OpenSea is a marketplace for digital items called non-fungible tokens, or NFTs for short. You can also swap across chains for fungible cryptocurrency tokens.

NFTs can take many forms, such as digital art, audio files, or event tickets. Some NFTs can be redeemed for physical items like sneakers, and others can be used within an online game. NFTs can take on so many unique forms that in these Getting Started articles, we’ll keep it simple and refer to NFTs as “items.”

You can think of token swaps as trading one token for another, similar to how you might exchange currency. Fungible cryptocurrency tokens include “memecoins,” utility tokens, in-game currencies, and more. NFT communities may also launch a corresponding token alongside their NFT collection.

Whether you came here to buy an item, swap a token, participate in a drop, or just see what it’s all about, we’re glad you’re here!

If you don’t have an OpenSea account, you can still browse popular NFT collections, trending collections, and the latest drops. To get the most out of OpenSea, the next step is to create an account, which is tied directly to your wallet. To create a new account and wallet to use on OpenSea with just an email, continue to the next article. If you already have a crypto wallet, you can follow these instructions to use your wallet on OpenSea.