How To: Build Your E-commerce Store In Decentraland
Decentraland is a virtual world built on the Ethereum blockchain. It's not a game, but it has many of the features of a game: users can buy and sell properties, create avatars, and explore the world.
It's like Second Life, but you're a giant in a virtual world instead of just being one person in a real-life simulation.
There are two types of currency in Decentraland: MANA and LAND. MANA is used to purchase LAND; it's also used to pay for transactions within the platform. You can earn MANA by owning land, renting it out, or participating in other activities on the platform like mining or selling goods.
In addition, you can own a piece of land and build whatever you want on it—a house, a castle for your family, your e-commerce store, or even an entire city. The only limit is your imagination.
Setting up an e-commerce store in Decentraland is easy, but you should know a few things. In this substack, I'll go over the steps in setting up your own online store and give tips on making it more secure.
The Decentraland marketplace
The Decentraland Marketplace is where you can buy and sell all sorts of items. It's a digital version of your local bazaar, only with even more exotic goods and people from around the world.
At this point, it might sound like you need to be an experienced e-commerce professional to start selling on the marketplace, but I’m here to tell you that is not the case.
Further, the Decentraland Marketplace is designed for everyone: If you have an idea for something cool to sell in-world and don't know how to do it yourself, or if you already run your own e-commerce store and would like some exposure in this new 3D world — both are excellent reasons why listing your products on the platform makes sense.
Buy land
You can buy land in Decentraland from any of the following places:
-The Marketplace. This is where all the listings for land go, and you can browse and purchase them as you would any other item on an e-commerce site. The marketplace lets you create your own listing if you want to sell some of your property.
-Auctions. You can bid on plots of land at auctions, which happens whenever a parcel of land is put up for sale by its owner. The auction process has been designed to be fair and transparent so that everyone has an equal chance at winning bids and getting what they want—but be warned: auctions are competitive!
-The NWE is a group of developers who work together on a single project called NWE City. They plan to build a city out of their plots of land and sell them off one by one, but only once they're finished building each section—so if you want one of these pieces, plan ahead.
Decide what kind of land you want: Residential or commercial? Residential can be more expensive but will give you more flexibility when it comes time for decorating and building out your dream home. Commercial properties tend to be cheaper but have fewer options for customization.
Here's how to buy land:
Make sure you have MANA or ETH.
Go to the Marketplace tab in the top right-hand corner of your dashboard and type "land" into the search bar at the top of the page. Then click "Buy."
Select an area from the map that interests you and enter its coordinates into the box below (you can get these by hovering over any parcel on the map). Click "Buy" again to confirm your purchase.
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