NFT Collection Calculator
Calculate NFT collection mint revenue, deployment costs, buyer costs, and estimated secondary market royalties.
About this calculator
This calculator models the full economics of an NFT collection launch by separating three cost centers that get lumped together in most back-of-envelope math: the creator's one-time deploy gas, the buyers' aggregate mint gas, and the ongoing royalty stream from resales. Gross mint revenue is simply collection size times mint price converted to USD at the ETH price you supply, but net mint revenue subtracts only the deployment gas cost from that figure — buyer-paid mint gas is tracked separately as "Total Buyer Gas" since it never touches the creator's wallet under a standard public mint. Deployment and mint gas costs both convert from gas units to ETH the same way any transaction does: gas units times the Gwei price, divided by 1e9 (since 1 Gwei = 1e-9 ETH).
Royalty revenue is the one output that's an explicit assumption rather than a derived fact: the model assumes total secondary-market trading volume in the first year equals exactly 2x primary mint revenue, then applies your royalty percentage to that assumed volume — real secondary volume for any given collection could land far above or below that multiple, so treat this figure as a rough planning number, not a forecast. Gas inputs matter more than most creators expect: ERC-721A's batch-minting design keeps per-token mint gas in the 30,000–60,000 range versus much higher costs for naive ERC-721 implementations, so plugging in the wrong contract standard's typical gas figure can meaningfully skew both buyer cost and total gas cost estimates.
Inputs
Results
Total Mint Revenue ($)
$2,400,000.00
≈ 6 average U.S. homes
Net Mint Revenue ($)
$2,399,730.00
≈ 6 average U.S. homes
How to Use This Calculator
- Enter the Collection Size (total NFTs) and Mint Price in ETH — typical PFP projects price between 0.05 and 0.2 ETH.
- Set current ETH Price ($) and Royalty % for secondary sales (standard is 5–10%).
- Enter Deploy Gas units (~3M for ERC-721A) and Mint Gas per Token (~50,000) to estimate on-chain costs.
- Set current Gas Price in Gwei to convert gas costs to ETH and USD.
- Review Total Mint Revenue, Deployment Cost, Revenue per Token, and royalty projections to plan your NFT launch economics.
How the result changes with Collection Size
| Collection Size | Total Mint Revenue ($) | Net Mint Revenue ($) |
|---|---|---|
| 5,000 | $1,200,000.00 | $1,199,730.00 |
| 7,500 | $1,800,000.00 | $1,799,730.00 |
| 15,000 | $3,600,000.00 | $3,599,730.00 |
| 25,000 | $6,000,000.00 | $5,999,730.00 |
What each input means
- Collection Size
- Total number of NFTs in the collection.
- Mint Price (ETH)
- Public mint price per NFT in ETH.
- ETH Price ($)
- Current ETH market price in USD.
- Royalty (%)
- Creator royalty percentage on secondary sales. Standard is 5-10%.
- Deploy Gas (units)
- Gas required to deploy the smart contract. ERC-721A ~ 2-4M gas.
- Mint Gas per Token
- Gas per mint. ERC-721A batch minting ~ 30-60k per token.
- Gas Price (Gwei)
- Current network gas price in Gwei.
What each result means
- Total Mint Revenue ($)
- Gross revenue if all NFTs mint at the set price.
- Deploy Cost ($)
- Gas cost to deploy the smart contract.
- Net Mint Revenue ($)
- Mint revenue minus deployment gas cost.
- Total Buyer Gas ($)
- Aggregate gas cost paid by all minters.
- Est. Royalty Revenue ($)
- Estimated first-year royalty income (assumes 2x primary volume in secondary sales).
- Buyer Cost per Mint ($)
- Total cost for a buyer: mint price + gas.
- Revenue per Token ($)
- Creator revenue per minted token before gas.
How this is calculated
Worked example, using the default values
- Identify Input Parameters4 parametersCollection Size = 10000, Mint Price (ETH) = 0.08, ETH Price ($) = 3000, Royalty (%) = 5 = 7 input(s) provided
- Calculate Total Mint RevenueTotal Mint Revenue = mintRevenueEth * ethPrice2400000 = $2,400,000
- Calculate Net Mint RevenueNet Mint Revenue = mintRevenueUsd - creatorGasCostUsd2399730 = $2,399,730
- Calculate Deploy CostDeploy Cost = deployCostEth * ethPrice270 = $270
- Calculate Total Buyer GasTotal Buyer Gas = totalMintGasCostEth * ethPrice45000 = $45,000
Engine last updated . Checked against 2 independently-derived tests — how we verify calculators. Built by Paul Gunder, a software engineer, not a licensed financial, medical, or legal professional.
Frequently Asked Questions
Why does Net Mint Revenue only subtract the deploy cost and not the mint gas?
Because the model assumes a standard public mint where buyers pay their own transaction gas to call the mint function, so that cost never touches the creator's wallet. The deploy gas, on the other hand, is a one-time cost the creator alone pays to put the contract on-chain, which is why it's the only gas cost subtracted from gross mint revenue. Buyer-paid mint gas is still tracked separately as "Total Buyer Gas" since it affects the buyer's true cost, just not the creator's net.
How reliable is the Est. Royalty Revenue figure?
It's built on a single assumption baked into the code: that total secondary-market trading volume in the first year equals exactly 2x primary mint revenue, with your royalty percentage applied to that assumed volume. Real secondary volume varies enormously by collection — a hyped launch might trade far above 2x while a quiet one might trade well under 1x — so treat this number as a rough planning estimate rather than a forecast you can bank on.
Why does the Mint Gas per Token input matter so much?
It's multiplied by collection size and gas price to produce Total Buyer Gas, so a wrong figure scales your gas cost estimate across every token in the collection. ERC-721A's batch-minting design typically keeps per-token mint gas in the 30,000–60,000 range, while a naive ERC-721 implementation that mints one token at a time can run significantly higher, so using the wrong contract standard's typical figure will meaningfully skew both buyer cost and total gas cost.
What's the difference between Buyer Cost per Mint and Mint Price?
Mint Price (ETH) is just the sticker price you set for the NFT. Buyer Cost per Mint adds the gas the buyer pays to execute that transaction on top of the mint price, converting mint gas units to ETH via the current gas price and then to USD at the ETH price you supply — so it's the buyer's true out-of-pocket cost, not just what the creator charges.
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