’t be a low ball offer either; it isn’t easy letting go of your NFTs, as you’ll soon realize!
Now that the difficult choice has been made, we make the purchase. Since Metamask is already connected, we approve the transaction on the pop-up shown below. Ethereum will confirm the transaction with the recommended gas price, usually within 2 minutes. If your transaction is not confirmed after a few minutes, you may need to increase the gas price. Currently, Ethereum block space is in high demand, and gas can get pretty expensive.
You did it! Your WoWNFT is yours to cherish forever! This NFT also allows access to the community Discord, where fellow World of Women enthusiasts go to have a good time and work to build a strong community to support one another. If you have any questions, we have many helpful people.
