What Is Token Gating? #
The term “token-gating” refers to the idea that a website or app can require a user to own a certain NFT before going any further. NFTs are digital assets owned on a decentralized ledger known as blockchain. NFTs by themselves do nothing and therefore have no objective value. However, when utility is applied to a token a creator or merchant can do anything. NFTs have been sold as access keys to movies, live-streams, in-person events, physical goods and more. In order to facilitate token gating a website must be properly coded, which can be tedious.
What Is NFT Gater? #
NFT Gater is a self-service web platform that allows creators of all kinds to sell access to their work in the form of NFTs, without needing to pay a developer or learn anything new. It allows you to add web3 functionality to your own website without code, so you can sell directly to your audience without being oppressed by monetization options or recommendation engines. The distribution and price of your content or goods is entirely up to you, with no middlemen, fees, or revenue sharing.
Getting Started #
To make an account all you need is a browser wallet. A browser wallet is a type of crypto wallet that lives in your browser as an extension. We recommend the Eternl wallet extension for Chrome. If you are completely new to blockchain and want to get up to speed on the basics, try out this blockchain primer.
