Setting Up
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Here is a comprehensive walkthrough guide from Discord:
To help new projects/collections get started as quickly as possible, we have created a simple server template with a recommended structure of categories and channels:
In our server template above, we have set up the following recommended structure and some tips.
Please feel free to adjust based on your project/community requirements.
Rules:
State your server rules here - be clear and concise.
Here is a template of standard Discord server rules that you may use:
Try to keep the list as minimal as possible with only important and relevant ones (as people are unlikely to read 40 rules), and you may add in some rules that are specific to the NFT space, e.g. shilling of anything is banned or goes into a specific shilling channel, FUD to be directed into a specific FUD channel, etc.
Get Verified:
Verification gives members specific roles to access private channels.
If you are managing an NFT collection on Solana, there are specific platforms that allow you to verify that a member holds an NFT of your collection in their wallet, and grants them a holder role accordingly to access holder-only channels.
At the time of writing (02 Jun 2023), such platforms include:
This category should be strictly for team members only (perhaps even admin-only), and all permissions for non-team members should be restricted except for "View Channel", "Read Message History", and perhaps "Add Reactions".
Announcements
This channel is for all project announcements.
If you anticipate making a lot of announcements regularly, you may wish to setup multiple announcement channels (e.g. Major Announcements, Minor Announcements, Community Announcements, DAO Announcements, etc.)
You may wish to keep this channel public so that all members (not just verified ones) are able to view. Also, make sure to limit this channel to view-only with emojis allowed
Official Links
This channel should maintain a list of official links for members to easily refer to, such as website and social media links, NFT collection page on marketplaces, roadmap page, utility pages, etc.
FAQ
This channel shares the answers to frequently asked questions by the community, and is also an easy way for members to reply questions in future with "please refer to #FAQ for more details".
Tweets or other Social Media
Giveaways
This category should be set to verified holders only, i.e. hidden from unverified members.
General Chat
Just a general chat for members to hang out.
You may choose to make this public or holders-only, or have separate chats for both.
Voice-Chat
This can be a fun space for members to voice chat with each other.
It can also be used for scheduled "team office hours" for members to chat with the team directly, or other official/unofficial events.
Suggestions & Feedback
Always a useful channel to have for members to drop suggestions and feedback.
Support
This is where members can drop support requests.
You can set up different types of tickets for technical assistance, collaboration requests, etc.
This category is only applicable if you have your own NFT collection(s).
Sales
This channel is an automatic feed of new sales of NFTs in your collection from NFT marketplaces.
Channel permissions for non-team members should be restricted except for "View Channel", "Read Message History", and "Add Reactions".
Listings
This channel is an automatic feed of new listings of NFTs in your collection from NFT marketplaces.
Channel permissions for non-team members should be restricted except for "View Channel", "Read Message History", and "Add Reactions".
OTC Trades
This channel should be a holders-only chat for holders to openly negotiate direct trades of NFTs in your collection.
As OTC trading for NFTs is a high-risk endeavor, you may not wish to have this channel set up and instead encourage users to use NFT marketplaces instead.
Some NFT communities have established reputable users to be designated escrow agents for such OTC trades, but even that can be risky too.
If you are managing an NFT project (i.e. building a platform or tools) with no NFT collection, you can use general verification Discord bots, such as and others . As with all 3rd-party bots and integrations, please review and monitor every service and their permissions carefully as there are always potential security concerns.
You may refer to Kyzzen's that regularly maintains a list of options for Discord Verification under the "For Creators" tab, under the "DAO/Community Tools" category:
In these channels, you can set up a bot that automatically shares every post you share on your other social media channels, such as Twitter, YouTube, Twitch, etc. Such bots include and others .
You should only set this channel up if you do intend to host giveaways on a regular basis, or else you can just use the announcements channel. There are some useful bots that does this well, such as and others .
We recommend using a support bot to automate the process and establish some privacy for the requests, such as and others .
Some options for Solana NFT collections include and .
Some options for Solana NFT collections include and .
