name: Foundation API FinOps
description: >-
  Cost considerations for using Foundation's protocol APIs include
  The Graph query fees for subgraph access and Ethereum gas fees
  for on-chain transactions. Foundation itself charges a 5% marketplace
  fee on all sales (auctions, offers, buy-now) and a 0.0008 ETH
  per-mint fee for Drops and Editions.

costs:

  - name: Subgraph Queries (Hosted Service)
    description: Free GraphQL queries via The Graph hosted service endpoint.
    amount: 0
    currency: USD
    model: free
    notes: >-
      The Graph hosted service provides free access to the Foundation
      subgraph for development and low-volume use. No billing setup required.

  - name: Subgraph Queries (The Graph Network)
    description: >-
      Pay-per-query fees on The Graph decentralized network. Fees are
      denominated in GRT (Graph Token) and collected by indexers who
      serve queries.
    amount: variable
    currency: GRT
    model: pay-per-query
    notes: >-
      Average query fees on The Graph Network are fractions of a cent USD
      per query. Exact cost depends on query complexity and indexer pricing.
      Developers pre-load a billing contract with GRT or USD-equivalent.

  - name: NFT Minting Gas Fee
    description: >-
      Ethereum gas fee paid to miners/validators to mint an NFT on Foundation.
      Varies with Ethereum network congestion.
    amount: variable
    currency: ETH
    model: gas
    notes: >-
      Minting gas costs vary significantly. Historical range is approximately
      0.003–0.05 ETH depending on network congestion and gas price.

  - name: Auction / Offer / Buy-Now Gas Fee
    description: >-
      Gas fees for placing bids, creating offers, setting buy-now prices,
      or finalizing auctions on Foundation's NFT market contract.
    amount: variable
    currency: ETH
    model: gas
    notes: >-
      Market interaction gas fees typically range from 0.002–0.02 ETH
      per transaction at moderate gas prices.

  - name: Foundation Marketplace Fee (Primary Sale)
    description: >-
      Foundation charges creators 5% of the final sale price for primary
      sales via auctions, offers, or buy-now. Creators net 95% of proceeds.
    amount: 5
    currency: percent
    model: commission
    notes: >-
      Applies to the first sale of an NFT by the creator on Foundation.

  - name: Foundation Marketplace Fee (Secondary Sale)
    description: >-
      On secondary sales, Foundation charges a 5% platform fee plus the
      original creator receives a 10% royalty. The seller nets 85%.
    amount: 15
    currency: percent
    model: commission
    notes: >-
      5% to Foundation + 10% creator royalty on all secondary sales.
      Creator royalties are enforced on-chain via the smart contracts.

  - name: Drops and Editions Mint Fee
    description: >-
      Fixed per-mint fee for Drop and Edition contracts on Foundation.
    amount: 0.0008
    currency: ETH
    model: per-mint
    notes: >-
      Charged at mint time in addition to standard Ethereum gas fees.
      Payable to Foundation protocol treasury.

  - name: NFT Collection Factory Deployment
    description: >-
      Gas fee to deploy a new NFT collection contract via Foundation's
      NFTCollectionFactory. One-time cost per collection.
    amount: variable
    currency: ETH
    model: gas
    notes: >-
      Collection factory deployments cost more gas than standard transactions
      due to contract creation overhead. Typical range 0.01–0.05 ETH.