FAQ: Apillon NFT Service by Moonbeam

Have questions? We have answers. Scroll through and discover the details of the Moonbeam-powered NFT service on Apillon.

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May 12, 2023 • 8 min read

Have questions? We have answers. Scroll through and discover the details of the Moonbeam-powered NFT service, how to build an NFT collection with Apillon, and more.

Recently, Apillon integrated smart contract connectivity powered by Moonbeam Network, an EVM-compatible Polkadot parachain.

The first use case on the Apillon platform is the Web3 NFT service, enabling users to create NFT collections with just a few clicks.

Here are answers to the most common questions about the NFT service on the Apillon platform.

Moonbeam Network & NFTs
Apillon NFT Service
Why NFTs?
Creating NFTs with Apillon
Displaying and selling NFTs

Moonbeam Network & NFTs

Why Moonbeam Network?

Moonbeam Network, a Polkadot parachain, is a smart contract platform for building applications that can access users, assets, and services on any chain. It unites functionalities of Ethereum, Cosmos, Polkadot and more into a single interoperable platform that allows users to create highly capable and cross-chain useful Web3 products.

Developers building on Moonbeam simultaneously harness full Ethereum compatibility with the power of Polkadot, including scalability, cross-chain integrations, and on-chain governance.

NFTs built on Moonbeam Network follow the Ethereum ERC-721 standard while tackling the issues of interoperability and cross-chain capabilities.

What NFT standards does Moonbeam support?

Moonbeam supports the ERC-721 standard for NFTs, making them compatible with Ethereum and EVM-compliant chains.

Are NFTs the sole use case of Moonbeam on Apillon?

NFTs are just the first use case of Moonbeam Network on Apillon. As a cross-chain smart contract platform, it serves as an ideal network to spur even more use cases and services for developers to enjoy easy access and possibilities of building Web3 apps.

Read more about the Apillon x Moonbeam partnership. 👇

Apillon NFT Service

What is Apillon NFT Service?

On the Apillon platform, the Moonbeam Network powers a few-click NFT deployment service that allows you to create your own NFT collection in minutes. Deployment is executed in an end-to-end decentralized manner, which includes storing and hosting NFT metadata.

Who can benefit the most from the Apillon NFT service?

No need to be an experienced Web3 developer to use the Moonbeam-supported Apillon NFT service — basic coding skills are enough.

With the help of this guide, even a graphic designer, a musician, or any Web3 enthusiast without extensive coding knowledge can deploy and mint an NFT collection in a simple and intuitive process within minutes.

What do Moonbeam-supported NFT smart contracts bring to the Apillon platform?

A Polkadot parachain, Moonbeam Network serves as a smart contract platform and helps developers build fully functional dapps that operate across multiple Ethereum-compatible blockchains.

Thanks to its EVM compatibility, Moonbeam allows developers to instantly deploy any EVM smart contract from any EVM-compatible chain, including Solidity smart contracts from Ethereum.

With the integration of Moonbeam smart contract connectivity, the Apillon platform offers an easy-to-use NFT Web3 service that utilizes the most widely used NFT standard — the ERC-721, while conforming to the Polkadot ecosystem.

Read more about the Apillon NFT service. 👇

Why NFTs?

Why should you create an NFT collection?

NFTs represent a unique work, product, or asset created or owned by you. By inscribing it on the blockchain, your one-of-a-kind creations or products can live permanently on the network and allow easy traceability of authenticity and ownership.

Your NFTs can be yours alone, or you can share them, gift them, airdrop them, or sell them at an online marketplace.

What are the use cases of NFTs?

NFT ownership comes with many benefits besides holding a unique asset in a wallet. Here are just some of the many different use cases for NFTs, their creators, and owners.

👉 Visual art: NFTs are a great way for artists to monetize their creativity, take direct ownership of their artwork, and tackle counterfeits. Storing art pieces on a blockchain ensures verification and traceability of authenticity.

👉 Music: Musicians and producers can use NFT collections to monetize their work by directly selling or streaming songs, bypassing the need for a middleman. They can earn royalties, offer fans unique merchandise, or sell NFT tickets for concerts or events.

👉 Gaming: In the gaming industry, NFTs represent in-game assets, such as rare items or skins. The gaming NFT market is booming as players can own and trade these items, unlock advanced features or progress faster through the game.

👉 Collectibles: Collectors can own or trade unique and rare digital items in the form of NFTs, from physical trading cards and comics to virtual real estate.

