How To: Buy an NFT

🎨 How to Buy an NFT on Opensea

Purchasing an NFT on OpenSea is as simple as signing into your Opensea account.

Once you have found an NFT that you would like to buy, select it, then choose Buy Now or Make Offer, if you would like to bid on an item. Finally, you will need to sign for the transaction.

If you put an offer in, you will have to wait until the buyer either accepts or rejects your offer.

If you choose Buy Now however, then the transaction will occur immediately after your digital signature, and the asset will be transferred to your wallet generally within a few minutes depending on the time of day so be patient!

If you end up needing to cancel your offer, you will need to pay a

Gas Fees⁠

in order to cancel your bid. (See Gas Fees)

You can choose buy any NFT you’d like but here are some suggested projects under $50 in ETH to get you started:

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Parallel Alpha⁠

- Sci-fi collectable card game

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Awesome Possums⁠

- Community helps to promote addiction recovery and mental health

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Secret Society of Whales⁠

- Initiative to uplift the NFT space as a collective group

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Loopy Donuts⁠

- Fun artistically drawn and adventurous donut designs

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Encryptas⁠

- Mission to empower the future wave of female leaders

They’ll also be an opportunity at the end of the course to buy more NFTs so don’t over think which one to pick - the most important thing right now is you understand how to purchase one safely.

⚠️ Safety Tips

Be cautious when accepting bids and always double check that the offer is in your preferred currency (sometimes people will offer $1 as opposed to 1 ETH).

If someone from OpenSea support reaches out to you about any issues you may be experiencing, remain extremely cautious, as this is a common way for scammers to get you to allow them access into your account.

Never give out your wallet’s secret phrase or allow anyone access to your device, even if someone claims to be with OpenSea support.

If you ever experience a problem where OpenSea does not want to connect with your wallet, or if the buying/selling process isn’t functioning properly, try closing OpenSea and reopening. If that doesn’t fix the issue, you may need to reinstall Metamask on your device.

OpenSea is your one-stop-shop to buy, sell, and create NFTs. Whether you are looking to collect your own

@CryptoPunks⁠

or even if you just want to browse around, OpenSea is easy to use and open 24/7.

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