mvp, minimum viable product
mvp is a minimum viable product. it forces you to prioritize on the main features to make your product/service work
It doesn't have to be perfect, it just has to work.
That was our mindset when we started the placeholder NFT project. The MPV, minimum viable product, is a model introduced by Eric Ries in "The Lean Startup" to transforms ideas to building the product. For us, it consists of:
1. an art collection that is connected to the Cardano blockchain
2. NFT metadata for authenticity and rarity
3. functional payment gateway
4. website to host the minting
We use "Pro NFT Maker" to connect the collection to the Cardano blockchain and organize the metadata. Using Shopify's debut theme, we built a landing page where people can collect our collection using ProNFTMaker's payment gateway. Building the MVP did not have initial costs with these basic but important features.
Note: Mobile function isn't available for the payment gateway.
Our initial goal of selling 10 NFTs was surpassed by two friends who wanted to collect 10 each during the presale.
With that initial demand, we think it is worth persevering and we increased the sales goal to 100 NFTs in the first collection.
Moving forward, we are looking to build a community through discord, twitter, and blogs.