Contract deployment

Deploying means installing a contract (which is a piece of software) on the blockchain (which runs software like a computer does).

The NEAR blockchain has both gas and storage costs. Gas fees are very low (fractions of a cent) and they are mostly burned during the transaction. Storage fees are sent to the contract wallet and stay there.

To deploy a minting contract there is an initial storage fee of 6.5 NEAR. If you mint a lot (more than 200 NFTs) you will need to top up your contract storage.

Mintbase is a contract factory, allowing anyone to deploy a contract based on their template. They call the minting contracts “Stores” so you will choose “Create” and “New Store” from their website.

After you deploy, you can add other minters to your contract. As the contract owner, you can choose default royalties and revenue splits that will be automatically applied when someone mints using your contract. Your store has its own profile, separate from your personal account, that you can fill in with information, add an image banner, etc.