Our inaugural Finder Awards recognize the best NFT marketplaces available in the US when it comes to fees, genres, payment options and more.
See our 2022 gold award winners and silver finalists within more than 10 categories that include beginners, value and music.
OpenSea is among the first NFT marketplaces in existence — and boasting millions of NFTs for sale, its the largest. It’s partnered with dozens of other blockchain-based applications and features multiple genres, backed by fair fees and royalties.
Coinbase NFT is newer among marketplaces, but its ecosystem is chock-full of education potential through guides, videos and walk-throughs. Learn how to use the marketplace, all about fees, the details of NFTs, and how to use the Coinbase exchange and wallet with the NFT marketplace. And as of August 2022, you won’t pay marketplace fees.
You may not know Magic Eden as well as other NFT marketplaces, but in terms of value, it takes the win. Most NFT marketplaces charge a fee of 2.5% to 5% per sale. Magic Eden requires a 2% marketplace fee — combined that with its deliciously varied marketplace, frequent drops and easy-to-use platform, it’s a top marketplace.
Crypto.com’s NFT marketplace subsidizes gas fees on specific blockchains and no gas fees when you pay with the Crypto.com App. It also supports debit and credit card payments. You have 22 cryptocurrency options for payment depending on your wallet, and buyers don’t pay marketplace fees.
Crypto.com’s NFT marketplace doesn’t charge a fee for minting or require creators to pay gas fees when minting. There’s a fixed 10% royalty on secondary sales, and creators need only watch out for a 15% primary listing fee.
Rarible is known as an exclusive and curated NFT marketplace. It supports multiple cryptocurrencies and wallets, and it accepts fiat payments on certain assets. There’s multichain support too, with the ability to buy NFTs from four blockchains: Ethereum, Flow, Solana and Polygon.
OpenSea works with many blockchain-based games, e-sports and sports-based platforms. It also features a dedicated genre featuring sports trading cards, Sorare, Silks, F1 Delta Time and many more.
A highly competitive category, OpenSea takes the win for its large and varied Music genre and support of MP3s and MP4s. It features top music collections such as omgkirby Genesis, Snoop Dogg, KINGSHIP and Dreamloops.
Celebrity and curated art NFTs tend to go hand-in-hand, and Rarible is a hot NFT marketplace for both genres.
Our editorial experts analyzed 33 NFT marketplaces available to US residents in August 2022. While many of the marketplaces are Finder partners, partnership status did not influence our methodology.
We evaluated each marketplace across 10 metrics to determine winners and finalists within 11 categories:
We scored each metric out of 10 using Finder’s dynamic scoring system. Binary — or yes/no — metrics received either a 10 or a 0.
We weighted metrics differently within award categories, using the total of all weighted scores as the final score for each marketplace winner and finalist.
A marketplace doesn’t need to nab an award for our editors to feel it’s worth shouting out. Editor’s Choice picks are just that: NFT marketplaces that shine within a particular category, supported by additional factors like ease of use, popularity and reputation among users.
See our editorial NFT marketplace best list for reigning top picks throughout the year as products change, disappear or emerge in the market.
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