I recently worked on setting up a collection of 21 unique 1/1 NFTs on Sepolia testnet, aiming for a blind mint where the artwork stays hidden until a reveal, with minting limited to an allowlist. Here’s what I did and what happened:
Missing ‘Apps’ Tab: I couldn’t find an “Apps” tab to access the Claim Page app for configuring the mint and allowlist, which I expected based on older guides. Has this been relocated or updated in the 2025 UI?
No Placeholder Art Option: I used the Batch Tokens (2+ media) feature to mint my 21 NFTs, but there was no option to add placeholder metadata. As a result, the full artwork is now visible on OpenSea testnet, which isn’t ideal for a blind mint.
Since this didn’t align with my goal, I’d like to start over and try again. My objective is to create a randomized blind mint for 21 unique NFTs, restrict minting to allowlisted wallets during a set window, and reveal the artwork afterward. Could someone advise me on:
Where to find the minting and allowlist setup in the current Manifold Studio interface?
How to include placeholder metadata during the minting process to hide the art initially?
The updated workflow for achieving a blind mint with the 2025 version of Manifold Studio?
Any guidance or links to the latest documentation would be a huge help! Thanks!
Claims have been changed to Collector Mint Pages → thanks for the heads up, we’ll update the documentation
Batch Mint is a different feature entirely. Batch Mint is a process where you mint all of the tokens to yourself and then list them individually for sale.
Thanks. Now where I’m getting stuck is I can only seem to upload one image for the whole collection, when I have 21 unique images I’m looking to upload. I created a fresh ERC-721 Contract, then chose the Collector Mint Page option and chose that new ERC-721 contract to use for it. At the next screen, there’s only an option to add one image as if it were a 1/1 Edition.
Thanks for your reply. At this point, I’m not even concerned about the pre-reveal asset via metadata, I can learn that later. I’m just trying to understand how to set up the right kind of collection. I am hitting an impasse on the path you’ve suggested, and the article you shared doesn’t really address this.
I guess my question is this: does Manifold allow for a traditional mint of an NFT “collection”, for example in my case, I have 21 unique pieces of artwork, and I want them to be all on the same contract / same collection, and each display with their own unique traits and metadata, AND allow for people to blind mint them from a Manifold mint page?
I achieved this with the Batch (2+ Media) option, but it minted all of them immediately. Vs. what I want is for people to be able to mint them from a Manifold mint page. Possible, or not? Because I’ve tried literally every option available and I’m just not getting the same functionality as the Batch (2+ Media) option provides. All I’m getting so far on the path you (or the article) are recommending is the ability to add ONE image for the whole collection.
“All I’m getting so far on the path you (or the article) are recommending is the ability to add ONE image for the whole collection.”
To setup a blind mint you can use Collector mint pages → You’re right, you can only setup a single image at first. This one image is the ‘pre-reveal’ asset. To create the blind mint, after this page is published, you can go in to edit the asset (Steps above in the tutorial)
A batch mint pre-mints the assets so they can be individually listed for sale at an auction. This is different from a Blind mint. A blind mint is a collector mint page where you update the token from a single artwork to the customized artwork after the page is published.
No problem - We’re in the middle of revamping this flow so it’s easier to understand. It’s good feedback for us. Let me know if you have more questions!
Ok, I think it worked! Got the CSV uploaded and that part seemed to work fine.
On the test Edition page, I can’t get an actual mint to work, is that because it’s in test environment? Or did I do something wrong? I’m using the claim code method and took one of the codes from my uploaded list.
I got this error message:
Mint failed Error: Failed to switch to the sepolia network: Failed to auto-switch to network sepolia. Please switch manually then try again.
