NFT Mint & Royalty Calculator

Frequently Asked Questions

How do NFT royalties work?

Creators set a secondary-sale royalty (commonly 5–10%). On each resale, royalty = sale price × royalty %, paid to the creator - minus the marketplace fee. The tool projects primary + secondary income.

What is primary vs secondary revenue?

Primary = the initial mint (price × supply, less platform split). Secondary = royalties on later resales, which depend on trading volume you can't control.

Are royalties guaranteed?

No - they're marketplace-enforced, not on-chain by default. Some platforms made them optional, so realized royalties can be far below the set rate.

What fees reduce creator income?

Marketplace fees (typically 2–2.5%), the primary platform split, and gas. The calculator nets these out. Estimates only - market-dependent.

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How This Calculator Works

An NFT collection earns revenue in two distinct phases, and this tool models both. The primary sale is the mint: gross revenue = mint price × total supply. The marketplace (or launchpad) deducts its fee, gross × marketplace fee %, and the remainder is split with co-founders, contractors, or a treasury - the creator keeps (gross − primary fee) × creator split %. The secondary market is resales between collectors: the creator earns an on-chain royalty of secondary volume × royalty %, while the marketplace separately skims its fee from each seller. Net to creator = creator primary income + creator secondary royalty. Every figure is denominated in the project's native coin (usually ETH); multiply by the coin's fiat price for a dollar view.

Worked Example

Launch at 0.08 ETH across a 5,000-piece supply → gross primary = 0.08 × 5,000 = 400 ETH. A 2.5% marketplace fee removes 400 × 0.025 = 10 ETH, leaving 390 ETH. A 90% creator split yields 390 × 0.90 = 351 ETH of primary income (the other 39 ETH goes to partners/treasury). Now suppose lifetime secondary volume reaches 500 ETH at a 5% royalty: that adds 500 × 0.05 = 25 ETH of royalty income. Net to creator ≈ 351 + 25 = 376 ETH. Separately, sellers on the secondary side collectively pay 500 × 0.025 = 12.5 ETH in marketplace fees - money that never reaches the creator and is easy to double-count.

Real-World Use

Founders run this before committing a contract on-chain to pressure-test launch economics: the price×supply trade-off (a 10,000 supply at 0.04 ETH grosses the same 400 ETH but needs twice the demand), what split a DAO treasury or collaborators should take, and how much long-tail royalty income realistically contributes. The model makes the central truth of NFT economics visible - the overwhelming majority of revenue is captured at mint. Secondary royalties only compound if the collection stays liquid and trades repeatedly, which most do not, so treating royalties as the long-term business model is the trap this calculator helps you avoid.

Common Mistakes

Assuming a full sell-out. The classic overestimate. Many collections mint only 10–60% of supply; a 5,000-piece projection that sells 1,500 collapses primary revenue proportionally.

Ignoring gas and deployment costs. Contract deployment, metadata/IPFS pinning, audits, and reveal transactions can cost meaningful ETH that this gross figure does not subtract.

Treating royalties as enforced. Royalties are a social/marketplace convention, not protocol-guaranteed. Many venues made them optional or set them to zero, so realized secondary income is often a fraction of volume × stated royalty.

Forgetting fees hit both sides. The marketplace takes its cut on primary and every secondary sale - account for both, not just one.

Limitations

This assumes a 100% mint at a single flat price - it does not model tiered pricing, allowlist vs. public phases, Dutch auctions, or free mints with later reveals. The royalty input is a single blended rate applied to an entered lifetime volume, not a marketplace-by-marketplace enforcement model, and excludes gas, audit, marketing, and platform sub-splits. Real NFT revenue is extremely right-skewed and frequently lands far below any projection. Treat the output as an educational planning estimate, not financial advice or a revenue guarantee.

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