Now you can create and sell access via digital items as tokens (called NFTs) or non-fungible tokens. see more about these digital items here

Non-fungible tokens are powerful — from selling artwork, to cryptokitties, to access for a private group. Here is an example of how its done very simply

Make your Smart Contract —3 mins Mint however many tokens you want — 3 mins Sell and advertise these tokens — (???) mins User buys token and redeems for access to your group You grant user access to group — and get the crypto for the token you sold them

Wait what? Sell access?

There are private discord groups, private facebook groups, private subreddit — and out of those — some are paid entry only. For example — maybe there is an industry facebook group that is paid only — or discord groups for traders who pay to be around better traders. All of these are membership only groups. If you have a membership only group — you can create a membership token — that allows for you to sell access to your group. This all takes place on the blockchain, so you can sell these tokens for ETH.

First off: “Why would we do this?”

If your market is crypto related and this is a cheap easy way to target them in a new way You want to earn crypto from selling stuff — its super easy to do it now, so why not? If your membership needs to be tracked and you want it public on the blockchain.

Here is a seller example:

You run an industry only facebook group that provides marketing services and information — this facebook group normally costs $25 dollars a month per user.

You create a smart contract and some tokens (using Mintable it takes seconds and is free) that look like this:

Before you Start

If you are new to blockchain you will need to do a couple of things. If you already have this nailed you can jump to the next step:

Install Metamask — Link or use a mobile wallet like Ambo or Coinbase Wallet Set up your wallet and load it with ETH — You can buy ETH directly via metamask via https://coinbase.com — guide to set up your wallet

Step 1: Create a Smart Contract on Ethereum (time: ~3 min)

Using the UI on Mintable you can create your contract without needing to know how to code. Here is how I would set up my Smart Contract if I was running a private facebook group and wanted to tokenize access.