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Buying & Ownership

This page explains, at a conceptual level, how a TwinMeta product comes to market, how you acquire it, and what ownership means afterwards.

How a product reaches a sale​

  • A TwinKer plans the project and creates its GFT design directly with AI.
  • During the Early Bird phase, supporters take part to earn priority purchase rights before the sale opens (see below).
  • The product is sold in a limited, time-boxed sale.
  • Items are produced made-to-order and delivered.

A project's lifecycle​

A project moves through a series of states. Early Bird either reaches its goal and proceeds to sale, or it doesn't.

Early Bird, in more detail​

The Early Bird phase lets early supporters contribute before a sale and earn priority purchase rights. Access is tiered:

  • Elite participants are determined by how early you take part — the earliest contributors, roughly the top 3% by participation time, get the first window to buy.
  • General participants receive standard purchase rights.
  • A project proceeds to its sale once enough participation is reached.

You can always check your own status — when you joined, your round, and whether you've qualified for elite access — from the Early Bird area.

A project can also run in multiple rounds — each round has its own Early Bird phase (and, as described next, its own egg).

Cheering during Early Bird​

Joining an Early Bird is a single tap. After joining, you can optionally leave a cheer for that round — a short message of support in one of a few categories (creativity, challenge, originality).

Each round has a shared egg. Every registered cheer cracks it a little further, and everyone sees the same egg state — your own repeated taps are just animation; only new cheers advance it.

  • Cheers per round are capped at a fixed number of supporters (first come, first served — one cheer per person per round).
  • When the final cheer lands, the egg hatches into a character shaped by the mix of cheer categories, and everyone who cheered that round shares a completion reward.
  • Each registered cheer also has a small chance of a JACKPOT bonus.
  • If the round ends before the egg completes, it stays frozen at its progress and the messages remain viewable.

This Early Bird cheering is separate from cheering a creator with your NFC card's CP after you own a product — see Cheering & CP.

What ownership gives you​

  • A verifiable on-chain record tied to your specific item.
  • The ability to authenticate that you own the item — see Ownership & Authentication.
  • The ability to transfer the item together with its GFT.
  • Use rights, not copyright — you own the physical item and its GFT, with a limited right to use and display the artwork. The copyright in the design itself stays with the creator who made it.
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Logistics, operational thresholds, and exact timelines are intentionally omitted here and may change.