Buying Algorand NFTs: An Overview
Written byLana Starzinska
When it comes to buying NFTs, Algorand has a strong NFT community and a wide variety of Art and Marketplaces to check out, let's get into it!
Where do I Buy NFTs?
To start buying NFTs you're going to want to check out some of the popular Algorand NFT Marketplaces such as: Rand Gallery, Algogems, ALGOxNFT, EXA Market, and shufl_app.
These Marketplaces offer different services and NFTs so the first thing you will need to do is see which one is for you, here's a small overview of each!
Rand Gallery
A small overview of what Rand has to offer:
- It's one of the most popular/largest NFT Marketplace on Algorand Very user friendly pages
- Categories such as: digital/hand-drawn art, photography, and 3D NFTs
- Offers 1/1s, collections, and Rand Drops Secondary Market Discord Bot
- Quite an active team on X (Twitter) and Discord who will help with any questions and support you through buying NFTs!
Algogems
A small overview of what Algogems has to offer:
- Has its own token ($GEMS) and DAO Offers collections, 1/1s, sales, auctions and shuffles
- NFT categories such as: Art, Algorand, Pixel, CGI, and Drawing It's in beta V2.0
ALGOxNFT
A small overview of what ALGOxNFT has to offers:
- Offers auctions, shuffles, 1/1s and collections
- Inscriptions (Unlike traditional NFTs all data is being stored directly on Algorand, compared to all data being stored off-chain)
- Has a Listing, Sales, and Offers Bots (on Discord)
EXA Market
A small overview of what EXA Market has to offer:
- Offers collections, 1/1s, and drops
- EXA Swap with other wallets (can trade up to 4 NFTs or ASAs for 1)
- Collection Rankings and Activity charts (where you can view the highest-ranking collection, bids, airdrops, offers, listings, and sales)
- Easy to use filtered search system
Shufl
A small overview of what Shufl has to offer:
- Has “Shufl news” which hosts articles about the NFT space and up and coming collections/artists
- You can view collections, 1/1s, see new listings/sales on the site and view their Activity chart
- 2.5% of platform fees are donated to Tree Planting (Gilbert Goanna Tree Fund)