OpenSea alternatives: NFT Marketplace showcase in the Internet Computer Protocol (ICP)

Discover the best Opensea NFTs Marketplace alternatives where to drop your NFT Collection in the Internet Computer Protocol

Paolo ∞
Coinmonks
Published in
5 min readJul 5, 2022

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Are you tired of Opensea where you can’t promote your NFTs?

Finding out different channels where to mint your NFTs might be a new starting point for boosting your NFTs creator career.

In this article, I’ll guide you through the Opensea alternatives in the Internet Computer Protocol (ICP).

We will make lights on the NFT Marketplaces which could help you boost your web3 career.

But first, why choose ICP for NFTs?

Advantages of NFTs in the Internet Computer Protocol (ICP)

  • IC is a faster, cheaper, and more secure Web3 platform.
  • Zero Gas/Minting fees for users: stable reverse gas model, developers supply the funds needed to run the applications. The gas, known as “cycles”, is stable as1x1012cycles=1SDR (US$ 1.41)
  • Low cost of on-chain Storage ($5/GB/year) IC has become the storage platform of choice for many projects.
  • Ultra-high-speed IC nodes are run by the most powerful independent data centers around the world, boasting 250-millisecond query and 2-second writes/updates.
  • Infinite scalability IC can scale infinitely through the seamless generation of new subnets without any interruption of the network.
  • Full-stack solution for dApp development on Web3 and 100% decentralisation.
  • Green and Sustainable Blockchain the energy consumption of the Internet Computer is substantially lower than competing blockchain projects, but also existing (highly optimized) web2 tech.

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The NFTs Marketplaces in the Internet Computer Protocol (ICP)

High Volumes:

1. Entrepot

“Entrepot is a trading post where users can store and trade digital assets on the Internet Computer in a decentralized, non-custodial way.”

entrepot.app

Entrepot was developed by ToniqLabs and it’s one of the more developed applications on the Internet Computer, with a large NFT collection and over $3 million in NFT trading volume.

The platform has very low fees (1.0%), it’s non-custodial, there are custom collections, and it’s the first NFT marketplace and DeFi solution on the IC.

entrepot.app

2. Yumi

yumi.io

Technical Description

Yumi is a fully-decentralized platform (including front-end & back-end), all NFT data (including the artwork itself) is hosted fully on-chain, rather than consisting of a hyperlink to an off-chain stored file. That means that no central authority can block access to your digital collectibles.

Yumi is truly private, secure, and censorship-resistant. It is working on interchain operability & metaverse integration.

Advantages for Buyers and Sellers from other blockchain NFT Marketplaces

Yumi features no gas fees (stable reverse gas model). Thanks to Internet Computer’s scalability, Yumi can query in milliseconds and update in seconds, providing users with a seamless experience.

Yumi features mystery box sales, mint releases, auctions, and many more fun features. Whenever you trade NFTs on Yumi, you earn Yumi Credit as trading reward.

Advantages for Creators

  1. Free minting: Yumi supplies the funds needed to run transactions and offers free minting for creators!

2. Up to 10% of royalties: Artists who mint their NFTs on Yumi will receive up to 10% of royalties.

3. CCC — Crowd Created Collectables

c3-protocol.cc

CCC stands for Crowd Created Collectables, the first entirely decentralized collaborative platform with a unique goal of connecting and allowing 50 million creators to participate in the Web3 world.

CCC launched a new co-creation function in June 2022, with the primary goal of allowing creators to collaborate with their community and fans to create better artworks in a win-win situation.

c3-protocol.cc

Interesting Alphas

1. Jelly

https://jelly.xyz/

Sweet NFT Tools & Marketplace Infrastructure from an open marketplace protocol to curator UIs & tools of all flavors. It wants to become a cross-chain NFT Marketplace integrating ICP, Ethereum, and Solana.

Built by psychedelic DAO which is one of the biggest org in the Internet Computer Protocol with other successful dapps already built.

2. Impossible Things — Origyn Foundation

IMPOSSIBLE THINGS is a marketplace for the most desirable objects and experiences ever created across fine art, luxury goods, media, and pop culture — all powered by ORIGYN Foundation’s NFT technologies.

https://impossiblethings.com/

Essentially, Origyn is an NFT technology service for luxury goods and other valuable real-life objects with a really solid digital certificate product. Origyn has raised $20 million dollars from investors such as Paris Hilton and Polychain Capital.

Users will see, in Impossible Things, NFTs from rare and exclusive curated collections both from and also featuring iconic athletes, animators, artists, collectors, photographers, producers, charitable organizations and more.

3. Gigaverse Labs

https://gigaversemarket.com/

Gigaverse lab DAO wants to:

  1. Bridge other blockchains to the Internet Computer and launch bridging NFT collections.
  2. Build a cross-chain decentralized NFT marketplace with a set of tools for collectors.

How to use them: Internet Identity and Wallet

In order to use these NFT Marketplaces, you would need an Internet Identity and a Wallet in the Internet Computer Protocol.

Here there are two guides that will help you easily:
How to setup an Internet Identity in 59 second

How to setup Plug Wallet extension

I am connecting with the artists and NFT creators! Reach out for learning more.

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Paolo ∞
Coinmonks

Marketer//PM//Entrepreneur in the web3. ICP Enthusiast.