On Paras, creators mint their collectibles and trade or sell them. But the Paras also allows creators to mint their work on an external marketplace (for example TENK) and then sell them here.
Let’s learn how to buy an NFT which has been minted on another Marketplace but is being sold on Paras, all through a DAO on Astro.
Reminder: NFTs minted on Paras will have the Smart Contract address x.paras.near.
If the Smart Contract Address is different, it has been minted on a different platform.
1. Pick the NFT on Paras that the DAO should buy. You can see all the info about the NFT in the URL and the description of the NFT. The token ID is in the URL, and the Smart Contract that it is minted on is on the bottom right, as is the price of the NFT. Leave this page open.
2. Open the Astro DAO page of the DAO, in our case the Marma J Foundation. Click on the green “+” and create a proposal for a Custom Function Call. Make sure your Pop-Up Blocker is deactivated.
3. Click on the arrow next to “Propose a Transfer” and choose “Custom Function Call”.
4. Fill in the following information:
Description: Short description incl. Title so the DAO council knows what the proposal is about
Smart Contract Address: marketplace.paras.near
Method Name: buy
JSON: (best is to copy the following one and to update the info)
{
“token_id”: “last number in the URL“,
“nft_contract_id”: “contract mentioned in the Paras card details“,
“ft_token_id”: “near”,
“price”: “price of the NFT shown in yoctoNEAR (add 23 added 0s)“
}
Deposit: Price of the NFT (7N in our case)
Click on “Propose” on the bottom right to send your proposal to the DAO.
5 Approve the transaction in your wallet.
6. You can now see your proposal in the DAO.
7. Once the council has voted on it, the Paras card will be owned by the DAO (visible in Astro DAO NFT treasury as well as in the Paras card info in the “Owners” section.
If you would like to purchase an NFT minted on Paras through a DAO, have a look at this guide.