Indonesian Student’s NFT Selfie Collection Goes Viral, Nets $1 Million in OpenSea Sales

An Indonesian trainee who believed it was “amusing” to offer his expressionless selfies as non-fungible tokens (NFTs) has actually made an amazing US$ 1 million in sales.

Sultan Gustaf Al Ghozali, 22, invested 5 years taking blank-looking selfies in front of his computer system, which he later on transformed into NFTs and published to popular market OpenSea in December2021 According to Ghozali, he has actually made over US$ 1 million in sales after offering nearly 1,000 of his selfies online.

What the NFT Market Will Bear

From 2017 to 2021, the computer technology significant snapped images of his expressionless face while standing in front of his computer system, all with the intent of assembling the images to develop a video time-lapse for his graduation day. Ghozali chose to submit his selfies in December to OpenSea under the title “Ghozali Everyday” and priced each NFT at US$ 3, without anticipating interest from major purchasers. While monetising his expressionless images, Ghozali stated in a tweet:

You can do anything like turning or whatever however please do not abuse my pictures or my moms and dads will really dissatisfied in me. I think in you people, so please look after my pictures.

Sultan Gustaf Al Ghozali

A Story Behind Every NFT

After surpassing his wildest expectations, the trainee’s NFT offerings exploded even more. On the back of their increasing appeal, among the NFTs cost 0.247 ether on January 14, worth around US$806 at the time of purchase. A few of Ghozali’s selfie NFTs likewise cost 0.9 ether, approximately US$ 3,000 According to his OpenSea profile, the collection consequently reached an overall trade volume of 317 ether, the equivalent of more than US$ 1 million.

To include rarity to his collection, the young business owner likewise included an individual touch by supplying a little background info in addition to his selfies. Ghozali has actually likewise because shared that he would not be noting anymore selfies in the next couple of years.

Should you own a genuinely unusual among Ghozali’s NFTs, or any NFT for that matter, you can now show them in among Netgear’s Meural digital frames, which have actually just recently broadened their abilities to consist of the screen of NFTs.

Although a lot of users on Twitter see the attraction behind Ghozali’s effort, some stay unsure of the endeavour:

Rare and Exclusive Keeps the NFT Business Afloat

Ghozali has actually handled to maintain the exclusivity and rarity in his collection by revealing he would not be launching anymore NFTs for a number of years, and it appears to have actually just contributed to their appeal.

In another current example of ingenious NFT entrepreneurship, Gary Vaynerchuk, understood to the NFT world as Gary Vee, has actually opened the world’s very first “NFT Holders Members Only” dining establishment– Flyfish Club. The brand-new premier dining location will just be available by owners of Flyfish NFT tokens, which have actually unsurprisingly currently offered out.

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