🔵Creating a Collection

Creating a new collection will deploy your own smart contract on the Tezos blockchain. This transaction will cost around 1-2 tez in gas and storage fees. These fees do not go to objkt.

Before minting a token, you will first create a collection for the token to be minted in. You can think of a collection like a "container" that contains your tokens. For each collection you create, we will calculate different statistics like the floor price and volume. Creating a collection will deploy an FA 2 smart contract on the Tezos blockchain, which provides you with provenance and flexibility.

Step 1 - Click on "Create" in the user menu

Follow this link: https://objkt.com/mint/collection or click on Create in the user menu and then on the Collection tab to reach the Collection creation form.

Step 2 - Input collection data

In the next step, you can input your collection data such as the collection image, collection name and collection description.

Field	Description
Logo	This is the image that represents your collection. Possible file types are jpg and png. Max file size is 1MB. Please make sure you upload a square image.
Name	This is the name or title of your collection. This will be displayed on the token and on every token card.
Description	This is the description of your collection. The maximum length is 250 characters.
Contract Type	this defines what sort of contract you would like to deploy. Objkt Factory is the standard that allows you to create traditional collaborations. Stand Alone + Open Edition allows for standard listings (limited edition size) and Open Edition listings. Collaborations are currently not supported by that contract.
Category	Specify the collection type. This is mainly used to distinguish between Art, Collectibles and Other tokens.

On the right next to the collection form you will see a preview of what the collection looks like

Step 3 - Confirm the Transaction

Once you're happy with your new collection, click on the Create button at the bottom of the page and confirm the transaction with your wallet. Once this is done, it can take anywhere from 30 seconds to 2 minutes until the collection is visible on the objkt.com UI. If you don't see the collection immediately, please be patient and wait a bit before trying again to prevent duplicate collections. If the collection isn't showing up after several minutes, try hard-refreshing the browser: Windows: CTRL + SHIFT + R, OSX: CMD + SHIFT + R.

Once the collection is confirmed, it will show up on your profile and you'll be able to select it from the Collection Dropdown on the Mint Token form.