Traditional Market
Publish a human hand-made digital product on starbeam.one's Traditional Market
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Publish a human hand-made digital product on starbeam.one's Traditional Market
Last updated
The traditional market is where are published.
So you want to be an artist? This is how you do so on starbeam.one:
The first step is to get your !
starbeam.one follows a publishing model. This means you issue one or more licenses for sale in , and this "set" of licenses is called an issuance.
For our Traditional Market, you are given 100 Flares of to issue products in any form of price * quantity you prefer. As in the , when you sell your capacity increases as a reward. By default, prices start at 10 Flares for a Traditional Market product. This allows for 5 Traditional Market items deployed at any time per artist, increasing the chance that one of them may sell.
Each market has limits and this is the Traditional Market's:
Minimum Price: 5 Flares
Maximum Price: 100 Flares
Maximum File Size: 50MB
What Exactly Are We Building?
To create an issuance, we must first create + complete the definition is that used to define it. The definition can be seen as the printing plates of your personal printing press. It can also be seen as the "draft" of your published work. You create your printing plates (definition) and they are then loaded into your printing press to create your content along with their associated digital licenses.
Steps to Create a New Definition
Congratulations on your first issuance! π₯³πβ¨
It may be valuable to and see the different pieces of a product that is published to starbeam.one.
Press on the briefcase in your HUD (heads-up display) because you mean business
Press Start
Choose Featured
Enter in Title
, Description
, Identifier
and Price
. The title & description . The identifier is for the URL that is used to host this content. For instance, in the above, it can be found at https://starbeam.one/market/publishers/twitter/mike_e_angelo/stake
() where stake
is the identifier
Provide your featured Image (i.e. the image you intend to sell)
Optional: The following are optional but add a lot of value to your customer's experience when they view your product after purchase. for how these values are used.
Press Optional Values
:
Enter in Welcome/Introduction text (this is shown above how it is used). This is not required but it adds a nice touch to your collectors when they view it.
Define your Cover and Background. These are not required but again add a nice touch for your users when they view your product. If you do not provide a cover/background one will be provided for you. on how you can have AI generate cover + background for you.
If you get this prompt while adding a cover, press Yes
. This ensures the cover is used to display the product on the marketplace instead of the generated watermarked image.
Finally, there's the Preview
image field:
The preview image is only used throughout the starbeam.one marketplace to display your product and for your storefront. It is not used for your purchased product. Whenever your product is viewed in a catalog on starbeam.one this image is used. As an example, here is the front page, and in the green rectangle is the preview image for four different products:
As such, the Preview Image is used to display the product throughout starbeam.one. As a convenience, this image is generated for you when you specify a Featured Image (step 5) by taking that image and applying a watermark to it.
All your properties are now assigned to your printing plate and are ready to be loaded into your personal printing press. Press Review + Publish...
Now you are in the final step! . After some seconds, a Preview
button will be displayed to you to allow you to view exactly what a collector sees when they purchase a license and view your product. Press this and review the product to make sure it looks like what you expect it.
Assign Price
& Quantity
Note: For your very first issuance, quantity is set to a fixed value of 1
as you learn the system. After your first issuance you will be able to adjust quantity + price based on .
Double-check price + quantity to ensure it is as expected. If so, press Confirm & Publish
!
Select OK
on the confirmation
After some time, you will see the results of your issuance. Hopefully, it will be successful! π€
Any remaining questions? and we'll get them answered for you.