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Immutable zkEVM · Ethereum L2
On-chain licensing for stock & art photography
Your decentralized NFT art & stock photography marketplace and community hub!
- 0% platform fee for creators
- Free minting on Immutable zkEVM
- PHOTO token rewards
We tokenize licenses for art and stock photography, cutting out the middlemen
Photographers mint their work as tokens, buyers purchase them as licenses, and can use the images commercially, in real-world projects and business.
An NFT here works as a copy of a digital license, not just a unique artwork: buyers get proof of legal use, creators keep the full price.
- Licenses, not only artworks Tokens represent digital licenses for photos used illustratively and commercially — the familiar stock model, moved on-chain.
- Many copies of one photo Multiple NFT tokens can be minted for the same piece and sold for legal use, without intermediaries absorbing a share of the profit.
- Free minting, on-chain proof On Immutable zkEVM licenses are minted without gas fees, and every buyer can verify the legality of the purchase.
In detail
Rather than viewing NFT tokens solely as unique digital artworks, DEX.Photos introduces a groundbreaking concept: considering NFT tokens as copies of digital licenses for photos used illustratively and commercially. In this innovative approach, digital art creators on DEX.Photos have the opportunity to mint and sell digital licenses for their works through NFT tokens.
Multiple NFT tokens can be minted for the same piece, allowing creators to sell them for legal use, akin to the traditional model of stock photos. This transformative shift in the interaction between creators and buyers eliminates the need for additional intermediaries that often absorb a significant portion of profits.
The digital license, represented by an NFT token, not only empowers creators but also provides buyers with irrefutable proof of the legal use of the purchased photo. DEX's marketplace operates on the Layer 2 Immutable zkEVM chain. This means that creators can mint digital licenses in the form of NFT tokens without incurring gas fees. The freedom to create numerous NFT tokens at no cost is a significant advantage.
Regardless of the protocol of the digital license, buyers can always validate the legality of their purchase. Creators can effortlessly add and sell a multitude of their works at full value, with the added benefit of receiving PHOTO tokens through an airdrop bonus.
Mint multiple digital licenses as NFTs
Every copy of the license is a separate NFT. Mint as many as you need — minting is free on Immutable zkEVM.
License NFT #001
#002
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Sell licenses directly to customers
The buyer pays the photo price straight to your wallet, and receives proof of the legal use.
100% to your wallet
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Proof of license
40,000+Creators joined
1,000,000+Artworks uploaded
RWA art & stockPhotography marketplace
100% gas-free minting and 100% of every sale
Explore the benefits of NFT Non-Fungible Token NFTs are tokens that we can use to represent ownership of unique items. They let us tokenise things like art, photos, collectibles, even real estate. They can only have one official owner at a time and they're secured by blockchain – no one can modify the record of ownership or copy/paste a new NFT into existence. NFT stands for non-fungible token. Non-fungible is an economic term that you could use to describe things like your furniture, a song file, or your computer. Fungible items, on the other hand, can be exchanged because their value defines them rather than their unique properties. *ETH is a cryptocurrency of the Ethereum blockchain network. More on ETH technology. Minting your photo as NFT and listing it for sale is completely FREE on the Immutable zkEVM chain.
Photo marketplaces pay creators 15–40%. DEX.Photos sends the entire photo price directly to your wallet — even if you sold just one photo.
- 100% payout, immediately The whole photo price goes straight to your wallet at the moment of sale.
- PHOTO tokens for minting Photographers are additionally incentivised with PHOTO tokens — see the Creators Incentive Program below.
- 5% buyer fee, used for buybacks The modest buyer fee is allocated to buying back PHOTO tokens, supporting token holders.
*The reserve of 20,000,000 (40%) PHOTO tokens is allocated for the first up-loaders, as indicated in the chart below.
Creator payout100% of the photo price, straight to the wallet
Platform fee for creators0% — minting and listing are free
Buyer fee5% — used for PHOTO token buybacks
Payout model
Other marketplaces pay 15–40% — DEX.Photos always pays 100%
On a standard marketplace the platform's share grows with your sales. On DEX.Photos the author keeps the whole photo price at any volume.
Sales volume
Other marketplaces
Up to 10015%
100 — 25020%
250 — 50025%
500 — 2,50030%
2,500 — 25,00035%
Over 25,00040%
DEX.Photos — any volume100%
100% to the creator
Other marketplaces keep 15–40%. DEX.Photos sends the whole price to your wallet, even on a single sale.
Gas-free on zkEVM
Mint digital licenses as NFT tokens without gas fees and list them for sale at no cost.