👉 Social media: Content creators can tie stronger relationships with their community by offering an exclusive gateway to their content via NFTs, such as behind-the-scenes footage, early access to new videos, personalized shout-outs, or invites to closed communication chatrooms.

👉 Brand identity: By creating a collection of NFTs with a common theme, style, or subject matter, brands can enhance the experience for customers who buy and own an NFT with the brand’s signature.

What if you’re not an artist but have a cool idea for NFTs?

You don’t need special artistic skills to create a great NFT collection. Use AI and generative software to generate countless unique NFT pieces based on defined traits. Such tools include Midjourney and Stable Diffusion for graphic art or Soundraw for music.

All you need to do is choose the input format and come up with the traits — the code will do the rest.

Learn more about how to generate NFTs with the help of AI technology. 👇

Creating NFTs with Apillon

How to create an NFT collection with Apillon?

To learn how to deploy your NFT collection on Moonbeam with Apillon, please refer to this guide. 👇

What do you need to create an NFT collection with Apillon?

You can create an NFT collection using visual, audio, video, or other material of your choice. The ERC-721 non-fungible token standard packs any format into permanently stored content on the blockchain. Create a folder of files you’d like to deploy as NFTs locally.

You will also need NFT metadata in a CSV file — you can create it by following the example on the Apillon platform.

That’s pretty much it. You don’t need any Web3 development knowledge — the NFT Service wizard takes you through the drag-and-drop process step-by-step.

What is NFT metadata?

NFT metadata is the backbone of your collection and communicates the essential information of your NFT files — the file name and format, date of creation, owner, etc.

It can also be comprised of certain attributes that make an NFT one of a kind: from color or serial number in digital representations of physical items, attire and accessories of generative NFT characters, to music genre and featured artists in audio NFT.

As an essential component of your NFT collection, metadata should be managed and stored carefully. To ensure its permanent access free of third-party intervention, Apillon stores your metadata on a decentralized network with Apillon Web3 Storage bucket, Crust Network, and IPFS.

Why should you create NFTs with Apillon?

Creating an unstoppable NFT collection in a matter of minutes with zero development costs in one spot has never been easier.

Deployed with Apillon, your NFT collection will be safe from any external intrusions, hence, unstoppable.

The process of deploying and minting your NFTs is easy and intuitive, and allows you to display your NFT collection on your own website or create a secure and decentrally-hosted landing page via IPFS.

How does Apillon ease the process of deploying an NFT collection?

Deploying an NFT collection from scratch requires mastering complex technical knowledge of blockchain technology. Even if you’ve got the technical skills, the process could take hours or even days.

Doing it manually, you’d need to write smart contracts that would define the rules and characteristics of your NFTs, deploy it on the chosen network, and select a platform to create the collection before it lands in your wallet or a marketplace.

Of course, there are other tools that allow you to launch an NFT collection easily. With Apillon, though, you can do it on Moonbeam, an EVM-compatible Polkadot parachain that allows easy building of smart contracts. This allows you to integrate your NFTs into other apps or Web3 products.

Besides, decentralized hosting of your files and metadata is embedded in the process and makes your collection unstoppable from third-party impact.

Displaying and selling NFTs

How to display your NFTs collection?

Once deployed, you can display your NFTs on either your existing website or use the Apillon NFT collection website template.

In both cases, you can use the code from the Apillon GitHub repository, fork it, customize and adjust the logic to suit your website, and redeploy with Web3 Hosting.

This allows you to showcase your NFTs exactly where you want to, bypassing marketplaces or third-party platforms.

Where can I sell my NFTs?

You can list your NFT collection on multiple digital NFT marketplaces, including tofuNFT, Blockmate, and Chainers.

Besides, with the Apillon Web3 NFT Service, you can easily integrate and display your NFT collection on your website, be it hosted with Apillon or locally. This way, you can integrate NFTs into your brand’s website and ease its access to your customers.

For more details about the Moonbeam-supported freshly-launched Apillon NFT service, check out the guides below and venture on your Web3 NFT journey. 👇

⧓ About Apillon

The Apillon platform serves as a unified gateway to the Web3 services provided by linked Polkadot parachains. Following the multi-chain vision, Apillon powers the transition of developers to Web3, simplifying its adoption in the real economy, and expanding its versatility as the ecosystem grows. With Apillon, Web3 services are within reach for every developer, regardless of their background and experience with blockchain technology.