Wallet Setup

• Install the MetaMask extension in Chrome or Firefox.
• Import a seed phrase or create a new wallet, and store the phrase offline.
• Switch to Base, keep a small amount of ETH for gas, and prepare USDC if you plan to buy a Passcard.

Signing In

• Go to https://www.loreplay.io/ and click Login.
• Connect MetaMask and approve twice (connect wallet + signature).
• The signature is only used to sign in — it does not create a transaction and costs no gas.

• The first few episodes of every series are free. The creator decides how many; locked episodes are marked in the episode list.
• Pay in USDC to buy that series’ Passcard and unlock every episode — one card unlocks the whole series, episodes are not sold separately.
• Access is decided by on-chain ownership. Transfer the card and viewing rights go with it.
• You can list a Passcard on the secondary market to exit.

1. Create a Collection (your minting factory)

• Create your own Collection — every Passcard you mint later belongs to it. This costs gas.

2. Mint Passcards (NFT access tokens)

• A Passcard is an ERC-1155 on-chain NFT access token.
• One series maps to one Passcard subcollection, so plan how many you need based on how many series you intend to make.

• Primary sale example: mint 500 Passcards at 10 USDC each for 5,000 USDC total. Platform fees and referral commissions settle from the contract settings active for each sale.
• Secondary market: supply is fixed, so prices can rise with demand. Each secondary trade carries a 5% fee — 2.5% royalty to the creator, 2.5% platform fee.
• Free episodes are your most important pricing lever: too few and nobody gets hooked, too many and nobody buys. Start with 2–3 and adjust based on completion rate — the number can be changed any time, and every episode’s lock recalculates immediately.

1. Create the series

• Go to Manage → My Series → Create a series.
• Fill in the title, description and artwork (2:3 portrait cover for lists, 16:9 banner for the detail page and share cards).
• Choose "sell per series" or "entirely free"; if selling, set how many episodes are free.
• This step only writes to the database — no transaction, no gas.

2. Register on-chain (required for paid series)

• In My Series, click "Register on-chain" on the series, pick a Passcard subcollection, and confirm the transaction.
• This returns the on-chain series index that buyers need to place an order — without it, no purchase button appears for viewers at all, so only the free episodes are watchable.
• This step costs gas. A failed transaction does not affect the series you already created; you can retry any time.
• Entirely free series do not need this step.

3. Publish episodes

• Go to Manage → Publish an episode, or use "Add episode" from the series menu.
• Pick the series, set the episode number (must be unique within the series) and upload the video.
• Whether an episode is free is derived from the series’ free-episode count — there is no per-episode switch.
• For paid episodes, upload a preview clip; viewers who have not unlocked it see that instead of a blank player.
• After publishing, the video is transcoded to adaptive bitrates. The original plays during transcoding, so nothing is blocked.

• Gas: Base uses ETH. Creating a Collection, minting Passcards, registering a series, and other on-chain actions require wallet confirmation.
• Revenue: primary sales + 2.5% secondary royalties + platform token mining.
• Do not rush on-chain: make one entirely free series first to work through uploading, artwork and transcoding, then do a paid one.
• Do not switch the Passcard subcollection after launch — everyone holding the old card loses access.
• Security: keep your seed phrase offline. Anyone asking for it is scamming you.