PHOTO token airdrops
Photographers receive PHOTO tokens for minting their work through the Creators Incentive Program.
Creators Incentive Program
Upload and mint 2 photos to the NFT photo marketplace and receive 1 PHOTO* token as a reward upon approval, available for the first 10,000,000 photos. Subsequently, contributors will earn 1 PHOTO* token for every four photos submitted, up to the next 20 million photos — then the rate steps down to 1 per 6 and 1 per 8 photos as the reserve is spent. A total of 20,000,000 tokens will be distributed to incentivize and reward photographers.
*Creators will receive 1 PHOTO token or a maximum of $1 in PHOTO tokens if the token price is higher.
Rewards for uploading photos to the NFT marketplace
cumulative PHOTO distributed
- 5,000,000 1 PHOTO token per 2 photos Photos 1 — 10,000,000
- 10,000,000 1 PHOTO token per 4 photos Photos 10M — 30M
- 15,000,000 1 PHOTO token per 6 photos Photos 30M — 60M
- 20,000,000 1 PHOTO token per 8 photos Photos 60M — 100M
The rate steps down as the reserve is spent: each step adds 5,000,000 PHOTO, and the whole ladder distributes 20,000,000 PHOTO over the first 100,000,000 approved photos.
Fixed supply
Limited to a total of 50,000,000 PHOTO tokens in existence. The platform will utilize all fees, including a 5% fee for buyers, for token buybacks, enhancing value for token holders.
Incentivizing community activity
A 50% allocation of PHOTO tokens is set aside to encourage community engagement through various activities, including photo uploads, participation in contests, and involvement in marketing initiatives.
PHOTO token distribution
50,000,000 PHOTO in fixed supply, split between photographer incentives, investors and the dev team, marketing, the ILO presale and the Uniswap liquidity pool.
50,000,000PHOTO
- Incentives for photo uploads40%
- Investors & dev team20%
- Marketing10%
- ILO presale (50% lock)20%
- Uniswap liquidity pool10%
Token locking & vesting schedule
70% of the tokens (excluding the pre-sale allocation and the tokens needed for liquidity) are locked for 12 months through UNCX — before the presale date, so nothing can be released to the market early. After the lockup, the tokens are vested quarterly over two years in slow growing shares: the first quarters unlock a small part of the allocation, and only the last ones release a larger share.
Liquidity locking
50% of the funds raised during the Initial Liquidity Offering is paired and locked in the Uniswap liquidity pool for 12 months — the pool that backs the token on the market can't be pulled while the lock is active.
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Lock
12 months
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Quarterly vesting
8 quarters · 2 years
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Fully unlocked
month 36
4%Q1
6%Q2
8%Q3
10%Q4
12%Q5
14%Q6
20%Q7
26%Q8
Bars use a non-linear scale on purpose: the first quarters unlock a small share, the last ones release the largest part — so the supply grows gradually instead of in one unlock.
Immutable zkEVM technology
Immutable zkEVM is a specialized Ethereum Layer-2 scaling solution tailored for web3. It offers EVM compatibility, enabling low-cost, high-throughput transactions with high security, allowing developers to build complex, blockchain-based solutions with native NFT support. It supports Ethereum-level security, gas-free experiences for users, and easy integration of existing Solidity smart contracts.
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zk-Rollup technology
Processes transactions off-chain, batching them into a single proof submitted to the Ethereum mainnet for high scalability and lower costs.
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EVM compatibility
Fully compatible with Ethereum tools (like Hardhat and Truffle) and smart contracts, easing developer migration.
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NFT specialization
Focuses on NFT-centric features, including native NFT support, built-in marketplace functionality, and advanced smart contract capabilities.
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User experience (Passport)
Integrates with Immutable Passport, offering a non-custodial wallet and simplified login for users (e.g., email-based).
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Low cost & high scalability
Drastically reduces gas fees compared to Layer-1, making transactions feasible and affordable.
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Ethereum security
Retains the security and decentralization of the Ethereum mainnet.
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PHOTO token presale
The ILO on Unicrypt is being prepared: 10,000,000 PHOTO go to the presale, half of the raised funds are locked as liquidity for 12 months, and the rest of the supply is locked before the start — so the token supply stays predictable from day one.
- Predictable supplyEvery token outside the presale and liquidity allocations is locked before the presale date.
- Liquidity locked for 12 months50% of the raised funds go to the Uniswap pool and can't be pulled while the lock is active.
- Gradual unlocks, not cliffs70% of the remaining tokens vest quarterly over two years — small shares first.
The ILO on Unicrypt is not active yet — the date will be announced.
