What is Lazy Minting?
Lazy minting allows you to create ERC-721 & ERC-1155 NFTs for free (zero gas fee cost).
Your NFT will officially be minted only once a buyer purchases it because the buyer pays for the gas fees, not the creator. Your NFT will still be listed on Rarible's marketplace even though the item isn't officially minted yet. When your item is purchased, it'll then be minted to your wallet and transferred to the new owner automatically.
Note the following:
- Currently, lazy minting is only possible on Ethereum
- You can only lazy mint to Rarible's collection. If you decide to create your own collection then you will have to pay the fees
- Lazy minted items are stored forever on Rarible.com
- Lazy minted items don't appear on other marketplaces because NFTs are only minted on the blockchain when a transaction has taken place. Once the item has been purchased or transferred, it will appear across all marketplaces that support the blockchain
- If you wish to burn your lazy minted NFT, you will have to pay the gas fee. To burn your lazy minted NFT please contact: https://rariblecom.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/requests/new with your request
Follow these Steps to Lazy Mint:
1. Go on to Rarible's home page, hover over "Create" and click on "NFT."
2. Choose your blockchain.
3. Choose either "Single" or "Multiple" for the type of NFT you want to create.
4. Fill in the details of the NFT.
5. When you are creating your NFT, ensure that you enable the "Free minting" option.
Note: If the button is set to the right, free minting is enabled.
6. Click on "Create item."
7. Agree to the transactions that appear in your wallet.
Your NFT has now been minted, free of charge!
Note: In your wallet, your transaction message may state the following information (or similar):
Message Primary type: Mint721 Royalties: 0: Account: Account 1 Value: 5000 Creators: 0: Account: Account 1 Value: 10000
The following mean:
Value: 5000 = the creator receives 5% royalties.
Value: 10000 = the buyer receives 10% royalties for future sales.
Creators: 0 = there is no creator because only once the NFT is purchased, the gas fees are paid and the NFT is then minted on the blockchain so the NFT is effectively created by the buyer.
Note: If you would like an in-depth demonstration about how to lazy mint on Rarible, watch our YouTube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itp8xCjMu00