Presale date to be announced
app.uncx.network/amm/uni-v2/ilo/0x192be174…78d676
All tokens locked
All tokens will be locked by the presale date
Telegram group
https://t.me/dexphotos
PHOTO token contract address
0xf31fc7260c433389f223b8a80ecbe73740eaa0ed
Vesting at a glance
release per quarter · non-linear scale
Q1Q4Q8
12 months locked → 8 quarters of vesting → fully unlocked in month 36.
Presale safety
Everything is locked before the presale
- 50%of the raised funds go straight to the Uniswap liquidity pool and stay locked for 12 months
- 70%of the remaining tokens are locked for 12 months through UNCX, before the presale date
- 2 yearsof quarterly vesting after the lockup — slow growing shares instead of a single unlock
- 0team or ecosystem tokens on the market at the presale date
0PHOTO unlocked at the presale date
20%of supply offered in the ILO presale
50%of raised funds locked as liquidity
12 moliquidity lock on Uniswap
Join DEX.Photos now
Unlock new opportunities with our platform. Whether you're looking to sell stock and art photos, earn passive income through liquidity provision, or join a thriving creative community, our platform offers the perfect tools to grow and monetize your work.
Stock & art photographers
Upload your photos to the NFT Marketplace, make money by selling your images, and receive PHOTO tokens as rewards.
Discover more opportunities
Liquidity providers
Lock your tokens in the liquidity pool to earn a % on Uniswap with each exchange.
Join the photo community
Engage in discussions, find inspiration, receive recommendations, and get feedback on your artwork.
Discover the photo community
Project roadmap
The marketplace is connected and running a Level 2 solution from Immutable zkEVM, making photo minting free for creators without depending on large gas payments.
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Stage 1 DonePre-uploading photos to the NFT marketplace
Pre-uploading photos to be eligible to participate in the airdrop.
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Stage 2 DoneNFT Marketplace launch
Platform launch on Ethereum mainnet with Layer 2 scaling solution.
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Stage 3
Token presale
Tokens presale via Initial Liquidity Offering.
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Stage 4
PHOTO listing & buybacks
PHOTO goes live on DEX and Uniswap, and the 5% buyer fee is directed to token buybacks.
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Stage 5
Mobile apps & API access
iOS and Android apps for the marketplace, plus API access for agencies and stock partners.
Non-fungible tokens (NFT) FAQ
What's an NFT?
NFTs are tokens that we can use to represent ownership of unique items. They let us tokenise things like art, photos, collectibles, even real estate. They can only have one official owner at a time and they're secured by blockchain – no one can modify the record of ownership or copy/paste a new NFT into existence.
NFT stands for non-fungible token. Non-fungible is an economic term that you could use to describe things like your furniture, a song file, or your computer. These things are not interchangeable for other items because they have unique properties.
Fungible items, on the other hand, can be exchanged because their value defines them rather than their unique properties. For example, ETH* or dollars are fungible because 1 ETH* / $1 USD is exchangeable for another 1 ETH* / $1 USD.
*ETH is a cryptocurrency of the Ethereum blockchain network. More on ETH
How do NFTs work?
- Each token minted has a unique identifier
- They're not directly interchangeable with other tokens 1:1. For example 1 ETH is exactly the same as another ETH. This isn't the case with NFTs
- Each token has an owner and this information is easily verifiable
- They live on blockchain and can be bought and sold on any blockchain-based NFT market
In other words, if you own an NFT
- You can easily prove you own it
- No one can manipulate it in any way
- You can sell it, and in some cases this will earn the original creator resale royalties
- Or, you can hold it forever, resting comfortably knowing your asset is secured by your wallet on blockchain
Why is this important for photographers?
The biggest use of NFTs today is in the digital content realm. That's because that industry today is broken. Content creators see their profits and earning potential swallowed by platforms.
An artist publishing work on a social network makes money for the platform who sell ads to the artists followers. They get exposure in return, but exposure doesn't pay the bills.
NFTs power a new creator economy where creators don't hand ownership of their content over to the platforms they use to publicise it. Ownership is baked into the content itself. When creators sell their content, funds go directly to them.
If you create or buy an NFT
- You can easily prove you're the creator or owner
- You determine the license type
- You can earn royalties every time it's sold (if supported by the platform)
- You can sell it on any NFT market or peer-to-peer. You're not locked in to any platform and you don't need anyone to intermediate
I am new to cryptocurrencies, what do I need to start?
All you need is an Ethereum wallet
Set up a wallet such as Metamask. You will be able to connect your account to the site and receive payments from your photo sales directly to your wallet.